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

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Date:   Wed, 24 Apr 2019 08:27:43 +0200
From:   Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@...ux-m68k.org>
To:     Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>
Cc:     Yoshinori Sato <ysato@...rs.sourceforge.jp>,
        Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
        Andy Lutomirsky <luto@...nel.org>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Linux-sh list <linux-sh@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] sh: require --Wl,--hash-style=sysv

Hi Nick,

On Tue, Apr 23, 2019 at 10:31 PM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@...gle.com> 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@...nel.org>
> Cc: clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com
> Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>

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?

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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