Re: [RFC 0/2] __vdso_findsym

Andi Kleen
2014-06-16T14:38:07Z

> 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?

The proposal is 10+ years too late.

-andi