[PATCH v2] ld: testsuite: xfail ld-elf/compress1a etc. on Solaris/sparcv9 [PR25802]

[Jan Beulich]

On 21.10.2025 16:14, Rainer Orth wrote:
> A couple of tests FAIL on Solaris/sparcv9:
> 
> FAIL: ld-elf/compress1a
> FAIL: ld-elf/compressed1a
> FAIL: ld-elf/eh5
> FAIL: --gc-sections with multiple debug sections for a function section
> 
> The symptom is always similar:
> 
> compress1.o:(.debug_info+0x10): relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_UA32 against `.text'
> eh5.o:(.eh_frame+0x3e): relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_UA32 against symbol `my_personality_v0' defined in .text section in eh5.o
> all-debug-sections.o: in function `debug_info_main':
> (.debug_info.text.main+0x4): relocation truncated to fit: R_SPARC_32 against symbol `main' defined in .text.main section in all-debug-sections.o
> 
> With the default Solaris/sparcv9 text address of 0x100000000, the
> relocations are out of the 32-bit range of R_SPARC_UA32 resp. R_SPARC_32,
> so the "relocation truncated to fit" errors are benign.
> 
> One could avoid those by linking the affected tests with -Ttext=0x80000000,
> matching Solaris /usr/lib/ld/map.below4G, but that doesn't reflect real
> usage.  Therefore this patch xfail's those tests.
> 
> Tested on sparcv9-sun-solaris2.11, sparc-sun-solaris2.11, and
> x86_64-pc-linux-gnu.
> 
> Ok for trunk?

Yes, albeit preferably with another adjustment: When different reasons apply
to different targets, we typically use multiple #xfail: lines, each with its
own comment.

Jan