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+From b37b75d269883a2c553bb7019a813094eb4e2dd1 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fangrui Song <maskray@google.com>
+Date: Tue, 17 Aug 2021 10:45:57 -0700
+Subject: [PATCH] x86_64: Simplify elf_machine_{load_address,dynamic}
+
+and drop reliance on _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_[0] being the link-time
+address of _DYNAMIC. &__ehdr_start is a better way to get the load address.
+
+Reviewed-by: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
+---
+ sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine.h | 21 +++++++--------------
+ 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine.h b/sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine.h
+index a8596aa..ceee507 100644
+--- a/sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine.h
++++ b/sysdeps/x86_64/dl-machine.h
+@@ -35,27 +35,20 @@ elf_machine_matches_host (const ElfW(Ehdr) *ehdr)
+ }
+
+
+-/* Return the link-time address of _DYNAMIC. Conveniently, this is the
+- first element of the GOT. This must be inlined in a function which
+- uses global data. */
++/* Return the run-time load address of the shared object. */
+ static inline ElfW(Addr) __attribute__ ((unused))
+-elf_machine_dynamic (void)
++elf_machine_load_address (void)
+ {
+- /* This produces an IP-relative reloc which is resolved at link time. */
+- extern const ElfW(Addr) _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_[] attribute_hidden;
+- return _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_[0];
++ extern const ElfW(Ehdr) __ehdr_start attribute_hidden;
++ return (ElfW(Addr)) &__ehdr_start;
+ }
+
+-
+-/* Return the run-time load address of the shared object. */
++/* Return the link-time address of _DYNAMIC. */
+ static inline ElfW(Addr) __attribute__ ((unused))
+-elf_machine_load_address (void)
++elf_machine_dynamic (void)
+ {
+- /* Compute the difference between the runtime address of _DYNAMIC as seen
+- by an IP-relative reference, and the link-time address found in the
+- special unrelocated first GOT entry. */
+ extern ElfW(Dyn) _DYNAMIC[] attribute_hidden;
+- return (ElfW(Addr)) &_DYNAMIC - elf_machine_dynamic ();
++ return (ElfW(Addr)) _DYNAMIC - elf_machine_load_address ();
+ }
+
+ /* Set up the loaded object described by L so its unrelocated PLT
+--
+1.8.3.1
+