The ld-elfweak tests are currently only enabled on Solaris/SPARC for no
apparent reason. Enabling them on Solaris in general lets them all PASS
on both amd64-pc-solaris2.11 and i386-pc-solaris2.11.
2025-07-25 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
ld:
* testsuite/ld-elfweak/elfweak.exp: Enable on *-*-solaris2* rather
than sparc*-*-solaris2* only.
As described in PR ld/32580, when using SHELL=/bin/sh or /bin/ksh on
Solaris, the generated linker scripts get corrupted. So far, the only
workaround is to enforce /bin/bash instead.
This is a major nuisance for developers and users alike, so this patch
automates this by overriding SHELL in ld/configure.ac.
Tested on amd64-pc-solaris2.11 in three configurations:
* CONFIG_SHELL unset
* CONFIG_SHELL=/bin/ksh
* CONFIG_SHELL='/bin/bash --norc'
In the first two cases, SHELL was set to /bin/bash as desired, while in
the third it was left unchanged.
2025-07-24 Rainer Orth <ro@CeBiTec.Uni-Bielefeld.DE>
ld:
PR ld/32580
* configure.ac <*-*-solaris2*>: Enforce SHELL=/bin/bash.
* configure: Regenerate.
GCC testsuite gcc.dg/20050321-2.c hit link errors on undefined
_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_. The compiler output referenced only
_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_-offsets to set it up, and to compute the
GOT-relative address of local symbols, none of which triggered the
machinery that enabled the creation of the dynamic section, so
_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ ended up undefined.
Enable the dynamic section if we find a relocation involving
_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_. While at that, optimize checks for references
to it.
for bfd/ChangeLog
* elfxx-sparc.c (_bfd_sparc_elf_check_relocs): Check for
_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ references early, then compare hashed
symbols instead of strings.
(_bfd_sparc_elf_relocate_section): Compare hashed symbols.
for ld/ChangeLog
* testsuite/ld-sparc/got-def.s: New test.
* testsuite/ld-sparc/sparc.exp: Add it.
As per the spec (Section 7.5.10, LoongArch Reference Manual Vol. 1),
LoongArch machines are not limited in page size choices, and currently
page sizes of 4KiB, 16KiB and 64KiB are supported by mainline Linux.
While 16KiB is the most common, the current BFD code says it is the
maximum; this is not correct, and as an effect, almost all existing
binaries are incompatible with a 64KiB kernel because the sections are
not sufficiently aligned, while being totally fine otherwise.
This is needlessly complicating integration testing [1].
This patch fixes the inconsistency, and also brings BFD behavior in line
with that of LLD [2].
[1] https://github.com/loongson-community/discussions/issues/47
[2] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/blob/llvmorg-19.1.0/lld/ELF/Arch/LoongArch.cpp#L174-L183
bfd/
* elfnn-loongarch.c (ELF_MAXPAGESIZE): Bump to 64KiB.
(ELF_MINPAGESIZE): Define as 4KiB.
(ELF_COMMONPAGESIZE): Define as 16KiB.
ld/
* testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/64_pcrel.d: Update assertions after
changing the target max page size to 64KiB.
* testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/data-got.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/desc-relex.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/relax-align-ignore-start.d: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/tlsdesc_abs.d: Make the fuzzy match work
as intended by not checking exact instruction words.
* testsuite/ld-loongarch-elf/tlsdesc_extreme.d: Likewise.
Signed-off-by: WANG Xuerui <git@xen0n.name>
Adds two new external authors to etc/update-copyright.py to cover
bfd/ax_tls.m4, and adds gprofng to dirs handled automatically, then
updates copyright messages as follows:
1) Update cgen/utils.scm emitted copyrights.
2) Run "etc/update-copyright.py --this-year" with an extra external
author I haven't committed, 'Kalray SA.', to cover gas testsuite
files (which should have their copyright message removed).
3) Build with --enable-maintainer-mode --enable-cgen-maint=yes.
4) Check out */po/*.pot which we don't update frequently.
GNU ld currently fails to link 32-bit executables on FreeBSD/amd64 when
the linked libraries have dependencies on shared objects themselves:
$ gcc -m32 -o ei ei.c -lexecinfo
/var/gcc/binutils/amd64/lib/gcc/amd64-pc-freebsd14.0/13.2.0/../../../../amd64-pc-freebsd14.0/bin/ld:
warning: libelf.so.2, needed by /usr/lib/../lib32/libexecinfo.so, not found
(try using -rpath or -rpath-link)
/var/gcc/binutils/amd64/lib/gcc/amd64-pc-freebsd14.0/13.2.0/../../../../amd64-pc-freebsd14.0/bin/ld:
/usr/lib/../lib32/libexecinfo.so: undefined reference to `elf_begin@R1.0'
[...]
Fixed by handling FreeBSD/amd64 like Linux/x86.
