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ELFv2 functions with localentry:0 are those with a single entry point, ie. global entry == local entry, and that have no requirement on r2 or r12, and guarantee r2 is unchanged on return. Such an external function can be called via the PLT without saving r2 or restoring it on return, avoiding a common load-hit-store for small functions. The optimization is attractive. The TOC pointer load-hit-store is a major reason why calls to small functions that need no register saves, or with shrink-wrap, no register saves on a fast path, are slow on powerpc64le. To be safe, this optimization needs ld.so support to check that the run-time matches link-time function implementation. If a function in a shared library with st_other localentry non-zero is called without saving and restoring r2, r2 will be trashed on return, leading to segfaults. For that reason the optimization does not happen for weak functions since a weak definition is a fairly solid hint that the function will likely be overridden. I'm also not enabling the optimization by default unless glibc-2.26 is detected, which should have the ld.so checks implemented. bfd/ * elf64-ppc.c (struct ppc_link_hash_table): Add has_plt_localentry0. (ppc64_elf_merge_symbol_attribute): Merge localentry bits from dynamic objects. (is_elfv2_localentry0): New function. (ppc64_elf_tls_setup): Default params->plt_localentry0. (plt_stub_size): Adjust size for tls_get_addr_opt stub. (build_tls_get_addr_stub): Use a simpler stub when r2 is not saved. (ppc64_elf_size_stubs): Leave stub_type as ppc_stub_plt_call for optimized localentry:0 stubs. (ppc64_elf_build_stubs): Save r2 in ELFv2 __glink_PLTresolve. (ppc64_elf_relocate_section): Leave nop unchanged for optimized localentry:0 stubs. (ppc64_elf_finish_dynamic_sections): Set PPC64_OPT_LOCALENTRY in DT_PPC64_OPT. * elf64-ppc.h (struct ppc64_elf_params): Add plt_localentry0. include/ * elf/ppc64.h (PPC64_OPT_LOCALENTRY): Define. ld/ * emultempl/ppc64elf.em (params): Init plt_localentry0 field. (enum ppc64_opt): New, replacing OPTION_* defines. Add OPTION_PLT_LOCALENTRY, and OPTION_NO_PLT_LOCALENTRY. (PARSE_AND_LIST_*): Support --plt-localentry and --no-plt-localentry. * testsuite/ld-powerpc/elfv2so.d: Update. * testsuite/ld-powerpc/powerpc.exp (TLS opt 5): Use --no-plt-localentry. * testsuite/ld-powerpc/tlsopt5.d: Update. |
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README for LD
This is the GNU linker. It is distributed with other "binary
utilities" which should be in ../binutils. See ../binutils/README for
more general notes, including where to send bug reports.
There are many features of the linker:
* The linker uses a Binary File Descriptor library (../bfd)
that it uses to read and write object files. This helps
insulate the linker itself from the format of object files.
* The linker supports a number of different object file
formats. It can even handle multiple formats at once:
Read two input formats and write a third.
* The linker can be configured for cross-linking.
* The linker supports a control language.
* There is a user manual (ld.texinfo), as well as the
beginnings of an internals manual (ldint.texinfo).
Installation
============
See ../binutils/README.
If you want to make a cross-linker, you may want to specify
a different search path of -lfoo libraries than the default.
You can do this by setting the LIB_PATH variable in ./Makefile
or using the --with-lib-path configure switch.
To build just the linker, make the target all-ld from the top level
directory (one directory above this one).
Porting to a new target
=======================
See the ldint.texinfo manual.
Reporting bugs etc
===========================
See ../binutils/README.
Known problems
==============
The Solaris linker normally exports all dynamic symbols from an
executable. The GNU linker does not do this by default. This is
because the GNU linker tries to present the same interface for all
similar targets (in this case, all native ELF targets). This does not
matter for normal programs, but it can make a difference for programs
which try to dlopen an executable, such as PERL or Tcl. You can make
the GNU linker export all dynamic symbols with the -E or
--export-dynamic command line option.
HP/UX 9.01 has a shell bug that causes the linker scripts to be
generated incorrectly. The symptom of this appears to be "fatal error
- scanner input buffer overflow" error messages. There are various
workarounds to this:
* Build and install bash, and build with "make SHELL=bash".
* Update to a version of HP/UX with a working shell (e.g., 9.05).
* Replace "(. ${srcdir}/scripttempl/${SCRIPT_NAME}.sc)" in
genscripts.sh with "sh ${srcdir}..." (no parens) and make sure the
emulparams script used exports any shell variables it sets.
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