Functions That Directly Inspect the Stack

A small number of functions exist that directly inspect the stack or make assumptions of its state. Some examples of these functions are the setjmp(3C) family, vfork(2), and any function that returns a structure, not a pointer to a structure. These functions are compromised by the extra stack that is created to support la_pltexit().

The runtime linker cannot detect functions of this type, and thus the audit library creator is responsible for disabling la_pltexit() for such routines.