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18 changes: 9 additions & 9 deletions lib/std/os/linux.zig
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Expand Up@@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ pub const O = switch (native_arch) {
/// Set by startup code, used by `getauxval`.
pub var elf_aux_maybe: ?[*]std.elf.Auxv = null;

/// Whether an external or internal getauxval implementation is used.
const extern_getauxval = switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
// Calling extern functions is not yet supported with these backends
.stage2_aarch64, .stage2_arm, .stage2_riscv64, .stage2_sparc64 => false,
else => !builtin.link_libc,
};

comptime {
const root = @import("root");
// Export this only when building executable, otherwise it is overriding
// the libc implementation
if (extern_getauxval and (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main"))) {
@export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
}
}

pub const getauxval = if (extern_getauxval) struct {
comptime {
const root = @import("root");
// Export this only when building an executable, otherwise it is overriding
// the libc implementation
if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
@export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
}
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Just for my edification, what's the technical reason for needing this @export?

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Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it can be removed in a different PR.
I'm not really easily able to learn much more about it right now because there hasn't been a new master build for download in over a week.

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I went digging through the history. The reason is that we only want a single getauxval implementation to be used at runtime (only the one that has elf_aux_maybe set from the start code is actually functional), so we're using weak linkage to accomplish that.

This is mainly relevant when linking multiple Zig compilation units together.

}
extern fn getauxval(index: usize) usize;
}.getauxval else getauxvalImpl;

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Expand Up@@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ pub const O = switch (native_arch) {
/// Set by startup code, used by `getauxval`.
pub var elf_aux_maybe: ?[*]std.elf.Auxv = null;

/// Whether an external or internal getauxval implementation is used.
const extern_getauxval = switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
 // Calling extern functions is not yet supported with these backends
 .stage2_aarch64, .stage2_arm, .stage2_riscv64, .stage2_sparc64 => false,
 else => !builtin.link_libc,
};

comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (extern_getauxval and (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main"))) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }
}

pub const getauxval = if (extern_getauxval) struct {
 comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building an executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }

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Just for my edification, what's the technical reason for needing this @export?
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Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it can be removed in a different PR.

I'm not really easily able to learn much more about it right now because there hasn't been a new master build for download in over a week.
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I went digging through the history. The reason is that we only want a single getauxval implementation to be used at runtime (only the one that has elf_aux_maybe set from the start code is actually functional), so we're using weak linkage to accomplish that.
This is mainly relevant when linking multiple Zig compilation units together.
 }
 extern fn getauxval(index: usize) usize;
}.getauxval else getauxvalImpl;

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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Force GitHub README to respect dark mode\n(function() {\n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '\n .markdown-body {\n color-scheme: dark light;\n }\n .markdown-body pre { background: #161b22 !important; }\n .markdown-body code { background: rgba(110, 118, 129, 0.4) !important; }\n .markdown-body table th, .markdown-body table td { border-color: #30363d !important; }\n .markdown-body img { background: #0d1117; }\n .markdown-body blockquote { border-left-color: #8b949e; }\n .markdown-body hr { border-color: #30363d; }\n ';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n})();", "GitHub Dark Mode README Fix");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:GitHub Dark Mode README Fix]', __e); }
})();
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try {
var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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Expand Up@@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ pub const O = switch (native_arch) {
/// Set by startup code, used by `getauxval`.
pub var elf_aux_maybe: ?[*]std.elf.Auxv = null;

/// Whether an external or internal getauxval implementation is used.
const extern_getauxval = switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
 // Calling extern functions is not yet supported with these backends
 .stage2_aarch64, .stage2_arm, .stage2_riscv64, .stage2_sparc64 => false,
 else => !builtin.link_libc,
};

comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (extern_getauxval and (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main"))) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }
}

pub const getauxval = if (extern_getauxval) struct {
 comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building an executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }

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Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it can be removed in a different PR.

