6972860 ld should provide user guidance to improve objects
PSARC/2010/312 Link-editor guidance

6956152 dlclose() from an auditor can be fatal. Preinit/activity events should be more flexible.

6961755 ld.so.1's -e arguments should take precedence over environment variables.
6748925 moe returns wrong hwcap library in some circumstances

6949596 wrong section alignment generated in joint compilation with shared library

6943772 Testing for a symbols existence with RTLD_PROBE is compromised by RTLD_BIND_NOW
PSARC/2010/175 Deferred symbol references
6943432 dlsym(RTLD_PROBE) should only bind to symbol definitions
6668759 an external method for determining whether an ELF dependency is optional

6932220 ld -z allextract skips objects that lack global symbols

6941727 ld relocation cache memory use is excessive

6938628 ld.so.1 should produce diagnostics for all dl*() entry points

6918143 symbol capabilities
6910387 .tdata and .tbss separation invalidates TLS program header information

6916788 ld version 2 mapfile syntax
PSARC/2009/688 Human readable and extensible ld mapfile syntax

6914728 Add dl_iterate_phdr() function to ld.so.1
PSARC/2010/015 dl_iterate_phdr

6888489 Null environment variables are not overriding crle(1) replaceable environment variables.

6850768 ld option to autogenerate wrappers/interposers similar to GNU ld --wrap
PSARC/2009/493 ld -z wrap option

6849998 remove undocumented mapfile $SPECVERS and $NEED options

6837777 ld ordered section code uses too much memory and works too hard

6831308 ld.so.1: symbol rescanning does a little too much work

6806791 filter builds could be optimized
6823371 calloc() uses suboptimal memset() causing 15% regression in SpecCPU2006 gcc code

6831285 linker LD_DEBUG support needs improvements

6821619 Solaris linkers need systematic approach to ELF OSABI
PSARC/2009/196 ELF objects to set OSABI / elfdump -O option

6801536 ld: mapfile processing oddities unveiled through mmapobj(2) observations

6797468 ld.so.1: orphaned handles aren't processed correctly

6686372 ld.so.1 should use mmapobj(2)
6726108 dlopen() performance could be improved.

6778453 RTLD_GROUP prevents use of application defined malloc

6773695 ld -z nopartial can break non-pic objects

6775062 remove /usr/lib/libldstab.so

6748160 problem with -zrescan
PSARC 2008/651 New ld archive rescan options

6756472 AOUT search path pruning

6746674 setuid applications do not find libraries any more because trusted directories behavior changed

6744003 ld(1) could provide better argument processing diagnostics
PSARC/2008/583 add gld options to ld(1)

6735939 ld(1) discarded symbol relocations errors (Studio and GNU).
6354160 Solaris linker includes more than one copy of code in binary when linking gnu object code
6732920 mdb doesn't quite handle Extended ELF sections

6617475 gas creates erroneous FILE symbols [was: ld.so.1 is reported as false positive by wsdiff]

6509323 Need to disable the Multiple Files loading - same name, different directories (or its stat() use)

6492726 Merge SHF_MERGE|SHF_STRINGS input sections

6629404 ld with -z ignore doesn't scale

6617855 nodirect tag can be ignored when other syminfo tags are available

PSARC/2007/559 new symbol visibilities - EXPORTED, SINGLETON, and ELIMINATE
6602451 new symbol visibilities required: EXPORTED, SINGLETON and ELIMINATE

5035454 mixing -Kpic and -KPIC may cause SIGSEGV with -xarch=v9

6603313 dlclose() can fail to unload objects after fix for 6573641

6577462 Additional improvements needed to handling of gcc's symbol versioning

PSARC/2007/413 Add -zglobalaudit option to ld
6568745 segfault when using LD_DEBUG with bit_audit library when instrumenting mozilla

6516665 The link-editors should be more resilient against gcc's symbol versioning

PSARC 2007/127 Reserved space for editing ELF dynamic sections
6516118 Reserved space needed in ELF dynamic section and string table

6533587 ld.so.1: init/fini processing needs to compensate for interposer expectations

6523787 dlopen() handle gets mistakenly orphaned - results in access to freed memory

6521504 ld: hardware capabilities processing from relocatables objects needs hardening.
6521608 assertion failure in runtime linker related to auditing

6519951 bfu is just another word for exit today (RPATH -> RUNPATH conversion bites us)

6494228 pclose() error when an audit library calls popen() and the main target is being run under ldd
6518480 ld -melf_i386 doesn't complain

PSARC 2007/026 ELF symbol sort sections
6475344 DTrace needs ELF function and data symbols sorted by address

PSARC/2006/714 ld(1) mapfile: symbol interpose definition
6494214 Refinements to symbolic binding, symbol declarations and interposition
6500110 *file* could produce better error diagnostics

