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Re: DT_TEXTREL/.dynamic issue with the binutils 2.15 linker on ARMand Linux
- From: Richard Earnshaw <Richard dot Earnshaw at arm dot com>
- To: Daniel Jacobowitz <drow at false dot org>
- Cc: David Poole <daveml at mbuf dot com>, binutils at sources dot redhat dot com, nickc at redhat dot com
- Date: Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:17:21 +0100
- Subject: Re: DT_TEXTREL/.dynamic issue with the binutils 2.15 linker on ARMand Linux
- References: <B55B7886-B0B6-11D8-8CFA-000393CDE218@mbuf.com> <20040528145608.GA556@nevyn.them.org> <20040529060633.GH3368@bubble.modra.org> <FF30F76A-B3EC-11D8-93CF-000393CDE218@mbuf.com> <20041029201339.GA10171@nevyn.them.org>
On Fri, 2004-10-29 at 21:13, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 01, 2004 at 10:59:08AM -0600, David Poole wrote:
> > On May 29, 2004, at 12:06 AM, Alan Modra wrote:
> >
> > >On Fri, May 28, 2004 at 10:56:09AM -0400, Daniel Jacobowitz wrote:
> > >>I don't know why DT_TEXTREL isn't there for this case. It should be.
> > >
> > >Perhaps because elf32-arm.h doesn't have something like
> > >readonly_dynrelocs as implemented in other backends.
> >
> > Looking at elf32-i386.c and elf32-s390.c, I copied the
> > readonly_dynrelocs() and the call in
> > elf_(i386|s390)_size_dynamic_sections.
> >
>
> The patch from the message I'm quoting looks right to me:
> http://sources.redhat.com/ml/binutils/2004-06/msg00010.html
>
> However, to apply it, two things need to happen:
> - An ARM maintainer needs to review it.
I'm happy with this, especially if you are.
> - Someone needs to decide whether it requires a copyright assignment
> (my instinct is no, but I don't make these decisions).
>
I agree, but let's give Nick a couple of days in case he wants to raise
an objection.
R.