I'm not really easily able to learn much more about it right now because there hasn't been a new master build for download in over a week.
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I went digging through the history. The reason is that we only want a single getauxval implementation to be used at runtime (only the one that has elf_aux_maybe set from the start code is actually functional), so we're using weak linkage to accomplish that.
This is mainly relevant when linking multiple Zig compilation units together.
 }
 extern fn getauxval(index: usize) usize;
}.getauxval else getauxvalImpl;

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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Highlight search terms from Google/DuckDuckGo/Bing referrer\n(function() {\n var ref = document.referrer;\n var terms = [];\n \n if (ref.includes('google.com') || ref.includes('duckduckgo.com') || ref.includes('bing.com')) {\n var url = new URL(ref);\n var q = url.searchParams.get('q') || url.searchParams.get('p');\n if (q) {\n terms = q.split(/\\s+/).filter(function(t) { return t.length > 2; });\n }\n }\n \n if (terms.length === 0) return;\n \n var style = document.createElement('style');\n style.textContent = '.userscript-highlight { background: #fbbf24; color: #1a1a2e; padding: 1px 3px; border-radius: 2px; }';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n \n function highlight(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 3) { // text node\n var text = node.textContent;\n var found = false;\n terms.forEach(function(term) {\n var regex = new RegExp('(' + term.replace(/[.*+?^${}()|[\\]\\\\]/g, '\\\\') + ')', 'gi');\n if (regex.test(text)) {\n found = true;\n var frag = document.createDocumentFragment();\n var parts = text.split(regex);\n parts.forEach(function(part, i) {\n if (i % 2 === 0) {\n frag.appendChild(document.createTextNode(part));\n } else {\n var span = document.createElement('span');\n span.className = 'userscript-highlight';\n span.textContent = part;\n frag.appendChild(span);\n }\n });\n node.parentNode.replaceChild(frag, node);\n }\n });\n } else if (node.nodeType === 1 && node.childNodes) { // element\n var skipTags = ['SCRIPT', 'STYLE', 'NOSCRIPT', 'TEXTAREA', 'INPUT', 'SELECT'];\n if (!skipTags.includes(node.tagName)) {\n Array.from(node.childNodes).forEach(highlight);\n }\n }\n }\n \n highlight(document.body);\n \n // Re-highlight on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1 || node.nodeType === 3) highlight(node);\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Highlight Search Terms");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Highlight Search Terms]', __e); }
})();
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var __m = "*";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + ".*" + '

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lib/std/os/linux.zig

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Expand Up@@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ pub const O = switch (native_arch) {
/// Set by startup code, used by `getauxval`.
pub var elf_aux_maybe: ?[*]std.elf.Auxv = null;

/// Whether an external or internal getauxval implementation is used.
const extern_getauxval = switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
 // Calling extern functions is not yet supported with these backends
 .stage2_aarch64, .stage2_arm, .stage2_riscv64, .stage2_sparc64 => false,
 else => !builtin.link_libc,
};

comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (extern_getauxval and (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main"))) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }
}

pub const getauxval = if (extern_getauxval) struct {
 comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building an executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }

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Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it can be removed in a different PR.

I'm not really easily able to learn much more about it right now because there hasn't been a new master build for download in over a week.
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I went digging through the history. The reason is that we only want a single getauxval implementation to be used at runtime (only the one that has elf_aux_maybe set from the start code is actually functional), so we're using weak linkage to accomplish that.
This is mainly relevant when linking multiple Zig compilation units together.
 }
 extern fn getauxval(index: usize) usize;
}.getauxval else getauxvalImpl;

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injectUserscript("// Strip utm_, fbclid, gclid, etc. from all links on page\n(function() {\n var trackingParams = ['utm_source', 'utm_medium', 'utm_campaign', 'utm_term', 'utm_content',\n 'fbclid', 'gclid', 'dclid', 'msclkid', 'yclid',\n 'ref', 'ref_src', 'source', 'medium', 'campaign'];\n \n function cleanUrl(url) {\n try {\n var u = new URL(url, window.location.origin);\n var changed = false;\n trackingParams.forEach(function(p) {\n if (u.searchParams.has(p)) {\n u.searchParams.delete(p);\n changed = true;\n }\n });\n return changed ? u.toString() : url;\n } catch (e) {\n return url;\n }\n }\n \n function cleanLinks() {\n document.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n \n cleanLinks();\n \n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n mutations.forEach(function(m) {\n m.addedNodes.forEach(function(node) {\n if (node.nodeType === 1) {\n if (node.tagName === 'A') cleanLinks();\n node.querySelectorAll('a[href]').forEach(function(a) {\n var clean = cleanUrl(a.href);\n if (clean !== a.href) a.href = clean;\n });\n }\n });\n });\n });\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "Remove Tracking Parameters from Links");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Remove Tracking Parameters from Links]', __e); }
})();
(function(){
try {
var __m = "youtube.com";
var __re = new RegExp('^' + "youtube\\.com" + '