6501793 GOTOP relocation transition (optimization) fails with offsets > 2^32

6496718 restricted visibility symbol references should trigger archive extraction

PSARC 2006/595 link-editor support library interface - ld_open()
6479848 Enhancements to the linker support interface needed.
6482058 lari(1) could be faster, and handle per-symbol filters better
6482974 defining virtual address of text segment can result in an invalid data segment
6476734 crle(1m) "-l" as described fails system, crle cores trying to fix /a/var/ld/ld.config in failsafe

6423746 add an option to relax the resolution of COMDAT relocs

6464235 executing the 64-bit ld(1) should be easy

6421380 nm uses too many digits when formatting 64-bit hex values
6424132 elfdump inserts extra whitespace in bitmap value display

6388946 attempting to dlopen a .o file mislabeled as .so fails
6446740 allow mapfile symbol definitions to create backing storage
4986360 linker crash on exec of .so (as opposed to a.out) -- error preferred instead
6229145 ld: initarray/finiarray processing occurs after got size is determined
6324924 the linker should warn if there's a .init section but not _init

6423051 static TLS support within the link-editors needs a major face lift

PSARC 2006/301 elf_M32.h removal
PSARC 2006/309 crle(1) configuration file format change
6174390 crle configuration files are inconsistent across platforms

6262333 init section of .so dlopened from audit interface not being called

6398893 Extended section processing needs some work

6316708 LD_DEBUG should provide a means of identifying/isolating individual
link-map lists
6280209 elfdump cores on memory model 0x3
6197234 elfdump and dump don't handle 64-bit symbols correctly

6362044 ld(1) inconsistencies with LD_DEBUG=-Dunused and -zignore
6362047 ld.so.1 dumps core when combining HWCAP and LD_PROFILE

PSARC 2005/689 ELF Extended Program Headers
6317969 elfheader limited to 65535 segments
6317980 coredump elfheader doesn't reflect the correct number of dumped segments
6343698 p-tools affected by 6317980 : coredump elfheader incorrectly states number of dumped segments
6350070 stub for shmgetid() returns the wrong default value

6340814 ld.so.1 core dump with HWCAP relocatable object + updated statistics

6301218 Matlab dumps core on startup when running on 112963-22

6284941 excessive link times with many groups/sections

OpenSolaris Launch

6972860 ld should provide user guidance to improve objects
PSARC/2010/312 Link-editor guidance

6956152 dlclose() from an auditor can be fatal. Preinit/activity events should be more flexible.

6961755 ld.so.1's -e arguments should take precedence over environment variables.
6748925 moe returns wrong hwcap library in some circumstances

6949596 wrong section alignment generated in joint compilation with shared library

6943772 Testing for a symbols existence with RTLD_PROBE is compromised by RTLD_BIND_NOW
PSARC/2010/175 Deferred symbol references
6943432 dlsym(RTLD_PROBE) should only bind to symbol definitions
6668759 an external method for determining whether an ELF dependency is optional

6932220 ld -z allextract skips objects that lack global symbols

6941727 ld relocation cache memory use is excessive

6938628 ld.so.1 should produce diagnostics for all dl*() entry points

6918143 symbol capabilities
6910387 .tdata and .tbss separation invalidates TLS program header information

6916788 ld version 2 mapfile syntax
PSARC/2009/688 Human readable and extensible ld mapfile syntax

6914728 Add dl_iterate_phdr() function to ld.so.1
PSARC/2010/015 dl_iterate_phdr

6888489 Null environment variables are not overriding crle(1) replaceable environment variables.

6850768 ld option to autogenerate wrappers/interposers similar to GNU ld --wrap
PSARC/2009/493 ld -z wrap option

6849998 remove undocumented mapfile $SPECVERS and $NEED options

6837777 ld ordered section code uses too much memory and works too hard

6831308 ld.so.1: symbol rescanning does a little too much work

6806791 filter builds could be optimized
6823371 calloc() uses suboptimal memset() causing 15% regression in SpecCPU2006 gcc code

6831285 linker LD_DEBUG support needs improvements

6821619 Solaris linkers need systematic approach to ELF OSABI
PSARC/2009/196 ELF objects to set OSABI / elfdump -O option

6801536 ld: mapfile processing oddities unveiled through mmapobj(2) observations

6797468 ld.so.1: orphaned handles aren't processed correctly

6686372 ld.so.1 should use mmapobj(2)
6726108 dlopen() performance could be improved.

