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glibc: Improve compatibility of ELF constructor and destructor ordering

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      .Improved `glibc` compatibility with applications using `dlclose` on shared objects involved in a dependency cycle

      Previously, when unloading a shared object in a dependency cycle using the `dlclose` function in `glibc`, that object's ELF destructor might not have been called before all other objects were unloaded. As a consequence of this late ELF destructor execution, applications experienced crashes and other errors due to the initial shared object's dependencies already being deinitialized.

      With this update, `glibc` has been fixed to first call the ELF destructor of the immediate object being unloaded before any other ELF destructors are executed. As a result, compatibility with applications using `dlclose` on shared objects involved in a dependency cycle is improved and crashes no longer occur.
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      .Improved `glibc` compatibility with applications using `dlclose` on shared objects involved in a dependency cycle Previously, when unloading a shared object in a dependency cycle using the `dlclose` function in `glibc`, that object's ELF destructor might not have been called before all other objects were unloaded. As a consequence of this late ELF destructor execution, applications experienced crashes and other errors due to the initial shared object's dependencies already being deinitialized. With this update, `glibc` has been fixed to first call the ELF destructor of the immediate object being unloaded before any other ELF destructors are executed. As a result, compatibility with applications using `dlclose` on shared objects involved in a dependency cycle is improved and crashes no longer occur.
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      The ELF dependency sorter may be produce orderings in case of cycles that are incompatible with expectations of existing applications.

              fweimer@redhat.com Florian Weimer
              fweimer@redhat.com Florian Weimer
              Florian Weimer Florian Weimer
              Sergey Kolosov Sergey Kolosov
              Jacob Valdez Jacob Valdez (Inactive)
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