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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2017-08-11 16:36:28 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2017-08-11 16:36:28 +0100
commit93ab9c0de7ba4a477720622c7e772d76f646e3f5 (patch)
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Add -z globalaudit linker command line option to set the DF_GLOBALAUDIT flag bit in the dynamic tags.
* emultempl/elf32.em (handle_option): Accept the -z globalaudit command line option. * lexsup.c (elf_static_list_options): Add -z globalaudit. * ld.texinfo: Document the support for the new command line option. * NEWS: Mention the new feature. * testsuite/ld-elf/audit.exp: Add a test of the -z globalaudit command line option. * testsuite/ld-elf/globalaudit.rd: New file: Expected output from readelf.
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-*- text -*-
+* Add -z globalaudit command line option to force audit libraries to be run
+ for every dynamic object loaded by an executable - provided that the loader
+ supports this functionality.
* Tighten linker script grammar around file name specifiers to prevent the use
of SORT_BY_ALIGNMENT and SORT_BY_INIT_PRIORITY on filenames. These would