From 4357ad342fdb2117fbfd6d2904d83b29acd23a78 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nick Clifton Date: Thu, 4 Dec 2008 08:53:39 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] * doc/as.texinfo (Type): Reword description of STT_IFUNC type. --- gas/ChangeLog | 4 ++++ gas/doc/as.texinfo | 8 ++++++-- 2 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/gas/ChangeLog b/gas/ChangeLog index c2abca5..004a620 100644 --- a/gas/ChangeLog +++ b/gas/ChangeLog @@ -1,3 +1,7 @@ +2008-12-04 Nick Clifton + + * doc/as.texinfo (Type): Reword description of STT_IFUNC type. + 2008-12-03 Nick Clifton * config/obj-elf.c (obj_elf_type): Add support for STT_IFUNC type. diff --git a/gas/doc/as.texinfo b/gas/doc/as.texinfo index 5a655a5..a5d936b 100644 --- a/gas/doc/as.texinfo +++ b/gas/doc/as.texinfo @@ -6296,8 +6296,12 @@ Does not mark the symbol in any way. It is supported just for completeness. @item STT_IFUNC @itemx indirect_function -Mark the symbol as an indirect function when evaluated during reloc -processing. (This is only supported on Linux targeted assemblers). +Mark the symbol as an indirect function. This has the same semantics as +STT_FUNC except when the symbol is referenced by a relocation. In this case +the symbol's value is not used in the relocation but instead the symbol is +invoked as a function taking no arguments and the return value is used in the +relocation. This also means that processing of the relocation must be delayed +until run-time. (This is only supported on some targets). @end table Note: Some targets support extra types in addition to those listed above. -- 2.7.4