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Re: [PATCH] [BZ #18078] FAIL: elf/check-localplt with ld from binutils 2.26


On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 10:02 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 3:21 PM, Roland McGrath <roland@hack.frob.com> wrote:
>> I don't think this is the way to do it.  For those cases it is mandatory
>> that libc is actually using the PLT entry, so we don't want a check that
>> would pass if libc stopped using it at all.  Perhaps instead there is a way
>> to modify scripts/localplt.awk and/or scripts/check-localplt.awk so that
>> they will grok the new linker's output as constituting use of a PLT entry.
>> Maybe a GLOB_DAT reloc to a symbol that's STT_FUNC is a close enough proxy?
>
> Here is the patch to extend local PLT reference check to support
> alternate relocations.  OK for master?
>
>
> --
> H.J.
> ---
> On x86, linker in binutils 2.26 and newer consolidates R_*_JUMP_SLOT with
> R_*_GLOB_DAT relocation against the same symbol.  This patch extends
> local PLT reference check to support alternate relocations.
>
> [BZ #18078]
> * scripts/check-localplt.awk: Support alternate relocations.
> * scripts/localplt.awk: Also check relocations in DT_RELA/DT_REL
> sections.
> * sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/i386/localplt.data: Mark free and
> malloc entries with + REL R_386_GLOB_DAT.
> * sysdeps/x86_64/localplt.data: New file.

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