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Date: Sat, 02 Aug 2014 18:57:00 +0200
From: Jens Gustedt <jens.gustedt@...ia.fr>
To: musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: reserved symbol violations

Am Samstag, den 02.08.2014, 12:37 -0400 schrieb Rich Felker:
> On Sat, Aug 02, 2014 at 06:28:03PM +0200, Jens Gustedt wrote:
> > Hi,
> >  by digging into the symbols that are dragged into a C11 thread
> > executable I noticed that there are some hotspots that should perhaps
> > be worth looking at. I attach a file that summarizes the findings.
> > 
> > One is simple, I'd change the reference to clock_gettime in
> > __timedwait to __clock_gettime.
> 
> That's fine.

ok

> I have no idea how to make it get linked only if both are used, and I
> suspect it's impossible. However, there's no namespace violation here;
> setrlimit and set*id are from POSIX, not ISO C. So it's just excess
> bloat.

Hm, even inside POSIX this is not conforming, I think. POSIX has a
quite precise idea which headers make which symbols visible.

Jens

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