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author | Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> | 2015-04-20 07:55:41 -0700 |
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committer | Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org> | 2015-04-24 11:07:32 +0100 |
commit | 2eb48c227e673bd1c06829c24e2043a164dd0124 (patch) | |
tree | ce54871d2a4e64c4f0c2800ae1340189b5040042 /documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | |
parent | f06cd40f08f0c683a29abc30cf586cf538bf2321 (diff) | |
download | openembedded-core-contrib-2eb48c227e673bd1c06829c24e2043a164dd0124.tar.gz |
ref-manual: Updates to ELF binary QA warning
Fixes [YOCTO #7630]
Apparently the text relocation being done here can cause runtime
performance issues. I documented a potential work-around for the
issue and provided a cross-reference link to an external site for
more general information about text relocation at runtime.
Reported-by: Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org>
(From yocto-docs rev: f7ba2fd03ee40c5dbe6a07a24a63d9147857ed78)
Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml')
-rw-r--r-- | documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml | 6 |
1 files changed, 5 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml index a000b2ae28..3889473b6e 100644 --- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml +++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml @@ -1697,7 +1697,11 @@ <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>textrel:</filename></emphasis> Checks for ELF binaries that contain relocations in their <filename>.text</filename> sections, which can result in a - performance impact at runtime.</para></listitem> + performance impact at runtime. + See the explanation for the + <link linkend='qa-issue-textrel'><filename>ELF binary</filename></link> + message for more information regarding runtime performance issues. + </para></listitem> <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>unsafe-references-in-binaries:</filename></emphasis> Reports when a binary installed in <filename>${base_libdir}</filename>, |