Philip Guenther <guent...@gmail.com> writes: >> That's bad. But then why not allow R_X86_64_32S too? > > Because there's no guarantee that the target is within 2GB, as the > reference may resolve to the symbol in a different shared object which is > too far away.
Can you use ELF visibility to provide the needed guarantee that it will never resolve to a symbol in a different shared object? I think references *within* a shared object is an important and common case, worthy of some optimization. Regards, /Niels -- Niels Möller. PGP-encrypted email is preferred. Keyid C0B98E26. Internet email is subject to wholesale government surveillance. _______________________________________________ gmp-devel mailing list gmp-devel@gmplib.org http://gmplib.org/mailman/listinfo/gmp-devel
