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[v10,7/7] NEWS: Mention DT_RELR support

Message ID 20220414232129.1886210-8-hjl.tools@gmail.com
State Superseded
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Series Support DT_RELR relative relocation format |

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H.J. Lu April 14, 2022, 11:21 p.m. UTC 
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 NEWS | 7 ++++++-
 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

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Adhemerval Zanella Netto April 20, 2022, 5:49 p.m. UTC | #1 
On 14/04/2022 20:21, 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:
>  

LGTM, thanks.

Reviewed-by: Adhemerval Zanella  <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org>
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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: