This patch better supports mixing of power10 and non-power10 code,
as might be seen in a cpu-optimized library using ifuncs to select
functions optimized for a given cpu. Using -Wl,--no-power10-stubs
isn't that good in this situation since non-power10 notoc stubs are
slower and larger than the power10 variants, which you'd like to use
on power10 code paths.
With this change, power10 pc-relative code that makes calls marked
@notoc uses power10 stubs if stubs are necessary, and other calls use
non-power10 instructions in stubs. This will mean that if gcc is
generating code for -mcpu=power10 but with pc-rel disabled then you'll
get the older stubs even on power10 (unless you force with
-Wl,--power10-stubs). That shouldn't be too big a problem: stubs that
use r2 are reasonable. It's just the ones that set up addressing
using "mflr 12; bcl 20,31,.+4; mflr 11; mtlr 12" that should be
avoided if possible.
bfd/
* elf64-ppc.c (struct ppc_link_hash_table): Add has_power10_relocs.
(select_alt_stub): New function.
(ppc_get_stub_entry): Use it here.
(ppc64_elf_check_relocs): Set had_power10_relocs rather than
power10_stubs.
(ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Clear power10_stubs here instead. Don't
merge notoc stubs with other varieties when power10_stubs is "auto".
Instead dup the stub hash table entry.
(plt_stub_size, ppc_build_one_stub, ppc_size_one_stub): Adjust
tests of power10_stubs.
ld/
* emultempl/ppc64elf.em (power10-stubs): Accept optional "auto" arg.
* ld.texi (power10-stubs): Update.
* testsuite/ld-powerpc/callstub-1.d: Force --power10-stubs.
* testsuite/ld-powerpc/callstub-2.d: Relax branch offset comparison.
* testsuite/ld-powerpc/callstub-4.d: New test.
* testsuite/ld-powerpc/notoc.d: Force --no-power10-stubs.
* testsuite/ld-powerpc/notoc3.d,
* testsuite/ld-powerpc/notoc3.s,
* testsuite/ld-powerpc/notoc3.wf: New test.
* testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp: Run new tests. Pass
--no-power10-stubs for notoc link.
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README for LD
This is the GNU linker. It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.
There are many features of the linker:
* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
that it uses to read and write object files. This helps
insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.
* The linker supports a number of different object file
formats. It can even handle multiple formats at once:
Read two input formats and write a third.
* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.
* The linker supports a control language.
* There is a user manual (ld.texi), as well as the
beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texi).
Installation
============
See ../binutils/README.
If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.
To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).
Porting to a new target
=======================
See the ldint.texi manual.
Reporting bugs etc
===========================
See ../binutils/README.
Known problems
==============
The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable. The GNU linker does not do this by default. This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets). This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl. You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.
HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly. The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages. There are various
workarounds to this:
* Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
* Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
* Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.
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