[PATCH 3/6] configure: Remove check if ld is GNU

Carlos O'Donell carlos@redhat.com
Mon Dec 5 15:56:26 GMT 2022


On 12/2/22 14:00, Adhemerval Zanella via Libc-alpha wrote:
> Assume linker has gnu argument input style.

Agreed. Good cleanup. We should just check that the linker has
the features we need e.g. libc_linker_feature.

LGTM.

Reviewed-by: Carlos O'Donell <carlos@redhat.com>

> ---
>  aclocal.m4                                |  32 ++---
>  configure                                 | 158 +++++++++-------------
>  sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/configure |  28 ++--
>  3 files changed, 91 insertions(+), 127 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/aclocal.m4 b/aclocal.m4
> index 149b9e5376..88db64a683 100644
> --- a/aclocal.m4
> +++ b/aclocal.m4
> @@ -126,10 +126,6 @@ OBJCOPY=`$CC -print-prog-name=objcopy`
>  AC_SUBST(OBJCOPY)
>  GPROF=`$CC -print-prog-name=gprof`
>  AC_SUBST(GPROF)
> -
> -AC_CACHE_CHECK(whether $LD is GNU ld, libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu,
> -[LIBC_PROG_FOO_GNU($LD, libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu=yes, libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu=no)])
> -gnu_ld=$libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu

OK. Remove libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu check.

>  ])
>  
>  dnl Run a static link test with -nostdlib -nostartfiles.
> @@ -219,25 +215,23 @@ dnl LIBC_LINKER_FEATURE([ld_option], [cc_option], [action-if-true], [action-if-f
>  AC_DEFUN([LIBC_LINKER_FEATURE],
>  [AC_MSG_CHECKING([for linker that supports $1])
>  libc_linker_feature=no
> -if test x"$gnu_ld" = x"yes"; then
> -  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +cat > conftest.c <<EOF

OK. Just use the linker, don't check gnu_ld.

>  int _start (void) { return 42; }
>  EOF
> -  if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> -		    $2 -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> -		    -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> -		    1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD])
> -  then
> -    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp $2 -nostdlib \
> -	-nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> -	| grep "warning: $1 ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -      true
> -    else
> -      libc_linker_feature=yes
> -    fi
> +if AC_TRY_COMMAND([${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> +		  $2 -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> +		  -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> +		  1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD])

OK. Try to link

> +then
> +  if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp $2 -nostdlib \
> +      -nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> +      | grep "warning: $1 ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> +    true
> +  else
> +    libc_linker_feature=yes
>    fi
> -  rm -f conftest*
>  fi
> +rm -f conftest*

OK.

>  if test $libc_linker_feature = yes; then
>    $3
>  else
> diff --git a/configure b/configure
> index 2d3b3946b9..086d6fba7a 100755
> --- a/configure
> +++ b/configure

OK. Regenerate.

