commit e83c56dfbb6a9a61f0f18031620322af97e80162
author Evgeniy Stepanov <eugenis@google.com> Wed Dec 21 13:03:54 2011 +0400
committer Evgeniy Stepanov <eugenis@google.com> Tue Jan 10 13:30:41 2012 +0400
tree 4d173357ad7cffa5e8e01066653afde7ed2473d5
parent 334379dadaf481785909367cfc26600514b6119c

Execute .preinit_array before any shared object initialization functions.

This change makes linker handling of .preinit_array compliant with the
System V ABI:

"These [pre-initialization] functions are executed after the dynamic linker has
built the process image and performed relocations but before any shared object
initialization functions."
http://www.sco.com/developers/gabi/latest/ch5.dynamic.html#init_fini

Change-Id: Iebfee22bb1ebe1d7c7e69cb4686e4ebae0dfc4bb

linker/README.TXT

diff --git a/linker/README.TXT b/linker/README.TXT
index a8efe35..f920b97 100644
--- a/linker/README.TXT
+++ b/linker/README.TXT
@@ -87,6 +87,7 @@
       present in executables, not shared libraries, which contains
       a list of functions that need to be called before any other
       initialization function (i.e. DT_INIT and/or DT_INIT_ARRAY)
+      in the executable or any of its libraries.
 
       Note: this is generally stored in a .preinit_array section