Re: [PATCH] minor ELF addition

From: Jan Beulich
Date: Wed Nov 09 2005 - 03:03:08 EST


>>> Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxx> 08.11.05 23:56:56 >>>
>"Jan Beulich" <JBeulich@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> A trivial addition to the ELF definitions.
>>
>> ...
>> #define STT_FILE 4
>> +#define STT_COMMON 5
>> +#define STT_TLS 6
>
>Is there any particular reason for adding these, or is it just a
>completeness thing?

NLKD needs STT_COMMON. STT_TLS is just for completeness (and probably
not of much use in the kernel, though Andi seemed to have at least
considered using TLS for x86-64's per-CPU data).


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