[OE-core] [PATCH] eglibc: Fix for dynamic linker broken offset

[Mark Hatle]

On 9/28/12 4:52 AM, Phil Blundell wrote:
> On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 15:40 +0300, Andrei Dinu wrote:
>> On 09/24/2012 02:30 PM, Phil Blundell wrote:
>>> On Mon, 2012-09-24 at 14:26 +0300, Andrei Dinu wrote:
>>>> +-	    *reloc_addr += sym->st_value;
>>>> ++	    *reloc_addr = sym->st_value;
>>> That patch looks slightly dubious to me.  Are you sure this doesn't
>>> introduce any regressions elsewhere?
>>>
>>>
>> I have insufficient data to affirm that it doesn't introduces regressions.
>
> Presumably it does at least pass the eglibc and binutils testsuites,
> right?

That patch is a workaround for an ARM issue related to thread local storage and 
TLS offsets during runtime and prelinking.

See https://bugzilla.yoctoproject.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1443

Note, this is simply a workaround and not a final solution as it hasn't been 
vetted upstream.

--Mark

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