Module Name: src
Committed By: dholland
Date: Sat Nov 26 20:38:20 UTC 2016
Modified Files:
src/lib/libc/misc: initfini.c
Log Message:
fix comment about initialization-time calls; ok joerg
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cvs rdiff -u -r1.11 -r1.12 src/lib/libc/misc/initfini.c
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Index: src/lib/libc/misc/initfini.c
diff -u src/lib/libc/misc/initfini.c:1.11 src/lib/libc/misc/initfini.c:1.12
--- src/lib/libc/misc/initfini.c:1.11 Mon Aug 19 22:14:37 2013
+++ src/lib/libc/misc/initfini.c Sat Nov 26 20:38:20 2016
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-/* $NetBSD: initfini.c,v 1.11 2013/08/19 22:14:37 matt Exp $ */
+/* $NetBSD: initfini.c,v 1.12 2016/11/26 20:38:20 dholland Exp $ */
/*-
* Copyright (c) 2007 The NetBSD Foundation, Inc.
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@
*/
#include <sys/cdefs.h>
-__RCSID("$NetBSD: initfini.c,v 1.11 2013/08/19 22:14:37 matt Exp $");
+__RCSID("$NetBSD: initfini.c,v 1.12 2016/11/26 20:38:20 dholland Exp $");
#ifdef _LIBC
#include "namespace.h"
@@ -77,8 +77,12 @@ void _libc_init(void);
struct ps_strings *__ps_strings;
/*
- * _libc_init is called twice. The first time explicitly by crt0.o
- * (for newer versions) and the second time as indirectly via _init().
+ * _libc_init is called twice. One call comes explicitly from crt0.o
+ * (for newer versions) and the other is via global constructor handling.
+ *
+ * In static binaries the explicit call is first; in dynamically linked
+ * binaries the global constructors of libc are called from ld.elf_so
+ * before crt0.o is reached.
*/
void __section(".text.startup")
_libc_init(void)
