Evaluate feasibility and impact of enabling -fno-semantic-interposition

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    • Type: New Feature
    • Resolution: Won't Do
    • Priority: Major - P3
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      The -fno-semantic-interposition flag significantly improves startup time for dynamically linked binaries by disabling support for symbol interposition (e.g. LD_PRELOAD. We should evaluate whether we think the loss of LD_PRELOAD functionality is justified by the performance gains. If we decide against doing so, we should consider building with -fsemantic-interposition, since clang defaults to -fno-semantic-interposition despite it generating binaries that are technically not in alignment with the ELF standard.

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            [DO NOT ASSIGN] Backlog - Server Development Platform Team (SDP) (Inactive)
            Reporter:
            Andrew Morrow (Inactive)
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