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RFC: Linux gABI: Add a GNU_PROPERTY_BY_LINKER property

H.J. Lu hjl.tools@gmail.com
Tue Nov 27 14:01:00 GMT 2018 
On Tue, Nov 27, 2018 at 5:52 AM Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> wrote:
>
> * H. J. Lu:
>
> >> just do it right? At this point, I don't really care if you keep on
> >> using SHT_NOTE for the properties in relocatable files, but please,
> >> let's use a proper PT_GNU_PROPERTY segment for executables. (Sorry, I
> >> promised to yield to the consensus, but the design keeps getting more
> >> complicated.)
> >>
> >
> > PT_GNU_PROPERTY isn't compatible with existing loaders.  This needs
> > to be both forward and backward compatible.
>
> Which loaders?  The kernel?
>

Kernel, glibc, gdb, .....

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H.J.
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