|  | /* SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 */ | 
|  | /* | 
|  | * When building position independent code with GCC using the -fPIC option, | 
|  | * (or even the -fPIE one on older versions), it will assume that we are | 
|  | * building a dynamic object (either a shared library or an executable) that | 
|  | * may have symbol references that can only be resolved at load time. For a | 
|  | * variety of reasons (ELF symbol preemption, the CoW footprint of the section | 
|  | * that is modified by the loader), this results in all references to symbols | 
|  | * with external linkage to go via entries in the Global Offset Table (GOT), | 
|  | * which carries absolute addresses which need to be fixed up when the | 
|  | * executable image is loaded at an offset which is different from its link | 
|  | * time offset. | 
|  | * | 
|  | * Fortunately, there is a way to inform the compiler that such symbol | 
|  | * references will be satisfied at link time rather than at load time, by | 
|  | * giving them 'hidden' visibility. | 
|  | */ | 
|  |  | 
|  | #pragma GCC visibility push(hidden) |