On Mon, Jun 16, 2014 at 7:38 AM, Andi Kleen <andi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> I think this issue started when some of the Go developers questioned >> why the kernel needed to provide a very complex interface--parsing an >> ELF shared shared library--for very simple functionality--looking up >> the address of a magic function. This approach has required special >> support not just in Go, but also in the dynamic linker and gdb, and >> does not work well for statically linked binaries. The support in gdb >> is perhaps a good idea, but elsewhere it does not make sense. >> >> So why not provide a simple interface? > > What good would it do now that everyone already supports it? Do statically linked binaries use the vDSO calls? Ian -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-api" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
