On 05/21/2015 10:12 PM, Sriraman Tallam wrote: > > My original proposal, for x86_64 only, was to add > -fno-plt=<function-name>. This lets the user decide for which > functions PLT must be avoided. Let the compiler always generate an > indirect call using call *func@GOTPCREL(%rip). We could do this for > non-PIC code too. No need for linker fixups since this relies on the > user to know that func is from a shared object.
Having to pass function names on the command line seems like an odd interface. E.g, you'll need to pass the mangled name for C++ functions. Any reason this isn't a function attribute? Thanks, Pedro Alves