Messages in this thread | | | From | Ard Biesheuvel <> | Date | Tue, 6 Sep 2022 09:18:28 +0200 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v7 0/5] LoongArch: Support toolchain with new relocation types |
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On Tue, 6 Sept 2022 at 06:43, Huacai Chen <chenhuacai@kernel.org> wrote: > > Hi, Ruoyao, > > On Tue, Sep 6, 2022 at 12:27 PM Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site> wrote: > > > > On Tue, 2022-09-06 at 09:52 +0800, Huacai Chen wrote: > > > > cflags-$(CONFIG_LOONGARCH) := $(subst $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE),,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \ > > > > - -fpic > > > > + -fpie > > > > > > > > cflags-$(CONFIG_EFI_GENERIC_STUB) += -I$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt > > > > > > > > (Some explanation: -fpic does not only mean "generate position- > > > > independent code", but "generate position-independent code *suitable for > > > > use in a shared library*". On LoongArch -mdirect-extern-access cannot > > > > work for a shared library so the "-fpic -mdirect-extern-access" > > > > combination is rejected deliberately.) > > > > > > > > Not sure how to submit these changes properly... Do you prefer me to > > > > send V8 of this series or a single patch on top of your tree on GitHub? > > > > > Don't need V8, I will squash it into the previous patch myself. But > > > can we keep efistub as is? > > > > No, we can't allow -mdirect-extern-access -fpic on LoongArch because > > without copy relocation such a combination just does not make sense (i. > > e. we cannot find a sensible way to handle such a combination in GCC). > > So such a combination will cause GCC refuse to run. > > > > Note that -fpic/-fPIC is "position-independent code *suitable for > > use in a shared library*", while -fpie/-fPIE is more like just > > "position-independent code". The names of those options are confusing. > > (When -fpic was invented first time, people mostly believed "PIC had > > been only for shared libraries", so it's named -fpic instead of -shlib > > or something.) IMO in the EFI stub for other ports, -fpie should be > > used instead of -fpic as well because the EFI stub is not similar to a > > shared library in any means. > You are right, but I guess that Ard doesn't want to squash the efistub > change into the LoongArch efistub support patch. :) >
I don't mind changing the stable tag at this point - I don't have anything queued up on top of it at the moment.
But I don't see the actual patch: please send me the delta patch that you want to apply, and I will update it. Then, you can rebase your v6.1 tree on top of it.
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