This commit introduces support for an alternate linking method in the
LLEXT subsystem, called "SLID" (short for Symbol Link Identifier),
enabled by the CONFIG_LLEXT_EXPORT_BUILTINS_BY_SLID Kconfig option.
SLID-based linking uses a unique identifier (integer) to identify
exported symbols, instead of using the symbol name as done currently.
This approach provides several benefits:
* linking is faster because the comparison operation to determine
whether we found the correct symbol in the export table is now an
integer compare, instead of a string compare
* binary size is reduced as symbol names can be dropped from the binary
* confidentiality is improved as a side-effect, as symbol names are no
longer present in the binary
Signed-off-by: Mathieu Choplain <mathieu.choplain@st.com>
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