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| author | Daniel Bertalan <dani@danielbertalan.dev> | 2022-03-13 08:49:28 +0100 |
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| committer | Andreas Kling <kling@serenityos.org> | 2022-05-01 12:42:01 +0200 |
| commit | 08c459e495608b4be6b9a032cc62ca65f4cef975 (patch) | |
| tree | 48d96d5e493a0efa6632a96983fe2825743ab4ba /AK | |
| parent | 4d5965bd2c07bd88c91c5977a5a7e7a546a09917 (diff) | |
| download | serenity-08c459e495608b4be6b9a032cc62ca65f4cef975.zip | |
LibELF: Add support for IFUNCs
IFUNC is a GNU extension to the ELF standard that allows a function to
have multiple implementations. A resolver function has to be called at
load time to choose the right one to use. The PLT will contain the entry
to the resolved function, so branching and more indirect jumps can be
avoided at run-time.
This mechanism is usually used when a routine can be made faster using
CPU features that are available in only some models, and a fallback
implementation has to exist for others.
We will use this feature to have two separate memset implementations for
CPUs with and without ERMS (Enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB) support.
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