Re: patch to make init_array work (2nd version; resend)

[David Mosberger <davidm at napali dot hpl dot hp dot com>]

>>>>> On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 18:20:09 -0800, Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com> said:

  >> On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 01:58:52PM -0800, Roland McGrath wrote: >
  >> That seems like a reasonable thing to do, though it's unfortunate
  >> it means > changing all the platforms' start.S files.  For
  >> preinit_array+init_array, > start.S could just contain the code
  >> in the .init section, no?  But probably > it is better to write
  >> generic _init/_fini replacements in C.
  >>
  >> I think the best solution is to write
  >>
  >> static void do_all_init(void) { // Loop over .preinit_array //
  >> Loop over .init_array _init (); }
  >>
  >> or whatever the proper ordering is, and then pass this new
  >> function to __libc_start_main.

  Roland> Yup, that's the C I was talking about.

I suppose it makes sense to put do_all_init() and do_all_fini() in a
shared source file.  Do you want to do that or should I work on it?
If the latter, just tell me where you want the functions.

	--david