linux-kernel - Re: kbuild: Fail if gold linker is detected

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Date:   Tue, 16 Jul 2019 20:13:24 +0200
From:   Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To:     Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
Cc:     LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>, x86@...nel.org,
        "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@...il.com>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: kbuild: Fail if gold linker is detected


* Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:

> On Tue, 16 Jul 2019, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> 
> > 
> > * Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de> wrote:
> > 
> > > The gold linker has known issues of failing the build in random and
> > > predictible ways. H.J. stated:
> > 
> > s/predictable/unpredictable?
> 
> No. It fails randomly, but also predictable. Enable X32 support on 64bit
> and it fails the VDSO build. That's been the case for years.

Then please make this a bit more apparent, such as:

 "The gold linker has known issues of failing the build in random
  but also in more predictible ways."

or so?

Thanks,

	Ingo