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authorEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2002-04-14 03:32:14 +0000
committerEric Andersen <andersen@codepoet.org>2002-04-14 03:32:14 +0000
commit5ce9147ea3796f0dca7f8fffce8b4c398eb08915 (patch)
tree2be24c643076c82822ab78c0bd07ab74a48ec9f0 /libc/sysdeps/linux/mips
parented44f35a1aa84c6e42dac46aab75e9f8fcc6d7b7 (diff)
Manuel and I were looking into a problem with applications failing to link
(undefined reference to `main') when the .o file containing main was contained in an static library(a '.a' ar archive). It turns out that due to its single pass nature, GNU ld was failing to pull it into the build. This sticks a dummy reference to main() into crt0.o, so that when an application is linked with the main() function in a static library, we can be sure that main() actually gets linked in. -Erik
Diffstat (limited to 'libc/sysdeps/linux/mips')
-rw-r--r--libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/crt0.S6
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/crt0.S b/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/crt0.S
index 000c2901a..9788d54ff 100644
--- a/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/crt0.S
+++ b/libc/sysdeps/linux/mips/crt0.S
@@ -34,3 +34,9 @@ __start:
jal __uClibc_main
hlt: b hlt /* Crash if somehow it does return. */
+/* Stick in a dummy reference to main(), so that if an application
+ * is linking when the main() function is in a static library (.a)
+ * we can be sure that main() actually gets linked in */
+L_dummy_main_reference:
+ .long main
+