[PATCH] ld: Remove PF_X from PT_PHDR segment

[H.J. Lu]

On Sun, Nov 12, 2017 at 2:25 PM, Alan Modra <amodra@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Sat, Nov 11, 2017 at 05:23:58PM -0800, H.J. Lu wrote:
>> It was reasonable to mark PT_PHDR segment with PF_X for compatibility
>> with UnixWare and Solaris linkers 20 years ago.  But it is inappropriate
>> today when the primary OS of GNU ld is Linux.  This patch removes PF_X
>> from PT_PHDR segment as gold does.
>
> Yeah, I think the flags on PHDR are just decoration.
>
>> I will check it in next Monday if there is no objections.
>
> find ld/testsuite -type f | xargs grep PHDR
> You have some existing tests to update, I think.
>

This is the updated patch I am checking in.

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.
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