> On Dec 28, 2018, at 1:32 PM, Paul Goyette <p...@whooppee.com> wrote:
>
> The in-kernel linker doesn't deal with weak symbols at all. It would
> need a lot of thought to get it right. For example, if module A
> (containing a weak reference) gets loaded, its weak references don't
> resolve. Then module B gets loaded and defines the symbol(s). Do we
> "go back" and re-run the linker for module A? Or do we allow the
> results to be different depending on module load order? (If module B
> were loaded first, and then module A, the weak reference would get
> resolved.)
This is why we should't try to support them in the kernel :-)
-- thorpej
