commit 4a531bb0b3b582cb693de9f76d2d97d970f9a5d5
Author: H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
Date:   Fri Dec 24 20:14:37 2010 -0500

    Remove `.ctors' and `.dtors' output sections

diff --git a/config.h.in b/config.h.in
index 18bf01a38c..9e797eb5b7 100644
--- a/config.h.in
+++ b/config.h.in
@@ -201,6 +201,9 @@
 /* Define if multi-arch DSOs should be generated.  */
 #undef USE_MULTIARCH
 
+/* Define if `.ctors' and `.dtors' sections shouldn't be used.  */
+#define NO_CTORS_DTORS_SECTIONS
+
 /*
 ^L */
 
diff --git a/elf/sofini.c b/elf/sofini.c
index 5e06f0ca92..13e74b7903 100644
--- a/elf/sofini.c
+++ b/elf/sofini.c
@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 /* Finalizer module for ELF shared C library.  This provides terminating
    null pointer words in the `.ctors' and `.dtors' sections.  */
 
+#ifndef NO_CTORS_DTORS_SECTIONS
 static void (*const __CTOR_END__[1]) (void)
      __attribute__ ((used, section (".ctors")))
      = { 0 };
 static void (*const __DTOR_END__[1]) (void)
      __attribute__ ((used, section (".dtors")))
      = { 0 };
+#endif
 
 /* Terminate the frame unwind info section with a 4byte 0 as a sentinel;
    this would be the 'length' field in a real FDE.  */
diff --git a/elf/soinit.c b/elf/soinit.c
index 6fecbb5674..1db676af01 100644
--- a/elf/soinit.c
+++ b/elf/soinit.c
@@ -3,6 +3,7 @@
    the `.ctors' and `.dtors' sections so the lists are terminated, and
    calling those lists of functions.  */
 
+#ifndef NO_CTORS_DTORS_SECTIONS
 #include <libc-internal.h>
 #include <stdlib.h>
 
@@ -40,3 +41,4 @@ __libc_fini (void)
 
 void (*_fini_ptr) (void) __attribute__ ((section (".fini_array")))
      = &__libc_fini;
+#endif
diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/init-first.c b/sysdeps/i386/init-first.c
index c6355a8b7b..2af042fe4b 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/init-first.c
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/init-first.c
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ _init (int argc, ...)
 {
   init (&argc);
 
+#ifndef NO_CTORS_DTORS_SECTIONS
   __libc_global_ctors ();
+#endif
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/init-first.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/init-first.c
index f9a7a58deb..60823bd789 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/init-first.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/i386/init-first.c
@@ -92,7 +92,7 @@ posixland_init (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
   __getopt_clean_environment (envp);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SHARED
+#if defined SHARED && !defined NO_CTORS_DTORS_SECTIONS
   __libc_global_ctors ();
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/powerpc/init-first.c b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/powerpc/init-first.c
index 20fa1d4f12..21b5054b0a 100644
--- a/sysdeps/mach/hurd/powerpc/init-first.c
+++ b/sysdeps/mach/hurd/powerpc/init-first.c
@@ -82,7 +82,7 @@ posixland_init (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
   __getopt_clean_environment (__environ);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SHARED
+#if defined SHARED && !defined NO_CTORS_DTORS_SECTIONS
   __libc_global_ctors ();
 #endif
 }
diff --git a/sysdeps/sh/init-first.c b/sysdeps/sh/init-first.c
index d816625ef4..1f3a821fea 100644
--- a/sysdeps/sh/init-first.c
+++ b/sysdeps/sh/init-first.c
@@ -59,7 +59,9 @@ _init (int argc, ...)
 {
   init (&argc);
 
+#ifndef NO_CTORS_DTORS_SECTIONS
   __libc_global_ctors ();
+#endif
 }
 #endif
 
diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c
index 7b2333d4bf..a60212f4ed 100644
--- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c
+++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/init-first.c
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@ _init (int argc, char **argv, char **envp)
   __getopt_clean_environment (envp);
 #endif
 
-#ifdef SHARED
+#if defined SHARED && !defined NO_CTORS_DTORS_SECTIONS
   __libc_global_ctors ();
 #endif
 }