[PATCH] Fix __attribute__((hidden)) use

Steve Grubb sgrubb at redhat.com
Fri Feb 29 20:50:53 UTC 2008


On Monday 11 February 2008 13:17:29 Miloslav Trmac wrote:
> this patch fixes __attribute__ ((hidden)) use.  The
> hidden_def(SYM)/hidden_proto(SYM) pair should be used for symbols that
> are a part of the public API; it creates hidden aliases (SYM_internal)
> for use within the shared library, which speeds up both dynamic linking
> and code execution.  Symbols that are not in the public API should use
> "hidden" in the function declaration.

Applied thanks!

-Steve




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