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Date: Wed, 23 May 2018 14:16:11 -0700
From: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 16/27] compiler: Option to add PROVIDE_HIDDEN
 replacement for weak symbols

On 05/23/2018 12:54 PM, Thomas Garnier wrote:
> Provide an option to have a PROVIDE_HIDDEN (linker script) entry for
> each weak symbol. This option solve an error in x86_64 where the linker

                                solves

> optimizes pie generate code to be non-pie because --emit-relocs was used

                generated

> instead of -pie (to reduce dynamic relocations).
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Garnier <thgarnie@...gle.com>
> ---
>  init/Kconfig            |  7 +++++++
>  scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 14 ++++++++++++++
>  2 files changed, 21 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/init/Kconfig b/init/Kconfig
> index 0fc3a58d9f2f..2866cca86b4a 100644
> --- a/init/Kconfig
> +++ b/init/Kconfig
> @@ -1954,6 +1954,13 @@ config ASN1
>  	  inform it as to what tags are to be expected in a stream and what
>  	  functions to call on what tags.
>  
> +config WEAK_PROVIDE_HIDDEN
> +	bool
> +	help
> +	  Generate linker script PROVIDE_HIDDEN entries for all weak symbols. It
> +	  allows to prevent non-pie code being replaced by the linker if the

	                    non-PIE

> +	  emit-relocs option is used instead of pie (useful for x86_64 pie).

	                                        PIE                    PIE).

> +


-- 
~Randy

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