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yet another todo item

Eric Andersen 21 years ago
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@@ -50,6 +50,15 @@ TODO list for the uClibc 1.0.0 release:
 	memory for destructors, which happens since the dynamic linker calls
 	memory for destructors, which happens since the dynamic linker calls
 	atexit(), which calls malloc() prior to valgrind starting, so valgrind
 	atexit(), which calls malloc() prior to valgrind starting, so valgrind
 	complains because it didn't see that memory allocated.
 	complains because it didn't see that memory allocated.
+    *) From the the ELF spec "...All shared object initializations happen
+	before the executable file gains control.  ...  Before the initialization
+	code for any object A is called, the initialization code for any other
+	objects that object A depends on are called.  For these purposes, an object
+	A depends on another object B, if B appears in Ads list of needed objects
+	(recorded in the DT_NEEDED entries of the dynamic structure). The order of
+	initialization for circular dependencies is undefined."  uClibc's shared
+	lib loader should be fixed to run ctors in the specified order.
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