On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 10:06:22AM +0200, Martin Husemann wrote: > On Mon, May 25, 2020 at 12:20:53PM +0530, Apurva Nandan wrote: > > The problem with __weak_alias is that they only work inside the same C file > > where the original symbol is defined, and don't work outside that file for > > that symbol. > > That is not true.
It is. ELF symbols are all attached an actual byte range. There is no way to create an indirect symbol. I don't have a strong opinion on whether the alias (or a wrapper) should be added or not. > > I have created _ppoll internal function in libc, so it is added to > > namespace.h . > > But why? It is not used in libc, so no need to play namespace games. Agreed, it shouldn't be used in libc itself. Joerg
