Re: [PATCH, BFD, AArch64, x86] Improve warning for --force-bti.

["H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>]

Isn't this command line option ELF only? Why not use "-z"?

On Fri, Mar 22, 2019, 12:25 AM Sudakshina Das <Sudi.Das@arm.com> wrote:

> Hi Nick
>
> On 21/03/2019 15:14, Nick Clifton wrote:
> > Hi Sudi,
> >
> >> *** bfd/ChangeLog ***
> >>
> >> 2019-xx-xx  Sudakshina Das  <sudi.das@arm.com>
> >>
> >>      * elf-bfd.h (struct elf_backend_data): Add argument to
> >>      merge_gnu_properties.
> >>      * elf-properties.c (elf_merge_gnu_properties): Add argument to
> >>      itself and while calling bed->merge_gnu_properties.
> >>      (elf_merge_gnu_property_list): Update the calls for
> >>      elf_merge_gnu_properties.
> >>      * elfnn-aarch64.c (elfNN_aarch64_merge_gnu_properties): Update
> handling
> >>      of --force-bti warning and add argument.
> >>      * elfxx-aarch64.c (_bfd_aarch64_elf_link_setup_gnu_properties): Add
> >>      warning.
> >>      * elfxx-x86.c (_bfd_x86_elf_merge_gnu_properties): Add argument.
> >>      * elfxx-x86.h (_bfd_x86_elf_merge_gnu_properties): Likewise in
> >>      declaration.
> >>
> >> *** ld/ChangeLog ***
> >>
> >> 2019-xx-xx  Sudakshina Das  <sudi.das@arm.com>
> >>
> >>      * testsuite/ld-aarch64/aarch64-elf.exp: Add new test.
> >>      * testsuite/ld-aarch64/bti-plt-1.s: Add .ifdef for PAC note
> section.
> >>      * testsuite/ld-aarch64/bti-plt-6.d: Update warning.
> >>      * testsuite/ld-aarch64/bti-plt-7.d: Likewise.
> >>      * testsuite/ld-aarch64/bti-warn.d: New test.
> >
> > Approved - please apply.
>
> Thanks for the approval. Committed as
> 4e5391148d51c58785aad637f1a92d47b91b3ae6
>
> Sudi
>
> >
> > Cheers
> >    Nick
> >
> >
>
>