Re: STV_PROTECTED

Michael Kerrisk (man-pages)
2016-03-09T01:03:37Z

[CC += Mike]

Hello Gabriel,

On 09/29/2015 12:14 PM, Gabriel Corona wrote:
> Hi,
>
> The elf manpage [2] claims that:
>
>> STV_PROTECTED Not preemptible, not exported.
>
> However the System V gABI [1] claims that:
>
>> A symbol defined in the current component is protected if it is
>> visible in other components but not preemptable
>
> Should the manpage read something like:
>
>> STV_PROTECTED Not preemptible but exported.
>
> [1] http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/2003-12-17/ch4.symtab.html
>
> [2] http://man7.org/linux/man-pages/man5/elf.5.html

I think you are right, but let's see if Mike might confirm,
since he originally added that text. (Mike, I suspect there
was a wordo here.)

Cheers,

Michael

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