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[v8,6/6] NEWS: Mention DT_RELR support

Message ID 20220413182507.896862-7-hjl.tools@gmail.com
State Superseded
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Series Support DT_RELR relative relocation format |

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Commit Message

H.J. Lu April 13, 2022, 6:25 p.m. UTC 
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 NEWS | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

Comments

Fangrui Song April 13, 2022, 9:43 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 2022-04-13, H.J. Lu wrote:
>---
> NEWS | 7 ++++++-
> 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
>diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
>index 4b6d9de2b5..ef8ac4acd2 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.  Lazy binding doesn't apply to DT_RELR.
>
> Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility:
>
>-- 
>2.35.1
>
(inherited from v4 and v7)

Reviewed-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
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diff --git a/NEWS b/NEWS
index 4b6d9de2b5..ef8ac4acd2 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.  Lazy binding doesn't apply to DT_RELR.
 
 Deprecated and removed features, and other changes affecting compatibility: