Re: [PATCH] sh: require --Wl,--hash-style=sysv

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 3:29 PM Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:31 PM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > Towards the goal of removing cc-ldoption, prefer ld-option, or better
> > yet, require --Wl,--hash-style=sysv since the selftest for vdso's
> > requires DT_HASH.
> >
> > Cc: Andy Lutomirsky <luto@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: clang-built-linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Thanks for your patch!
>
> > --- a/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/sh/kernel/vsyscall/Makefile
> > @@ -15,8 +15,7 @@ quiet_cmd_syscall = SYSCALL $@
> >
> >  export CPPFLAGS_vsyscall.lds += -P -C -Ush
> >
> > -vsyscall-flags = -shared -s -Wl,-soname=linux-gate.so.1 \
> > -               $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv)
> > +vsyscall-flags = -shared -s -Wl,-soname=linux-gate.so.1 -Wl,--hash-style=sysv
> >
> >  SYSCFLAGS_vsyscall-trapa.so    = $(vsyscall-flags)
>
> What impact does this have on the minimum binutils version needed to
> compile the kernel?
>


See his ia64 variant:
https://lore.kernel.org/patchwork/patch/1065347/


He commented a stronger reason
"it seems that --hash-style= was added to binutils 2.17.50.0.2 in 2006.
The minimal required version of binutils for the kernel according to
Documentation/process/changes.rst is 2.20"


Nick,
Why don't you rephrase the commit log like your ia64 one?
It will clarify this change has no impact.


BTW, I think the subject should be
"-Wl,--hash-style=sysv" instead of
"--Wl,--hash-style=sysv"

(single hash before "Wl")




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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada