ld.so GNU hash support

[Carmelo AMOROSO]

Carmelo AMOROSO wrote:
> Hi All,
> just to make you aware of I'm working (at STMicroelectronics)
> to add the support for the GNU hash style into the dynamic linker.
> A first implementation is working but needs to be reviewed,
> and to be fully tested.
> It is based on uclibc-nptl port for sh4 (www.stlinux.com).
>
> Shortly I'll post a patch to add this support to the trunk,
> as a first draft to share the implementation with the community.
>
> Best regards,
> Carmelo
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Hi All,
a first really simple test (helloworld) showed interesting results:

old SysV hash -> 185 strcmp failures before founding a symbol match
new GNU hash ->    0 strcmp failures

The bloom filter is doing an excellent work !!!

I'll produce further benchmarks as soon as available

Carmelo