Updated in 2025-05. Symbol address In an executable or shared object (called a component in ELF), a text section may need the absolute virtual address of a symbol (e.g. a function or a variable). The| MaskRay
Updated in 2025-02. Thread-local storage (TLS) provides a mechanism allocating distinct objects for different threads. It is the usual implementation for GCC extension __thread, C11 _Thread_local, and| MaskRay
Updated in 2024-04. GNU indirect function (ifunc) is a mechanism making a direct function call resolve to an implementation picked by a resolver. It is mainly used in glibc but has adoption in FreeBSD| MaskRay
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The AlmaLinux OS Foundation announced support for the IBM z (s390x) platform thanks to a collaboration with Gold Partner, Sine Nomine Associates (SNA). The Almalinux OS Foundation continues a long history of Linux and open source software support on mainframes, which was kickstarted at the end of the last century. In this blog, we wanted to highlight some of SNA’s involvement as we open a new chapter for Linux on the mainframe.| AlmaLinux OS