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| author | Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com> | 2017-10-16 20:43:28 +0200 |
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| committer | Florian Weimer <fweimer@redhat.com> | 2017-10-16 20:43:28 +0200 |
| commit | 3480ddc40b8f9a9fb277fe1883e359db3db0ab17 (patch) | |
| tree | 1eae85677e5e15d911a800764a8e716528c2659e /include | |
| parent | 596f70134a8f11967c65c1d55a94a3a2718c731d (diff) | |
shlib-compat: Update documentation of the compat_symbol_reference macro
Diffstat (limited to 'include')
| -rw-r--r-- | include/shlib-compat.h | 8 |
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/include/shlib-compat.h b/include/shlib-compat.h index d872afcbab..6f11be804a 100644 --- a/include/shlib-compat.h +++ b/include/shlib-compat.h @@ -78,8 +78,12 @@ #endif -/* Use compat_symbol_reference for a reference to a specific version - of a symbol. Use compat_symbol to define such a symbol. */ +/* Use compat_symbol_reference for a reference *or* definition of a + specific version of a symbol. Definitions are primarily used to + ensure tests reference the exact compat symbol required, or define an + interposing symbol of the right version e.g. __malloc_initialize_hook + in mcheck-init.c. Use compat_symbol to define such a symbol within + the shared libraries that are built for users. */ #define compat_symbol_reference(lib, local, symbol, version) \ compat_symbol_reference_1 (lib, local, symbol, version) #define compat_symbol_reference_1(lib, local, symbol, version) \ |