[LLVMdev] [lld][ELF] How to transfer st_other field value from input to output file

[Shankar Easwaran]

One way to do that is to add new visibility / contentTypes (whatever is 
relevant) added for each of the values st_other picks ?

What are the other values st_other can take on MIPS ?

Shankar Easwaran

On 11/6/2014 8:50 AM, Simon Atanasyan wrote:
> Hi,
>
> On MIPS st_other field in the ELF symbols table might contain some
> additional MIPS-specific flags besides visibility ones. These flags
> should be copied to the output linked file. If YAML => Native
> conversion is switched off, there is no problem. But in case of the
> conversion we lose st_other field values.
>
> So I need an advice how to keep this information. Is it a good idea to
> extend YAML and Native format to store these data? Is there any
> alternative solutions?
>
> Thanks.
>


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