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28 
29 /*
30  * We would like __dso_handle to be:
31  *   1. A const so that if a DSO does not have any RW data, .data section can
32  *      be omitted.
33  *   2. Of type void* so that no awkward type conversion is needed when
34  *      &__dso_handle is passed to various functions, which all expect a void*.
35  * To achieve both, we do the following aliasing trick.
36  */
37 static const void* const __dso_handle_const = &__dso_handle_const;
38 __attribute__((__visibility__("hidden")))
39 __attribute__((alias("__dso_handle_const"))) extern void* __dso_handle;
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