Bsymbolic-functions

Binds references to all global function symbols in a program to the definitions within a user's shared library.

IDE Equivalent

None

Architectures

IA-32, Intel® 64 architectures

Syntax

Linux:

-Bsymbolic-functions

Mac OS X:

None

Windows:

None

Arguments

None

Default

OFF

When a program is linked to a shared library, it can override the definition within the shared library.

Description

This option binds references to all global function symbols in a program to the definitions within a user's shared library.

This option is only meaningful on Executable Linkage Format (ELF) platforms that support shared libraries.

Caution iconCaution

This option can have unintended side-effects of disabling symbol preemption in the shared library.

Alternate Options

None

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