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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] arch: fix broken BuildID for arm64 and riscv
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Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> writes:
> On Thu, 5 Jan 2023 at 10:21, Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org> wrote:
>> On Jan 05 2023, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>>
>> > I do not understand why 99cb0d917ffa affected this.
>> >
>> >
>> > I submitted a fix to shoot the error message "discarded section .exit.text"
>> >
>> > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230105031306.1455409-1-masahiroy@kernel.org/T/#u
>> >
>> > I do not understand the binutils commit either,
>> > but it might have made something good
>> > because EXIT_TEXT appears twice, in .exit.text, and /DISCARD/.
>>
>> I think the issue is that the introdution of a second /DISCARD/
>> directive early in script changes the order of evaluation of the other
>> /DISCARD/ directive when binutils < 2.36 is used, so that the missing
>> RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT started to become relevant. As long as /DISCARD/
>> only appears last, the effect of EXIT_TEXT inside it is always
>> overridden by its occurence in the .exit.exit output section directive.
>> When another /DISCARD/ occurs early (and binutils < 2.36 is used) the
>> effect of EXIT_TEXT inside the second /DISCARD/ (when merged with the
>> first) overrides its occurence in the .exit.text directive. The
>> binutils commit changed that because the new /DISCARD/ directive no
>> longer affects the order of evaluation of the rest of the directives.
>>
>
> Exactly. The binutils change mentions output section merging, which
> apparently applies to the /DISCARD/ pseudo section as well.
>
> However, powerpc was also affected by this, and I suggested another
> fix in the thread below
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230103014535.GA313835@roeck-us.net/

I'm working on powerpc fixes, which I think are all improvements
regardless of whether your change in the above thread is merged or not.

I'll try and get them posted tonight.

cheers

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