> @@ -4155,24 +4155,6 @@ OBJCOPY=`$CC -print-prog-name=objcopy`
>  GPROF=`$CC -print-prog-name=gprof`
>  
>  
> -{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether $LD is GNU ld" >&5
> -$as_echo_n "checking whether $LD is GNU ld... " >&6; }
> -if ${libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu+:} false; then :
> -  $as_echo_n "(cached) " >&6
> -else
> -  # Most GNU programs take a -v and spit out some text including
> -# the word 'GNU'.  Some try to read stdin, so give them /dev/null.
> -if $LD -o conftest -v </dev/null 2>&1 | grep GNU > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -  libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu=yes
> -else
> -  libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu=no
> -fi
> -rm -fr contest*
> -fi
> -{ $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: result: $libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu" >&5
> -$as_echo "$libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu" >&6; }
> -gnu_ld=$libc_cv_prog_ld_gnu
> -
>  
>  # Accept binutils 2.25 or newer.
>  for ac_prog in $AS
> @@ -6037,30 +6019,28 @@ fi
>  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for linker that supports -z execstack" >&5
>  $as_echo_n "checking for linker that supports -z execstack... " >&6; }
>  libc_linker_feature=no
> -if test x"$gnu_ld" = x"yes"; then
> -  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +cat > conftest.c <<EOF
>  int _start (void) { return 42; }
>  EOF
> -  if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> -		    -Wl,-z,execstack -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> -		    -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> -		    1>&5'
> +if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> +		  -Wl,-z,execstack -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> +		  -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> +		  1>&5'
>    { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
>    (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
>    ac_status=$?
>    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
>    test $ac_status = 0; }; }
> -  then
> -    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,-z,execstack -nostdlib \
> -	-nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> -	| grep "warning: -z execstack ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -      true
> -    else
> -      libc_linker_feature=yes
> -    fi
> +then
> +  if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,-z,execstack -nostdlib \
> +      -nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> +      | grep "warning: -z execstack ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> +    true
> +  else
> +    libc_linker_feature=yes
>    fi
> -  rm -f conftest*
>  fi
> +rm -f conftest*
>  if test $libc_linker_feature = yes; then
>    libc_cv_z_execstack=yes
>  else
> @@ -6073,30 +6053,28 @@ $as_echo "$libc_linker_feature" >&6; }
>  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for linker that supports -z start-stop-gc" >&5
>  $as_echo_n "checking for linker that supports -z start-stop-gc... " >&6; }
>  libc_linker_feature=no
> -if test x"$gnu_ld" = x"yes"; then
> -  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +cat > conftest.c <<EOF
>  int _start (void) { return 42; }
>  EOF
> -  if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> -		    -Wl,-z,start-stop-gc -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> -		    -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> -		    1>&5'
> +if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> +		  -Wl,-z,start-stop-gc -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> +		  -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> +		  1>&5'
>    { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
>    (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
>    ac_status=$?
>    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
>    test $ac_status = 0; }; }
> -  then
> -    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,-z,start-stop-gc -nostdlib \
> -	-nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> -	| grep "warning: -z start-stop-gc ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -      true
> -    else
> -      libc_linker_feature=yes
> -    fi
> +then
> +  if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,-z,start-stop-gc -nostdlib \
> +      -nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> +      | grep "warning: -z start-stop-gc ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> +    true
> +  else
> +    libc_linker_feature=yes
>    fi
> -  rm -f conftest*
>  fi
> +rm -f conftest*
>  if test $libc_linker_feature = yes; then
>    libc_cv_z_start_stop_gc=yes
>  else
> @@ -6110,30 +6088,28 @@ have-z-start-stop-gc = $libc_cv_z_start_stop_gc"
>  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for linker that supports --depaudit" >&5
>  $as_echo_n "checking for linker that supports --depaudit... " >&6; }
>  libc_linker_feature=no
> -if test x"$gnu_ld" = x"yes"; then
> -  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +cat > conftest.c <<EOF
>  int _start (void) { return 42; }
>  EOF
> -  if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> -		    -Wl,--depaudit,x -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> -		    -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> -		    1>&5'
> +if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> +		  -Wl,--depaudit,x -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> +		  -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> +		  1>&5'
>    { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
>    (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
>    ac_status=$?
>    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
>    test $ac_status = 0; }; }
> -  then
> -    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,--depaudit,x -nostdlib \
> -	-nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> -	| grep "warning: --depaudit ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -      true
> -    else
> -      libc_linker_feature=yes
> -    fi
> +then
> +  if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,--depaudit,x -nostdlib \
