[PATCH] elf: Hide DT_INIT and DT_FINI functions
Project / Subsystem
binutils / elf
Date
2026-09-10
Proposer
H.J. Lu
Source type
public_inbox
Consensus
Under Review
Sentiment
5/10
Technical tradeoffs
- • Hides symbols that might otherwise be useful for introspection or debugging, but are not intended for external dynamic linking.
- • Addresses a potential for symbol conflicts or misinterpretation by ensuring only necessary symbols are exported.
All attributes
- project
- binutils
- subsystem
- elf
- patch_id
- —
- discussion_id
- CAMe9rOqYe=QBuWsWaNESBTn3EN4_p1EvpObHQN2XL57GGQCgyA@mail.gmail.com
- source_type
- public_inbox
- title
- [PATCH] elf: Hide DT_INIT and DT_FINI functions
- headline
- elf: Hide DT_INIT and DT_FINI functions
- tldr
- Hides DT_INIT and DT_FINI functions from the dynamic symbol table to resolve linker issues.
- proposer
- H.J. Lu
- consensus
- Under Review
- outcome
- under_review
- sentiment_score
- 5
- technical_tradeoffs
-
- • Hides symbols that might otherwise be useful for introspection or debugging, but are not intended for external dynamic linking.
- • Addresses a potential for symbol conflicts or misinterpretation by ensuring only necessary symbols are exported.
- series_id
- —
- series_role
- standalone
- series_parts
- []
- tags
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- • ELF
- • linker
- • symbols
- • dynamic linking
- bugzilla_url
- —
- date
- 2026-09-10T00:00:00.000Z
[PATCH] elf: Hide DT_INIT and DT_FINI functions
This patch proposes to hide the special functions used by the linker to define DT_INIT and DT_FINI in executables and shared libraries. The goal is to prevent these functions from appearing in the dynamic symbol table, addressing issues related to their handling. The patch includes modifications to bfd/elflink.c and adds new test cases in ld/testsuite/ld-elf.