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authorFangrui Song <maskray@google.com>2021-08-22 16:29:16 -0700
committerFangrui Song <maskray@google.com>2021-08-22 16:29:16 -0700
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elf: Avoid nested functions in the loader (aarch64, x86-64) [BZ #27220]maskray/nesting
dynamic-link.h is included more than once in some elf/ files (rtld.c, dl-conflict.c, dl-reloc.c, dl-reloc-static-pie.c) and uses GCC nested functions. This harms readability and the nested functions usage is the biggest obstacle prevents CC=clang (which doesn't support the feature). To un-nest elf_machine_rela, the key idea is to pass the variable in the containing scope as an extra argument. Stan Shebs implemented this in the google/grte/v5-2.27/master branch. This patch squashes and cleans up the commits. This patch just fixes aarch64 and x86-64: they use the `#ifndef NESTING` branch to avoid nested functions. The `#ifdef NESTING` branch is used by all other ports whose dl-machine.h files haven't been migrated. For the time being, there is some duplicated code. `#ifdef NESTING` dispatches can be removed in the future when all arches are migrated. I can fix powerpc64, riscv, and other arches subsequently. Migrating all ports at once is just too risky. Also, appreciate help from arch maintainers. Tested on {aarch64,x86_64}-linux-gnu (!NESTING) and powerpc64le-linux-gnu (NESTING).
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