Re: link-sets in modules

[Paul Goyette <paul%whooppee.com@localhost>]

On Tue, 29 May 2012, Matt Thomas wrote:

> > Modules that are loaded by the run-time linker _do_ have the above
> > info, but do not have the symbols.
>
> It could if the kernel loader did what ld did.  create
> __{start,stop}_xxxx for each section.


Yeah, that would be nice.  But the module linker script doesn't do the 
PROVIDE()

I suppose the kernel loader could fabricate an extra elf symbol table 
for all __link_set_* program sections...


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