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authorRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2002-08-23 10:35:03 +0000
committerRoland McGrath <roland@gnu.org>2002-08-23 10:35:03 +0000
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* sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_load_address): Add a dummy
global variable reference in an unused asm parameter, to ensure the compiler has set up the GOT register before we use it.
-rw-r--r--ChangeLog4
-rw-r--r--sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h6
2 files changed, 9 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/ChangeLog b/ChangeLog
index a3d86ebe0e..55e1888362 100644
--- a/ChangeLog
+++ b/ChangeLog
@@ -1,5 +1,9 @@
2002-08-23 Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
+ * sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h (elf_machine_load_address): Add a dummy
+ global variable reference in an unused asm parameter, to ensure the
+ compiler has set up the GOT register before we use it.
+
* malloc/hooks.c: Move variable definitions ahead of uses.
* libio/fileops.c: Move versioned_symbol defns ahead of _IO_jump_t
initializers that make reference to variables they define.
diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h b/sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h
index 8092e889b0..09c1a9b6a4 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/dl-machine.h
@@ -49,10 +49,14 @@ elf_machine_dynamic (void)
static inline Elf32_Addr __attribute__ ((unused))
elf_machine_load_address (void)
{
+ /* It doesn't matter what variable this is, the reference never makes
+ it to assembly. We need a dummy reference to some global variable
+ via the GOT to make sure the compiler initialized %ebx in time. */
+ extern int _dl_argc;
Elf32_Addr addr;
asm ("leal _dl_start@GOTOFF(%%ebx), %0\n"
"subl _dl_start@GOT(%%ebx), %0"
- : "=r" (addr) : : "cc");
+ : "=r" (addr) : "m" (_dl_argc) : "cc");
return addr;
}