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-rw-r--r--elf/dl-hwcaps.c4
-rw-r--r--elf/ldconfig.c14
2 files changed, 10 insertions, 8 deletions
diff --git a/elf/dl-hwcaps.c b/elf/dl-hwcaps.c
index 1b7fe52a6a..94cbf6cc2d 100644
--- a/elf/dl-hwcaps.c
+++ b/elf/dl-hwcaps.c
@@ -68,9 +68,9 @@ _dl_important_hwcaps (const char *platform, size_t platform_len, size_t *sz,
+ GLRO(dl_sysinfo_map)->l_addr);
/* The standard ELF note layout is exactly as the anonymous struct.
The next element is a variable length vendor name of length
- VENDORLEN (with a real length rounded to ElfW(Addr)), followed
+ VENDORLEN (with a real length rounded to ElfW(Word)), followed
by the data of length DATALEN (with a real length rounded to
- ElfW(Addr)). */
+ ElfW(Word)). */
const struct
{
ElfW(Word) vendorlen;
diff --git a/elf/ldconfig.c b/elf/ldconfig.c
index 13f262d65c..c7b9eb92fe 100644
--- a/elf/ldconfig.c
+++ b/elf/ldconfig.c
@@ -174,17 +174,17 @@ is_hwcap_platform (const char *name)
{
int hwcap_idx = _dl_string_hwcap (name);
- /* Is this a normal hwcap for the machine e.g. fpu? */
+ /* Is this a normal hwcap for the machine like "fpu?" */
if (hwcap_idx != -1 && ((1 << hwcap_idx) & hwcap_mask))
return 1;
- /* ... Or is it a platform pseudo-hwcap e.g. i686? */
+ /* Is this a platform pseudo-hwcap like "i686?" */
hwcap_idx = _dl_string_platform (name);
if (hwcap_idx != -1)
return 1;
- /* ... Or is this one of the extra pseudo-hwcaps that we map beyond
- _DL_FIRST_EXTRA e.g. tls, or nosegneg? */
+ /* Is this one of the extra pseudo-hwcaps that we map beyond
+ _DL_FIRST_EXTRA like "tls", or "nosegneg?" */
for (hwcap_idx = _DL_FIRST_EXTRA; hwcap_idx < 64; ++hwcap_idx)
if (hwcap_extra[hwcap_idx - _DL_FIRST_EXTRA] != NULL
&& !strcmp (name, hwcap_extra[hwcap_idx - _DL_FIRST_EXTRA]))
@@ -1270,8 +1270,10 @@ main (int argc, char **argv)
add_dir (argv[i]);
}
- /* The last entry in hwcap_extra is reserved for the "tls"
- pseudo-hwcap which indicates support for TLS. */
+ /* The last entry in hwcap_extra is reserved for the "tls" pseudo-hwcap which
+ indicates support for TLS. This pseudo-hwcap is only used by old versions
+ under which TLS support was optional. The entry is no longer needed, but
+ must remain for compatibility. */
hwcap_extra[63 - _DL_FIRST_EXTRA] = "tls";
set_hwcap ();