PING: [PATCH] Run vismain only if linker supports protected data symbol

[H.J. Lu]

On Wed, Aug 2, 2017 at 7:48 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 28, 2017 at 11:15 AM, H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com> wrote:
>> On Mon, Jun 26, 2017 at 12:54 PM, H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com> wrote:
>>> Gold doesn't support protected data symbol:
>>>
>>> configure:5672: checking linker support for protected data symbol
>>> configure:5682: gcc -fuse-ld=gold -nostdlib -nostartfiles -fno-stack-protector -fPIC -shared conftest.c -o conftest.so
>>> configure:5685: $? = 0
>>> configure:5692: gcc -fuse-ld=gold -nostdlib -nostartfiles -fno-stack-protector conftest.c -o conftest conftest.so
>>> /usr/local/bin/ld.gold: error: /tmp/ccXWoofs.o: cannot make copy relocation for protected symbol 'bar', defined in conftest.so
>>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>>>
>>> Run vismain only if linker supports protected data symbol.
>>>
>>> Any comments?
>>
>> PING.
>
> Any objections?
>
>>> H.J.
>>>         * elf/Makefile (tests): Add vismain only if
>>>         $(have-protected-data) == yes.
>>>         (tests-pie): Likewise.
>>> ---
>>>  elf/Makefile | 2 ++
>>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/elf/Makefile b/elf/Makefile
>>> index 201b328..62084b4 100644
>>> --- a/elf/Makefile
>>> +++ b/elf/Makefile
>>> @@ -289,10 +289,12 @@ ifeq (yesyes,$(have-fpie)$(build-shared))
>>>  modules-names += tst-piemod1
>>>  tests += tst-pie1 tst-pie2
>>>  tests-pie += tst-pie1 tst-pie2
>>> +ifeq (yes,$(have-protected-data))
>>>  tests += vismain
>>>  tests-pie += vismain
>>>  CFLAGS-vismain.c = $(PIE-ccflag)
>>>  endif
>>> +endif
>>>  modules-execstack-yes = tst-execstack-mod
>>>  extra-test-objs += $(addsuffix .os,$(strip $(modules-names)))
>>>
>>> --
>>> 2.9.4
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> H.J.
>
>

I am checking it in today.

H.J.