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-rw-r--r--linker/linker.c37
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 37 deletions
diff --git a/linker/linker.c b/linker/linker.c
index 9805b35..ac183fd 100644
--- a/linker/linker.c
+++ b/linker/linker.c
@@ -408,33 +408,6 @@ static Elf32_Sym *_elf_lookup(soinfo *si, unsigned hash, const char *name)
return NULL;
}
-/*
- * Essentially the same method as _elf_lookup() above, but only
- * searches for LOCAL symbols
- */
-static Elf32_Sym *_elf_lookup_local(soinfo *si, unsigned hash, const char *name)
-{
- Elf32_Sym *symtab = si->symtab;
- const char *strtab = si->strtab;
- unsigned n = hash % si->nbucket;;
-
- TRACE_TYPE(LOOKUP, "%5d LOCAL SEARCH %s in %s@0x%08x %08x %d\n", pid,
- name, si->name, si->base, hash, hash % si->nbucket);
- for(n = si->bucket[hash % si->nbucket]; n != 0; n = si->chain[n]){
- Elf32_Sym *s = symtab + n;
- if (strcmp(strtab + s->st_name, name)) continue;
- if (ELF32_ST_BIND(s->st_info) != STB_LOCAL) continue;
- /* no section == undefined */
- if(s->st_shndx == 0) continue;
-
- TRACE_TYPE(LOOKUP, "%5d FOUND LOCAL %s in %s (%08x) %d\n", pid,
- name, si->name, s->st_value, s->st_size);
- return s;
- }
-
- return NULL;
-}
-
static unsigned elfhash(const char *_name)
{
const unsigned char *name = (const unsigned char *) _name;
@@ -458,16 +431,6 @@ _do_lookup(soinfo *si, const char *name, unsigned *base)
soinfo *lsi = si;
int i;
- /* If we are trying to find a symbol for the linker itself, look
- * for LOCAL symbols first. Avoid using LOCAL symbols for other
- * shared libraries until we have a better understanding of what
- * might break by doing so. */
- if (si->flags & FLAG_LINKER) {
- s = _elf_lookup_local(si, elf_hash, name);
- if(s != NULL)
- goto done;
- }
-
/* Look for symbols in the local scope (the object who is
* searching). This happens with C++ templates on i386 for some
* reason.