Use weak functions in the RTEMS core?

[Sebastian Huber]

On 08/04/2020 14:06, Andrew Butterfield wrote:

>  from my perspective as part of the qualification effort I suspect 
> that weak functions are easier to reason about and verify than global 
> pointers? Is my suspicion reasonable - I am more familiar with 
> pointers (global or otherwise) than I am with how weak functions are 
> implemented.
The problem with weak functions is that they need support from the 
object format and linkers. I guess nowadays this is not really an issue 
since every architecture relevant to RTEMS uses ELF.