Nicolas Williams wrote: > On Thu, Oct 16, 2008 at 02:17:59PM -0700, Rod Evans wrote: >>> b) folding rpcsec.so.1 into libnsl and moving libgss into /lib >> This sounds feasible too, and would simplify and improve the performance >> of the system as a whole. Don't forget, filtees are another object ld.so.1 >> has to load - the less the better. > > But the filtee doesn't get loaded unless the filter is referenced, > right? Or does ld.so.1 load even filtees unless -z lazy/RTLD_LAZY?
Correct. But if you do use it, you're loading another library. > I'll ask around about moving libgss into /lib. I don't want to bother > with CD/miniroot sizing issues if that's likely to cause others > heartburn. > >> Why not fold rpcsec.so.1 and libgss into libnsl :-) > > Well, libgss can't be folded into libnsl, not unless we leave a libgss > filter around. And most uses of libgss don't come from libnsl. So I'd > feel uncomfortable about folding libgss into libnsl. If you fold a library into another, and the former has other users, then you must always leave a filter around. The same model has been applied to things like libthread, libaio, librt ... which have been folded into libc. -- Rod.
