From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from us-smtp-1.mimecast.com (us-smtp-2.mimecast.com [205.139.110.61]) by sourceware.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB5A4386102B for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2020 15:29:21 +0000 (GMT) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 sourceware.org DB5A4386102B Received: from mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (mimecast-mx01.redhat.com [209.132.183.4]) (Using TLS) by relay.mimecast.com with ESMTP id us-mta-286-eXU7HZdQNxityLEUpSNE2w-1; Tue, 08 Sep 2020 11:29:18 -0400 X-MC-Unique: eXU7HZdQNxityLEUpSNE2w-1 Received: from smtp.corp.redhat.com (int-mx04.intmail.prod.int.phx2.redhat.com [10.5.11.14]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mimecast-mx01.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 7FE7B1DDF8 for ; Tue, 8 Sep 2020 15:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ovpn-113-209.phx2.redhat.com (ovpn-113-209.phx2.redhat.com [10.3.113.209]) by smtp.corp.redhat.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3BC795D9F3; Tue, 8 Sep 2020 15:29:17 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <7592469ca1b19b61d8bb62e288c3563ff0ef9d73.camel@redhat.com> Subject: Re: plugin handler patch From: Jeff Law Reply-To: law@redhat.com To: Nick Clifton , binutils@sourceware.org Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2020 09:29:16 -0600 In-Reply-To: References: <871rjck618.fsf@redhat.com> <0fa71b32153079a459a78798304bdca187cf68a8.camel@redhat.com> Organization: Red Hat User-Agent: Evolution 3.36.5 (3.36.5-1.fc32) MIME-Version: 1.0 X-Scanned-By: MIMEDefang 2.79 on 10.5.11.14 X-Mimecast-Spam-Score: 0.001 X-Mimecast-Originator: redhat.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Spam-Status: No, score=-6.0 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID, DKIM_VALID_AU, DKIM_VALID_EF, RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL, SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS, TXREP autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.2 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.2 (2018-09-13) on server2.sourceware.org X-BeenThere: binutils@sourceware.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Binutils mailing list List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 08 Sep 2020 15:29:22 -0000 On Tue, 2020-09-08 at 16:26 +0100, Nick Clifton wrote: > Hi Jeff, > > > If I'm reading this correctly, it's our position that the nm fault this fixes is > > really a problem in the linker plugin. Right? > > Right - this is just a fix to ensure better behaviour in the linker for > when the plugin does go wrong. > > > Meaning there's no significant > > pressure to get this into rawhide. We can just pick it up via the usual updates > > when they happen. > > Well, if we do not fix the lto plugin soon, then importing the binutils patch > will make the linker less likely to seg-fault. But not by much ... :-) I'm going to work with Jakub to figure out a reasonable plan. There's 3 patches I'm aware of that would be useful to get into rawhide. The plugin patch, plus two of Jakub's that fix gcc bugs. The trick is with 24+ hour turnaround times, we don't want to unnecessarily spin Fedora builds. Jeff