Re: binutils 2.18.50.0.8 frv build error

["H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 04:47:47PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 06:20:05AM -0700, H.J. Lu wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 15, 2008 at 03:13:27PM +0300, Adrian Bunk wrote:
> > > Toolchain:
> > > - gcc 4.3.1
> > > - binutils 2.18.50.0.7 and 2.18.50.0.8
> > > - configured for frv-linux
> > > - kernel 2.6.26
> > > 
> > > Builds fine when using binutils 2.18.50.0.7,
> > > but fails as follows with binutils 2.18.50.0.8:
> > > 
> > > <--  snip  -->
> > > 
> > > ...
> > >   HOSTCC  scripts/kallsyms
> > >   CC      init/main.o
> > >   CHK     include/linux/compile.h
> > >   UPD     include/linux/compile.h
> > >   CC      init/version.o
> > >   CC      init/do_mounts.o
> > >   LD      init/mounts.o
> > >   CC      init/noinitramfs.o
> > >   LD      init/built-in.o
> > > frv-linux-ld: init/mounts.o: compiled with -fpic and linked with modules that use non-pic relocations
> > > frv-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file init/mounts.o
> > > make[2]: *** [init/built-in.o] Error 1
> > > 
> > > <--  snip  -->
> > > 
> > > Complete verbose log below.
> > > 
> > > Any hints what's going wrong?
> > > 
> > > cu
> > > Adrian
> > > 
> > > 
> > 
> > ...
> > 
> > >    frv-linux-ld    -r -o init/built-in.o init/main.o init/version.o init/mounts.o init/noinitramfs.o 
> > > frv-linux-ld: init/mounts.o: compiled with -fpic and linked with modules that use non-pic relocations
> > > frv-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file init/mounts.o
> > > make[1]: *** [init/built-in.o] Error 1
> > > make: *** [init] Error 2
> > 
> > This regression was introduced between 2008-05-02 10:10am and
> > 2008-07-09 5:45pm PDT.  Does ld from binutils 2.18.50.0.7 work
> > on the same init/main.o init/version.o init/mounts.o
> > init/noinitramfs.o? If yes, please open a bug report at
> > 
> > http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/
> 
> No, it does not work with these .o files.
> 
> > with those .o files. If not, please find out why.
> 
> Tried it the other way round:
> - compiled with 2.18.50.0.7.
> - then changed binutils to 2.18.50.0.8
> 
> Works:
> frv-linux-ld    -r -o init/built-in.o init/main.o init/version.o init/mounts.o init/noinitramfs.o
> 
> Fails:
> frv-linux-ld    -r -o init/mounts.o init/do_mounts.o
> frv-linux-ld    -r -o init/built-in.o init/main.o init/version.o init/mounts.o init/noinitramfs.o
> 
> 
> I did an "frv-linux-objdump  -Dx" on the init/mounts.o files generated 
> with both binutils versions, and the diff is:
> 
> 
> --- working	2008-07-15 16:34:49.000000000 +0300
> +++ broken	2008-07-15 16:34:40.000000000 +0300
>  architecture: fr450, flags 0x00000011:
>  HAS_RELOC, HAS_SYMS
>  start address 0x00000000
> -private flags = 0x800020d: -mcpu=fr450 -mgpr-32 -msoft-float non-pic relocations
> +private flags = 0x800030d: -mcpu=fr450 -mgpr-32 -msoft-float -fpic non-pic relocations
>  

Are you saying "ld -r init/do_mounts.o" changed private flags? If
yes, please open a bug report at

http://www.sourceware.org/bugzilla/

with the original init/do_mounts.o.


H.J.