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Date: Sun, 13 Nov 2022 12:09:18 -0500
From: Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>
To: Fangrui Song <i@...kray.me>, Rui Ueyama <rui314@...il.com>,
	musl@...ts.openwall.com
Subject: Re: `musl-gcc -static` and lld/mold

On Sun, Nov 13, 2022 at 04:51:26PM +0100, Szabolcs Nagy wrote:
> * Fangrui Song <i@...kray.me> [2022-11-12 19:26:53 -0800]:
> > On 2022-11-13, Rui Ueyama wrote:
> > > diff --git a/tools/musl-gcc.specs.sh b/tools/musl-gcc.specs.sh
> > > index 30492574..ffb46d70 100644
> > > --- a/tools/musl-gcc.specs.sh
> > > +++ b/tools/musl-gcc.specs.sh
> > > @@ -23,7 +23,7 @@ libgcc.a%s %:if-exists(libgcc_eh.a%s)
> > > crtendS.o%s $libdir/crtn.o
> > > 
> > > *link:
> > > --dynamic-linker $ldso -nostdlib %{shared:-shared} %{static:-static}
> > > %{rdynamic:-export-dynamic}
> > > +%{!static:-dynamic-linker $ldso} -nostdlib %{shared:-shared}
> > > %{static:-static} %{rdynamic:-export-dynamic}
> > > 
> > > *esp_link:
> > 
> > I use this patch which handles -static-pie as well: https://github.com/MaskRay/musl/tree/musl-gcc
> 
> i guess you meant
> https://github.com/MaskRay/musl/commit/e8a9c5489b9be78a4532712045df6f7cd45c4de6
> (would be nice if it was submitted to the list)
> 
> > 
> > In addition, I use `*libdir: $libdir` to avoid absolute path references
> > so that the spec file can be easily fixed after moving the build directory.
> 
> i think that should only affect the paths used at compile/link time
> but not paths at runtime:
> 
> %{static|static-pie:; :-dynamic-linker %(libdir)/libc.so}
> 
> different runtime path should be a separate option.
> (just like --syslibdir is separate from --libdir, e.g. syslibdir
> could be a variable too)

Yes, this change is wrong. Use of $ldso here was very intentional.

> there is also interference with the -static-pie handling of gcc's
> driver which might cause trouble when -static and -static-pie is mixed:
> 
> %{static-pie:-static -pie --no-dynamic-linker -z text}

While musl-target-patched gcc supports -static -pie (or -static with
default-pie) as static-pie, we can't assume a gcc we're repurposing
does that, so I think we need to make -static just act as classic
static (no pie). This can probably be in the "else case" for
-static-pie though, so that, if both are included, -static-pie takes
precedence.

Note that we can't just implement the desired behavior for -static
afaict because it requires existence of --no-dynamic-linker, which the
host ld might not have. So, something like:

*link:
-nostdlib %{static-pie:-static -pie --no-dynamic-linker -z text;%{static:-static;-dynamic-linker $ldso %{shared:-shared}}} %{rdynamic:-export-dynamic}

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