On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 10:42:27AM +0100, Richard Sandiford wrote:
> Dave Martin <dave.mar...@linaro.org> writes:
> > IFUNC doesn't solve the problem because either it gets resolved
> > lazily (violating the above principle (*)), or we have to force _all_
> > symbols to resolve at startup, with may have a significant impact on
> > startup time for large programs.
> 
> IFUNCs are never resolved lazily; that's one way in which they differ
> from PLTs.
> 
> (BTW, in response to a comment upthread, ARM does support IFUNCs now.)

Hmmm, OK then -- the point about IFUNC not being suitable for this case
is perhaps less valid, in that case.

Cheers
---Dave

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