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[v7,6/6] NEWS: Mention DT_RELR support

Message ID 20220331163858.95516-7-hjl.tools@gmail.com
State New
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Series Support DT_RELR relative relocation format | expand

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H.J. Lu March 31, 2022, 4:38 p.m. UTC
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 NEWS | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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Adhemerval Zanella Netto April 4, 2022, 6:16 p.m. UTC | #1
LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>

On 31/03/2022 13:38, H.J. Lu wrote:
> ---
>  NEWS | 7 ++++++-
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
> index 626eeabf5d..0ab26f168f 100644
> --- a/NEWS
> +++ b/NEWS
> @@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ Version 2.36
>  
>  Major new features:
>  
> -  [Add new features here]
> +* Support for DT_RELR relative relocation format has been added to
> +  glibc.  This is a new ELF dynamic tag that improves the size of
> +  relative relocations in shared object files and position independent
> +  executables (PIE).  DT_RELR generation requires linker support for
> +  -z pack-relative-relocs option, which is supported for some targets
> +  in recent binutils versions.
>  
>  Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
>  

I think it might work to add that only supports bind-now.
Fangrui Song April 9, 2022, 12:16 a.m. UTC | #2
On 2022-04-04, Adhemerval Zanella wrote:
>
>LGTM, thanks.
>
>Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
>
>On 31/03/2022 13:38, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> ---
>>  NEWS | 7 ++++++-
>>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>> index 626eeabf5d..0ab26f168f 100644
>> --- a/NEWS
>> +++ b/NEWS
>> @@ -9,7 +9,12 @@ Version 2.36
>>
>>  Major new features:
>>
>> -  [Add new features here]
>> +* Support for DT_RELR relative relocation format has been added to
>> +  glibc.  This is a new ELF dynamic tag that improves the size of
>> +  relative relocations in shared object files and position independent
>> +  executables (PIE).  DT_RELR generation requires linker support for
>> +  -z pack-relative-relocs option, which is supported for some targets
>> +  in recent binutils versions.
>>
>>  Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
>>
>
>I think it might work to add that only supports bind-now.

Pick up my tag from v4 :)

Reviewed-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 626eeabf5d..0ab26f168f 100644
--- a/NEWS
+++ b/NEWS
@@ -9,7 +9,12 @@  Version 2.36
 
 Major new features:
 
-  [Add new features here]
+* Support for DT_RELR relative relocation format has been added to
+  glibc.  This is a new ELF dynamic tag that improves the size of
+  relative relocations in shared object files and position independent
+  executables (PIE).  DT_RELR generation requires linker support for
+  -z pack-relative-relocs option, which is supported for some targets
+  in recent binutils versions.
 
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: