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From: liuzhensong <liuzhensong@loongson.cn>
To: Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>, binutils@sourceware.org
Cc: WANG Xuerui <i.swmail@xen0n.name>, chenglulu@loongson.cn
Subject: Re: [PATCH] LoongArch: Use copy relocation for %pc_lo12 against external symbol
Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2022 10:09:16 +0800	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <5bafc296-022f-7b77-5ce4-00b09fee56f9@loongson.cn> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <d1089572e821cf1cdb6f7e69223bb32df2ec2a41.camel@xry111.site>


在 2022/9/1 上午9:41, Xi Ruoyao 写道:
> On Thu, 2022-09-01 at 09:27 +0800, liuzhensong wrote:
>
>> The R_LARCH_COPY is supported in older versions, we removed this
>> feature and are not going to support.
> Hmm, then for
>
> extern int x;
> int f() { return x; }
>
> it will produce a GOT access.  If x is in another TU but not in a shared
> library, such a GOT access and the GOT entry is unneeded.
>
> This will be really a pain for situations like building an OS kernel, or
> with -static or -static-pie.  Even for this simple example, there is no
> way to tell "x" is not in a shared library (maybe, expect LTO or linker
> relaxation, but IIRC LTO or relaxation do not *guarantee* to avoid the
> GOT, just "try to" avoid the GOT).
>
> So is there any serious reason forbidding us from using R_LARCH_COPY? Or
> any options for this "unneeded GOT" issue?
https://maskray.me/blog/2021-01-09-copy-relocations-canonical-plt-entries-and-protected


  reply	other threads:[~2022-09-01  2:09 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2022-08-31 13:22 Xi Ruoyao
2022-08-31 13:41 ` Xi Ruoyao
2022-09-01  1:38   ` liuzhensong
2022-09-01  1:38     ` liuzhensong
2022-09-01  2:12     ` Xi Ruoyao
2022-09-01  2:31       ` liuzhensong
2022-09-01  2:31         ` liuzhensong
2022-09-01  1:27 ` liuzhensong
2022-09-01  1:27   ` liuzhensong
2022-09-01  1:41   ` Xi Ruoyao
2022-09-01  2:09     ` liuzhensong [this message]
2022-09-01  7:42     ` Fangrui Song

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