ELF Prelinking and GNU style hash support for Android: patches are available

[Jim Huang]

2011/7/25 Jim Huang <jserv at 0xlab.org>:
[...]
> Recently, Kito Cheng (in Cc. list) is improving the support of Android
> prelink, and hopefully we would submit patches to AOSP soon.

It is pitty that we can not submit to AOSP still.  However, the
patches are already public:
    https://gitorious.org/+0xlab

Please check team activity during Oct 28 to Nov 6:

bionic/
    GNU-style hash support for linker

build/
    Update link script for gnu-sytle hash
    Build library and executable with gnu-sytle hash table
    GNU-sytle hash support for soslim
    GNU-sytle hash support for apriori
    Build with partial global prelink
    Support partial global prelink for apriori
    Build with prelinking executable
    Support prelink executable with '-e/--prelink-executable' flag
    Reorder DT_NEEDED entries in apriori
    Build with incremental global prelink
    Support incremental global prelink mode for apriori

external/elfcopy/
    Basic GNU-sytle hash support for elfcopy

external/elfutil/
    Add SHT_GNU_HASH, DT_GNU_HASH in libelf/elf.h

Sincerely,
Jim Huang (jserv)
http://0xlab.org/