> +      -nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> +      | grep "warning: --depaudit ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> +    true
> +  else
> +    libc_linker_feature=yes
>    fi
> -  rm -f conftest*
>  fi
> +rm -f conftest*
>  if test $libc_linker_feature = yes; then
>    libc_cv_depaudit=yes
>  else
> @@ -6147,30 +6123,28 @@ have-depaudit = $libc_cv_depaudit"
>  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for linker that supports -z pack-relative-relocs" >&5
>  $as_echo_n "checking for linker that supports -z pack-relative-relocs... " >&6; }
>  libc_linker_feature=no
> -if test x"$gnu_ld" = x"yes"; then
> -  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +cat > conftest.c <<EOF
>  int _start (void) { return 42; }
>  EOF
> -  if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> -		    -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> -		    -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> -		    1>&5'
> +if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> +		  -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> +		  -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> +		  1>&5'
>    { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
>    (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
>    ac_status=$?
>    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
>    test $ac_status = 0; }; }
> -  then
> -    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -nostdlib \
> -	-nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> -	| grep "warning: -z pack-relative-relocs ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -      true
> -    else
> -      libc_linker_feature=yes
> -    fi
> +then
> +  if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,-z,pack-relative-relocs -nostdlib \
> +      -nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> +      | grep "warning: -z pack-relative-relocs ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> +    true
> +  else
> +    libc_linker_feature=yes
>    fi
> -  rm -f conftest*
>  fi
> +rm -f conftest*
>  if test $libc_linker_feature = yes; then
>    libc_cv_dt_relr=yes
>  else
> @@ -6184,30 +6158,28 @@ have-dt-relr = $libc_cv_dt_relr"
>  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for linker that supports --no-dynamic-linker" >&5
>  $as_echo_n "checking for linker that supports --no-dynamic-linker... " >&6; }
>  libc_linker_feature=no
> -if test x"$gnu_ld" = x"yes"; then
> -  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +cat > conftest.c <<EOF
>  int _start (void) { return 42; }
>  EOF
> -  if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> -		    -Wl,--no-dynamic-linker -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> -		    -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> -		    1>&5'
> +if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> +		  -Wl,--no-dynamic-linker -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> +		  -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> +		  1>&5'
>    { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
>    (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
>    ac_status=$?
>    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
>    test $ac_status = 0; }; }
> -  then
> -    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,--no-dynamic-linker -nostdlib \
> -	-nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> -	| grep "warning: --no-dynamic-linker ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -      true
> -    else
> -      libc_linker_feature=yes
> -    fi
> +then
> +  if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,--no-dynamic-linker -nostdlib \
> +      -nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> +      | grep "warning: --no-dynamic-linker ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> +    true
> +  else
> +    libc_linker_feature=yes
>    fi
> -  rm -f conftest*
>  fi
> +rm -f conftest*
>  if test $libc_linker_feature = yes; then
>    libc_cv_no_dynamic_linker=yes
>  else
> diff --git a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/configure b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/configure
> index 7183573bc0..84a39495f0 100644
> --- a/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/configure
> +++ b/sysdeps/unix/sysv/linux/powerpc/configure
> @@ -79,30 +79,28 @@ fi
>  { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking for linker that supports --no-tls-get-addr-optimize" >&5
>  $as_echo_n "checking for linker that supports --no-tls-get-addr-optimize... " >&6; }
>  libc_linker_feature=no
> -if test x"$gnu_ld" = x"yes"; then
> -  cat > conftest.c <<EOF
> +cat > conftest.c <<EOF
>  int _start (void) { return 42; }
>  EOF
> -  if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> -		    -Wl,--no-tls-get-addr-optimize -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> -		    -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> -		    1>&5'
> +if { ac_try='${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp
> +		  -Wl,--no-tls-get-addr-optimize -nostdlib -nostartfiles
> +		  -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c
> +		  1>&5'
>    { { eval echo "\"\$as_me\":${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \"$ac_try\""; } >&5
>    (eval $ac_try) 2>&5
>    ac_status=$?
>    $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: \$? = $ac_status" >&5
>    test $ac_status = 0; }; }
> -  then
> -    if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,--no-tls-get-addr-optimize -nostdlib \
> -	-nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> -	| grep "warning: --no-tls-get-addr-optimize ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> -      true
> -    else
> -      libc_linker_feature=yes
> -    fi
> +then
> +  if ${CC-cc} $CFLAGS $CPPFLAGS $LDFLAGS $no_ssp -Wl,--no-tls-get-addr-optimize -nostdlib \
> +      -nostartfiles -fPIC -shared -o conftest.so conftest.c 2>&1 \
> +      | grep "warning: --no-tls-get-addr-optimize ignored" > /dev/null 2>&1; then
> +    true
> +  else
> +    libc_linker_feature=yes
>    fi
> -  rm -f conftest*
>  fi
> +rm -f conftest*
>  if test $libc_linker_feature = yes; then
>    libc_cv_tls_get_addr_optimize=yes
>  else

-- 
Cheers,
Carlos.



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