Re: [Tinycc-devel] PIC code

[fabrice . bellard]

Quoting Basile STARYNKEVITCH <address@hidden>:

> 
> A few questions on TCC
> 
> does the -shared flag produce a position independent code (=PIC)
> shared
> library (*.so) or not?

TCC does not generate PIC code, although this feature could be easily added (TCC
does not use the ebx register!). If it is really critical for you I can look at
 it for the 0.9.14 release.

> Is it possible to compile to an object file .o with PIC code, so that
> the generated object could be linked [with other PIC object files] (by
> ld -shared) to produce a PIC *.so?

No, although the reverse may be possible (creating PIC objects with gcc and
linking them with TCC built-in linker).

> I also know that non-PIC .so are doable, but requires lot of
> relocation at dynamic loading time.

When speed of the code is critical, non-PIC .so are an interesting option. I am
surprised that no one uses them.

Fabrice.