[PATCH] LoongArch: ld: Simplify inserting IRELATIVE relocations to .rela.dyn
Xi Ruoyao
xry111@xry111.site
Mon Jul 24 09:17:13 GMT 2023
On Mon, 2023-07-24 at 09:41 +0100, Nick Clifton wrote:
> Hi Guys,
>
> On 7/22/23 08:43, Xi Ruoyao wrote:
> > > On Fri, 2023-07-21 at 11:53 +0800, mengqinggang wrote:
> > > For consistency, this patch also needs to be merged into the 2.41
> > > branch.
> >
> > +Nick.
> >
> > But generally "consistency" is not a valid reason to backport a
> > patch
> > into the release upcoming very soon.
>
> I 100% agree with Xi here. Unless there is a compelling, bug-related
> reason why the 2.41 branch should updated so close to a release date,
> I will not approve any patch.
These two patches
https://sourceware.org/pipermail/binutils/2023-July/128421.html
are bug fixes for relaxation and the bug seems severe. Is it ok to
backport them?
If not I guess the only choice will be removing -mrelax from the default
and claiming relaxation is experimental for 2.41...
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Xi Ruoyao <xry111@xry111.site>
School of Aerospace Science and Technology, Xidian University
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