On 5/4/22 15:10, Alexander Monakov wrote:
> On Wed, 4 May 2022, Martin Liška wrote:
> 
>> On 5/4/22 14:32, Alexander Monakov wrote:
>>> On Wed, 4 May 2022, Martin Liška wrote:
>>>
>>>> The patch is a follow-up of the discussion we've got in:
>>>> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2022-May/593901.html
>>>>
>>>> Mold linker would appreciate knowing in advance if get_symbols_v3 is 
>>>> supported
>>>> by a GCC plug-in or not.
> 
> Out of curiousity, I looked at mold, and I don't understand what problem this
> detection is solving, nor why this is the best way to solve that. Was there
> some discussion with mold author I should check out?

Sure, please take a look at this issue:
https://github.com/rui314/mold/issues/454#issuecomment-1116849458

> 
> Note that mold takes this not only as 'v3 API is supported', but, more
> importantly, as 'v2 entrypoint will not be called'.

Yes, if they register get_symbols_v3, then it will be called. That's how the
plug-in works.

Martin

> 
> Alexander

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