Thank you very much for clarification. >> > Having that in mind, we have: >> > 1) All shared libraries for Android are built with -Bsymbolic >> > 2) Dynamic loader throws an error if we are doing COPY relocation >> > against DT_SYMBOLIC libs. >> > >> > So any COPY relocation is doomed to failure.. Ard, what was the reason >> > for introducing the support of this type of relocations in dynamic >> > loader in the first place? > The original implementation allowed them, but was broken. Disallowing > them would break BC, so fixing them was considered the best option. > (I think the initial support predates the default Bsymbolic setting.)
Oh, I see now. Since x86 port started when Bsymbolic was the default I don't see any point of implementing R_386_COPY relocation in dynamic loader for it. (same can be applied for R_MIPS_COPY) best regards, Alexander