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Expand Up@@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ pub const O = switch (native_arch) {
/// Set by startup code, used by `getauxval`.
pub var elf_aux_maybe: ?[*]std.elf.Auxv = null;

/// Whether an external or internal getauxval implementation is used.
const extern_getauxval = switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
 // Calling extern functions is not yet supported with these backends
 .stage2_aarch64, .stage2_arm, .stage2_riscv64, .stage2_sparc64 => false,
 else => !builtin.link_libc,
};

comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (extern_getauxval and (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main"))) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }
}

pub const getauxval = if (extern_getauxval) struct {
 comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building an executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }

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Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it can be removed in a different PR.

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I went digging through the history. The reason is that we only want a single getauxval implementation to be used at runtime (only the one that has elf_aux_maybe set from the start code is actually functional), so we're using weak linkage to accomplish that.
This is mainly relevant when linking multiple Zig compilation units together.
 }
 extern fn getauxval(index: usize) usize;
}.getauxval else getauxvalImpl;

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if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Auto-enable theater mode on YouTube\n(function() {\n function tryTheater() {\n var btn = document.querySelector('button[aria-label=\"Theater mode\"], ytd-player #player button[title=\"Theater mode\"]');\n if (btn && !btn.classList.contains('activated')) {\n btn.click();\n }\n }\n \n // Try immediately\n tryTheater();\n \n // Try after navigation (SPA)\n var lastUrl = location.href;\n setInterval(function() {\n if (location.href !== lastUrl) {\n lastUrl = location.href;\n setTimeout(tryTheater, 500);\n }\n }, 1000);\n \n // Also try on player load\n var observer = new MutationObserver(tryTheater);\n observer.observe(document.body, { childList: true, subtree: true });\n})();", "YouTube Theater Mode Default");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:YouTube Theater Mode Default]', __e); }
})();
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Expand Up@@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ pub const O = switch (native_arch) {
/// Set by startup code, used by `getauxval`.
pub var elf_aux_maybe: ?[*]std.elf.Auxv = null;

/// Whether an external or internal getauxval implementation is used.
const extern_getauxval = switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
 // Calling extern functions is not yet supported with these backends
 .stage2_aarch64, .stage2_arm, .stage2_riscv64, .stage2_sparc64 => false,
 else => !builtin.link_libc,
};

comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (extern_getauxval and (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main"))) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }
}

pub const getauxval = if (extern_getauxval) struct {
 comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building an executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }

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Just for my edification, what's the technical reason for needing this @export?
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Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it can be removed in a different PR.

I'm not really easily able to learn much more about it right now because there hasn't been a new master build for download in over a week.
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I went digging through the history. The reason is that we only want a single getauxval implementation to be used at runtime (only the one that has elf_aux_maybe set from the start code is actually functional), so we're using weak linkage to accomplish that.
This is mainly relevant when linking multiple Zig compilation units together.
 }
 extern fn getauxval(index: usize) usize;
}.getauxval else getauxvalImpl;

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Expand Up@@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ pub const O = switch (native_arch) {
/// Set by startup code, used by `getauxval`.
pub var elf_aux_maybe: ?[*]std.elf.Auxv = null;

/// Whether an external or internal getauxval implementation is used.
const extern_getauxval = switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
 // Calling extern functions is not yet supported with these backends
 .stage2_aarch64, .stage2_arm, .stage2_riscv64, .stage2_sparc64 => false,
 else => !builtin.link_libc,
};

comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (extern_getauxval and (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main"))) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }
}

pub const getauxval = if (extern_getauxval) struct {
 comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building an executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }

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Just for my edification, what's the technical reason for needing this @export?
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Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it can be removed in a different PR.