6778453 RTLD_GROUP prevents use of application defined malloc

6773695 ld -z nopartial can break non-pic objects

6775062 remove /usr/lib/libldstab.so

6748160 problem with -zrescan
PSARC 2008/651 New ld archive rescan options

6756472 AOUT search path pruning

6746674 setuid applications do not find libraries any more because trusted directories behavior changed

6744003 ld(1) could provide better argument processing diagnostics
PSARC/2008/583 add gld options to ld(1)

6735939 ld(1) discarded symbol relocations errors (Studio and GNU).
6354160 Solaris linker includes more than one copy of code in binary when linking gnu object code
6732920 mdb doesn't quite handle Extended ELF sections

6617475 gas creates erroneous FILE symbols [was: ld.so.1 is reported as false positive by wsdiff]

6509323 Need to disable the Multiple Files loading - same name, different directories (or its stat() use)

6492726 Merge SHF_MERGE|SHF_STRINGS input sections

6629404 ld with -z ignore doesn't scale

6617855 nodirect tag can be ignored when other syminfo tags are available

PSARC/2007/559 new symbol visibilities - EXPORTED, SINGLETON, and ELIMINATE
6602451 new symbol visibilities required: EXPORTED, SINGLETON and ELIMINATE

5035454 mixing -Kpic and -KPIC may cause SIGSEGV with -xarch=v9

6603313 dlclose() can fail to unload objects after fix for 6573641

6577462 Additional improvements needed to handling of gcc's symbol versioning

PSARC/2007/413 Add -zglobalaudit option to ld
6568745 segfault when using LD_DEBUG with bit_audit library when instrumenting mozilla

6516665 The link-editors should be more resilient against gcc's symbol versioning

PSARC 2007/127 Reserved space for editing ELF dynamic sections
6516118 Reserved space needed in ELF dynamic section and string table

6533587 ld.so.1: init/fini processing needs to compensate for interposer expectations

6523787 dlopen() handle gets mistakenly orphaned - results in access to freed memory

6521504 ld: hardware capabilities processing from relocatables objects needs hardening.
6521608 assertion failure in runtime linker related to auditing

6519951 bfu is just another word for exit today (RPATH -> RUNPATH conversion bites us)

6494228 pclose() error when an audit library calls popen() and the main target is being run under ldd
6518480 ld -melf_i386 doesn't complain

PSARC 2007/026 ELF symbol sort sections
6475344 DTrace needs ELF function and data symbols sorted by address

PSARC/2006/714 ld(1) mapfile: symbol interpose definition
6494214 Refinements to symbolic binding, symbol declarations and interposition
6500110 *file* could produce better error diagnostics

6501793 GOTOP relocation transition (optimization) fails with offsets > 2^32

6496718 restricted visibility symbol references should trigger archive extraction

PSARC 2006/595 link-editor support library interface - ld_open()
6479848 Enhancements to the linker support interface needed.
6482058 lari(1) could be faster, and handle per-symbol filters better
6482974 defining virtual address of text segment can result in an invalid data segment
6476734 crle(1m) "-l" as described fails system, crle cores trying to fix /a/var/ld/ld.config in failsafe

6423746 add an option to relax the resolution of COMDAT relocs

6464235 executing the 64-bit ld(1) should be easy

6421380 nm uses too many digits when formatting 64-bit hex values
6424132 elfdump inserts extra whitespace in bitmap value display

6388946 attempting to dlopen a .o file mislabeled as .so fails
6446740 allow mapfile symbol definitions to create backing storage
4986360 linker crash on exec of .so (as opposed to a.out) -- error preferred instead
6229145 ld: initarray/finiarray processing occurs after got size is determined
6324924 the linker should warn if there's a .init section but not _init

6423051 static TLS support within the link-editors needs a major face lift

PSARC 2006/301 elf_M32.h removal
PSARC 2006/309 crle(1) configuration file format change
6174390 crle configuration files are inconsistent across platforms

6262333 init section of .so dlopened from audit interface not being called

6398893 Extended section processing needs some work

6316708 LD_DEBUG should provide a means of identifying/isolating individual
link-map lists
6280209 elfdump cores on memory model 0x3
6197234 elfdump and dump don't handle 64-bit symbols correctly

6362044 ld(1) inconsistencies with LD_DEBUG=-Dunused and -zignore
6362047 ld.so.1 dumps core when combining HWCAP and LD_PROFILE

PSARC 2005/689 ELF Extended Program Headers
6317969 elfheader limited to 65535 segments
6317980 coredump elfheader doesn't reflect the correct number of dumped segments
6343698 p-tools affected by 6317980 : coredump elfheader incorrectly states number of dumped segments
6350070 stub for shmgetid() returns the wrong default value

6340814 ld.so.1 core dump with HWCAP relocatable object + updated statistics

6301218 Matlab dumps core on startup when running on 112963-22

6284941 excessive link times with many groups/sections

OpenSolaris Launch