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[src/trunk]: src/doc Expand the weak-symbol section to mention module unload ...
details: https://anonhg.NetBSD.org/src/rev/aa9d2e2473e3
branches: trunk
changeset: 995587:aa9d2e2473e3
user: pgoyette <pgoyette%NetBSD.org@localhost>
date: Fri Dec 28 21:51:49 2018 +0000
description:
Expand the weak-symbol section to mention module unload issues. As
noted by martin@ on source-chages-d list.
diffstat:
doc/TODO.modules | 6 +++++-
1 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 1 deletions(-)
diffs (17 lines):
diff -r 4a2d8d5e4753 -r aa9d2e2473e3 doc/TODO.modules
--- a/doc/TODO.modules Fri Dec 28 21:37:56 2018 +0000
+++ b/doc/TODO.modules Fri Dec 28 21:51:49 2018 +0000
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: TODO.modules,v 1.17 2018/12/28 21:37:56 pgoyette Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: TODO.modules,v 1.18 2018/12/28 21:51:49 pgoyette Exp $ */
Some notes on the limitations of our current (as of 7.99.35) module
subsystem. This list was triggered by an Email exchange between
@@ -208,3 +208,7 @@
module A, the symbol gets resolved. But if module A is loaded first,
the symbol won't be resolved. If we subsequently load module B, we
would have to "go back" and re-run the linker for module A.
+
+ Additional difficulties arise when the module which defines the
+ weak symbol gets unloaded. Then, you would need to re-run the
+ linker and _unresolve_ the weak symbol which is no longer defined.
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