I'm not really easily able to learn much more about it right now because there hasn't been a new master build for download in over a week.
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I went digging through the history. The reason is that we only want a single getauxval implementation to be used at runtime (only the one that has elf_aux_maybe set from the start code is actually functional), so we're using weak linkage to accomplish that.
This is mainly relevant when linking multiple Zig compilation units together.
 }
 extern fn getauxval(index: usize) usize;
}.getauxval else getauxvalImpl;

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, 'i');
if (__m === '*' || __re.test(location.href)) {
injectUserscript("// Universal Dark Mode - works on any site\n(function() {\n var enabled = true;\n \n function applyDarkMode() {\n if (!enabled) return;\n \n // Create style element if it doesn't exist\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (!style) {\n style = document.createElement('style');\n style.id = 'universal-dark-mode-style';\n document.head.appendChild(style);\n }\n \n // Dark mode CSS - inverts colors but preserves images/video\n style.textContent = '\n /* Invert everything except media */\n html {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #1a1a2e !important;\n }\n \n /* Restore images, videos, iframes, canvas */\n img, video, iframe, canvas, svg, picture, [style*=\"background-image\"] {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n }\n \n /* Preserve specific elements that should not be inverted */\n .no-dark-mode, .no-dark-mode *,\n [data-theme=\"light\"], [data-theme=\"light\"],\n .ace_editor, .ace_editor *,\n .CodeMirror, .CodeMirror *,\n .monaco-editor, .monaco-editor *,\n .markdown-body pre, .markdown-body pre *,\n .highlight, .highlight *,\n pre code, pre code * {\n filter: none !important;\n }\n \n /* Fix common UI elements */\n .modal, .popup, .dropdown-menu, .tooltip, .popover {\n filter: invert(1) hue-rotate(180deg) !important;\n background: #2d2d44 !important;\n border-color: #444 !important;\n }\n \n /* Scrollbars */\n ::-webkit-scrollbar { background: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb { background: #444 !important; }\n ::-webkit-scrollbar-thumb:hover { background: #555 !important; }\n \n /* Selection */\n ::selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ::-moz-selection { background: #4ecdc4 !important; color: #1a1a2e !important; }\n ';\n }\n \n function removeDarkMode() {\n var style = document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style');\n if (style) style.remove();\n }\n \n // Toggle with Alt+Shift+D\n document.addEventListener('keydown', function(e) {\n if (e.altKey && e.shiftKey && e.key === 'D') {\n e.preventDefault();\n enabled = !enabled;\n if (enabled) {\n applyDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Enabled');\n } else {\n removeDarkMode();\n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Disabled');\n }\n }\n });\n \n // Apply on load\n applyDarkMode();\n \n // Re-apply on dynamic content\n var observer = new MutationObserver(function(mutations) {\n if (enabled && !document.getElementById('universal-dark-mode-style')) {\n applyDarkMode();\n }\n });\n observer.observe(document.head, { childList: true });\n \n console.log('[Universal Dark Mode] Loaded - Press Alt+Shift+D to toggle');\n})();", "Universal Dark Mode");
}
} catch(__e) { console.warn('[Userscript:Universal Dark Mode]', __e); }
})();
})();

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Expand Up@@ -475,22 +475,22 @@ pub const O = switch (native_arch) {
/// Set by startup code, used by `getauxval`.
pub var elf_aux_maybe: ?[*]std.elf.Auxv = null;

/// Whether an external or internal getauxval implementation is used.
const extern_getauxval = switch (builtin.zig_backend) {
 // Calling extern functions is not yet supported with these backends
 .stage2_aarch64, .stage2_arm, .stage2_riscv64, .stage2_sparc64 => false,
 else => !builtin.link_libc,
};

comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (extern_getauxval and (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main"))) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }
}

pub const getauxval = if (extern_getauxval) struct {
 comptime {
 const root = @import("root");
 // Export this only when building an executable, otherwise it is overriding
 // the libc implementation
 if (builtin.output_mode == .Exe or @hasDecl(root, "main")) {
 @export(&getauxvalImpl, .{ .name = "getauxval", .linkage = .weak });
 }

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Just for my edification, what's the technical reason for needing this @export?
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Honestly, I don't know. Maybe it can be removed in a different PR.

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I went digging through the history. The reason is that we only want a single getauxval implementation to be used at runtime (only the one that has elf_aux_maybe set from the start code is actually functional), so we're using weak linkage to accomplish that.
This is mainly relevant when linking multiple Zig compilation units together.
 }
 extern fn getauxval(index: usize) usize;
}.getauxval else getauxvalImpl;

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