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i386: Use comdat instead of .gnu.linkonce for i386 setup pic register (BZ #20543)

Message ID 20200228142508.7551-1-adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org
State Accepted
Commit b5b7fb76e15c0db545aa11a3ce88f836e5d01a19
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Series i386: Use comdat instead of .gnu.linkonce for i386 setup pic register (BZ #20543) | expand

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Adhemerval Zanella Feb. 28, 2020, 2:25 p.m. UTC 
GCC has moved from using .gnu.linkonce for i386 setup pic register with
minimum current version (as for binutils minimum binutils that support
comdat).

Trying to pinpoint when binutils has added comdat support for i686, it
seems it was around 2004 [1].  I also checking with some ancient
binutils older than 2.16 I see:

test.o: In function `__x86.get_pc_thunk.bx':
test.o(.text.__x86.get_pc_thunk.bx+0x0): multiple definition of `__x86.get_pc_thunk.bx'
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/../../../i386-linux-gnu/crti.o(.gnu.linkonce.t.__x86.get_pc_thunk.bx+0x0): first defined here

Which seems that such version can not handle either comdat at all or
a mix of linkonce and comdat.  For binutils 2.16.1 I am getting a
different issue trying to link a binary with and more recent
ctri.o (unrecognized relocation (0x2b) in section `.init', which is
R_386_GOT32X and old binutils won't generate it anyway).

So I think that either unlikely someone will use an older binutils than
the one used to glibc and even this scenario may fail with some issue
as the R_386_GOT32X.  Also, 2.16.1 is quite old and not really supported
(glibc itself required 2.25).

Checked on i686-linux-gnu.

[1] https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-05/msg00030.html
---
 sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

-- 
2.17.1

Comments

H.J. Lu Feb. 28, 2020, 2:28 p.m. UTC | #1 
On Fri, Feb 28, 2020 at 6:25 AM Adhemerval Zanella
<adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> wrote:
>

> GCC has moved from using .gnu.linkonce for i386 setup pic register with

> minimum current version (as for binutils minimum binutils that support

> comdat).

>

> Trying to pinpoint when binutils has added comdat support for i686, it

> seems it was around 2004 [1].  I also checking with some ancient

> binutils older than 2.16 I see:

>

> test.o: In function `__x86.get_pc_thunk.bx':

> test.o(.text.__x86.get_pc_thunk.bx+0x0): multiple definition of `__x86.get_pc_thunk.bx'

> /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-linux-gnu/5/../../../i386-linux-gnu/crti.o(.gnu.linkonce.t.__x86.get_pc_thunk.bx+0x0): first defined here

>

> Which seems that such version can not handle either comdat at all or

> a mix of linkonce and comdat.  For binutils 2.16.1 I am getting a

> different issue trying to link a binary with and more recent

> ctri.o (unrecognized relocation (0x2b) in section `.init', which is

> R_386_GOT32X and old binutils won't generate it anyway).

>

> So I think that either unlikely someone will use an older binutils than

> the one used to glibc and even this scenario may fail with some issue

> as the R_386_GOT32X.  Also, 2.16.1 is quite old and not really supported

> (glibc itself required 2.25).

>

> Checked on i686-linux-gnu.

>

> [1] https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2004-05/msg00030.html

> ---

>  sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h | 5 +++--

>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

>

> diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h

> index b4bcd8fb6c..6094af8fec 100644

> --- a/sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h

> +++ b/sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h

> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ lose: SYSCALL_PIC_SETUP                                                             \

>

>  # define SETUP_PIC_REG(reg) \

>    .ifndef GET_PC_THUNK(reg);                                                 \

> -  .section .gnu.linkonce.t.GET_PC_THUNK(reg),"ax",@progbits;                 \

> +  .section .text.GET_PC_THUNK(reg),"axG",@progbits,GET_PC_THUNK(reg),comdat;  \

>    .globl GET_PC_THUNK(reg);                                                  \

>    .hidden GET_PC_THUNK(reg);                                                 \

>    .p2align 4;                                                                \

> @@ -97,7 +97,8 @@ GET_PC_THUNK(reg):                                                          \

>

>  # define SETUP_PIC_REG_STR(reg)                                                \

>    ".ifndef " GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) "\n"                               \

> -  ".section .gnu.linkonce.t." GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) ",\"ax\",@progbits\n" \

> +  ".section .text." GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) ",\"axG\",@progbits,"       \

> +    GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) ",comdat\n"                                 \

>    ".globl " GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) "\n"                                        \

>    ".hidden " GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) "\n"                               \

>    ".p2align 4\n"                                                       \

> --

> 2.17.1

>


LGTM.

Thanks.

-- 
H.J.
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diff --git a/sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h b/sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h
index b4bcd8fb6c..6094af8fec 100644
--- a/sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h
+++ b/sysdeps/i386/sysdep.h
@@ -61,7 +61,7 @@  lose: SYSCALL_PIC_SETUP							      \
 
 # define SETUP_PIC_REG(reg) \
   .ifndef GET_PC_THUNK(reg);						      \
-  .section .gnu.linkonce.t.GET_PC_THUNK(reg),"ax",@progbits;		      \
+  .section .text.GET_PC_THUNK(reg),"axG",@progbits,GET_PC_THUNK(reg),comdat;  \
   .globl GET_PC_THUNK(reg);						      \
   .hidden GET_PC_THUNK(reg);						      \
   .p2align 4;								      \
@@ -97,7 +97,8 @@  GET_PC_THUNK(reg):							      \
 
 # define SETUP_PIC_REG_STR(reg)						\
   ".ifndef " GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) "\n"				\
-  ".section .gnu.linkonce.t." GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) ",\"ax\",@progbits\n" \
+  ".section .text." GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) ",\"axG\",@progbits,"	\
+    GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) ",comdat\n"					\
   ".globl " GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) "\n"					\
   ".hidden " GET_PC_THUNK_STR (reg) "\n"				\
   ".p2align 4\n"							\