Tested on amd64-pc-freebsd14.0.
The following patch attempts to use x86 SHA ISA if available to speed
up in my testing about 2.5x sha1 build-id processing (in my case on
AMD Ryzen 5 3600) while producing the same result.
I believe AArch64 has similar HW acceleration for SHA1, perhaps it
could be added similarly.
Note, seems lld uses BLAKE3 rather than md5/sha1. I think it would be
a bad idea to lie to users, if they choose --buildid=sha1, we should
be using SHA1, not some other checksum, but perhaps we could add some other
--buildid= styles and perhaps make one of the new the default.
Tested on x86_64-linux, both on Intel i9-7960X (which doesn't have
sha_ni ISA support) without/with the patch and on AMD Ryzen 5 3600
(which does have it) without/with the patch.
2023-11-28 Jakub Jelinek <jakub@redhat.com>
include/
* sha1.h (sha1_process_bytes_fn): New typedef.
(sha1_choose_process_bytes): Declare.
libiberty/
* configure.ac (HAVE_X86_SHA1_HW_SUPPORT): New check.
* sha1.c: If HAVE_X86_SHA1_HW_SUPPORT is defined, include x86intrin.h
and cpuid.h.
(sha1_hw_process_bytes, sha1_hw_process_block,
sha1_choose_process_bytes): New functions.
* config.in: Regenerated.
* configure: Regenerated.
ld/
* ldbuildid.c (generate_build_id): Use sha1_choose_process_bytes ()
instead of &sha1_process_bytes.
PR 31067
* linker.c (_bfd_generic_link_add_one_symbol): When issuing a warning message, also display a message about the warning not being affected by garbage colleciton.
* ld.texi (Special Sections): New entry in the linker manual. Describes how the .gnu.warning and .gnu.warning.SYM sections behave.
PR 30865
* ld.texi: Update description of the FILL command.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/fill2.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/fill2.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/data.exp: Run the new test.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/property-3.r: Update regexp to allow for targets which support x86-64-v3.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/property-4.r: Likewise.
* testsuite/ld-x86-64/property-5.r: Likewise.
PR 27565
* ldlex.l: Add REVERSE.
* ldgram.y: Allow REVERSE to be used wherever a sorting command can be used.
* ld.h (struct wildcard_spec): Add 'reversed' field.
* ldlang.h (lang_wild_statement_struct): Add 'filenames_reversed' field.
* ldlang.c (compare_sections): Add reversed parameter. (wild_sort): Reverse the comparison if requested. (print_wild_statement): Handle the reversed field.
* ld.texi: Document the new feature.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-file-reversed-1.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-file-reversed-1.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-file-reversed-2.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-file-reversed-2.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-1.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-1.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-2.t: New test source.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-2.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-3.d: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-scripts/sort-sections-reversed-3.t: New test source.
PR 28910
* lexsup.c (ld_options): Require that the --architecture option is given exactly two dashes, so that it does not become confused with the -a option.
bfd
* peXXigen.c (_bfd_XXi_only_swap_filehdr_out): If inserting a timestamp, use the value held in the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable, if it is defined.
binutils
* doc/binutils.texi (objcopy): Document change in behaviour of objcopy's --preserve-dates command line option.
ld
* pe-dll.c (fill_edata): If inserting a timestamp, use the value held in the SOURCE_DATE_EPOCH environment variable, if it is defined.
* ld.texi (--insert-timestamp): Document change in behaviour.
PR 29072
* testsuite/ld-elf/elf.exp (target_defaults_to_execstack): Always return false for linkers configured with the --enable-default-execstack=no option.
PR 30374
* ldfile.c (struct input_remap): New structure. (ldfile_add_remap): New function. (ldfile_remap_input_free): New function. (ldfile_add_remap_file): New function. (ldfile_possibly_remap_input): New function. (ldfile_print_input_remaps): New function. * ldfile.h: Add prototypes for new functions.
* ldlang.c (new_afile): Call ldfile_possibly_remap_input. (lang_finish): Call ldfile_remap_input_free. (lang_map): Call ldfile_print_input_remaps.
* ldlex.h (OPTION_REMAP_INPUTS, OPTION_REMAP_INPUTS_FILE): Define.
* lexsup.c (ld_options): Add --remap-inputs-file and --remap-inputs. (parse_args): Handle new options.
* NEWS: Mention the new feature.
* ld.texi: Document the new options.
* testsuite/ld-misc/input-remap.exp: New test driver.
* testsuite/ld-misc/remaps.r: New file: Expected linker output.
* testsuite/ld-misc/remaps.txt: New file. Input remaps file.
PR 30499
bfd * elflink.c (elf_link_add_object_symbols): Add a message indicating that alignment and size discrepancies between the definition of common symbols and normal symbols are serious and should be investigated.
ld * testsuite/ld-elfcomm/elfcomm.exp: Update regexps to match new output from the linker.
