[Python-Dev] Python startup time

[Barry Warsaw]

On May 2, 2018, at 15:24, Gregory Szorc <gregory.szorc at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> FWIW, Google has a patched glibc that implements dlopen_with_offset().
> It allows you to do things like memory map the current binary and then
> dlopen() a shared library embedded in an ELF section.
> 
> I've seen the code in the branch at
> https://sourceware.org/git/?p=glibc.git;a=shortlog;h=refs/heads/google/grte/v4-2.19/master.
> It likely exists elsewhere. An attempt to upstream it occurred at
> https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=11767. It is probably
> well worth someone's time to pick up the torch and get this landed in
> glibc so everyone can be a massive step closer to self-contained, single
> binary applications. Of course, it will take years before you can rely
> on a glibc version with this API being deployed universally. But the
> sooner this lands...

Oh, I’m well aware of the history of this patch. :)  I’d love to see it available on the platforms I use, and agree it’s well worth someone’s time to continue to shepherd this through the processes to make that happen.  Even if it did take years to roll out, Python could use it with the proper compile-time checks.

-Barry

-------------- next part --------------
A non-text attachment was scrubbed...
Name: signature.asc
Type: application/pgp-signature
Size: 833 bytes
Desc: Message signed with OpenPGP
URL: <http://mail.python.org/pipermail/python-dev/attachments/20180502/589697d4/attachment.sig>