On 1/8/21 3:23 PM, David Edelsohn wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 7, 2021 at 5:18 PM Bernd Edlinger <bernd.edlinger@hotmail.de> wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> On 1/7/21 5:12 PM, Rainer Orth wrote:
>>>   The unsetenv needs to be wrapped in
>>>
>>> if [info exists env(MAKEFLAGS)] {
>>>
>>
>> Done.
>>
>>> @@ -163,6 +167,9 @@ proc outest { test sources opts dirs out
>>>               if { $ogl != {} } {
>>>                   pass "$test: $d$o"
>>>                   file delete $ogl
>>> +             } elseif { [string match "*.ld1_args" $o] } {
>>> +                 # This file may be missing if !HAVE_GNU_LD
>>> +                 pass "$test: $d$o"
>>>
>>>   Always PASSing the test even if it isn't run is wrong.  Either wrap
>>>   the whole group of tests with response files in
>>>
>>> if [check_effective_target_gld] {
>>>
>>>   or make the test for the *.ld1_args file conditional on that
>>>   (e.g. along the lines of $ltop used elsewhere).  I'd welcome input
>>>   from Alexandre which is preferred.
>>>
>>
>> Ah, yes that is a good idea.  Thanks.
>>
>>
>> I think the .cdtor.* handling, is probably a bad example that I followed here.
>> I don't know why that is there in the first place, as there
>> are no C++ test cases, these files should not be created at all.
>> If they are ever created we would have a couple of other files created
>> as well IMHO.
>> If there are still missing files in some cases,
>> I'd prefer to track these per test case, instead of globally.
>>
>> Therefore I propose to remove that exception for now.
>>
>> Is it OK for trunk?
> 
> As Alex said, please don't just remove features and functionality if
> you don't know why they were added.  The history is online in the
> mailing list and the repo history.
> 
> AIX uses constructors to register EH frames and libgcc has an EH
> frame.  ctors and dtors can be found in non-C++ code.
> 

Okydoky.

I think I understand now better what the issue is here.
Although the name cdtor suggests that it has something to do with
C++ it is also needed to collect EH frame info, in certain targets.
Those are mainly AIX but also hppa*-*-hpux*.
I believe those exceptions are only necessary for targets that
define EH_FRAME_THROUGH_COLLECT2.

I have tested this new version of my patch but only on not-affected
x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.

@David, @Rainer: I would very much appreciate if you could give this patch
a test on your systems.


Thanks
Berns.