Re: [PATCH] x86/build: work around older GNU ld not leaving .got.plt empty

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Jan,

On 21/03/2022 11:46, Jan Beulich wrote:
> The initial three entries in .got.plt are "static", i.e. present
> independent of actual entries allocation of which is triggered by
> respective relocations. When no real entries are needed, halfway recent
> ld discards the "static" portion of the table as well, but older GNU ld
> fails to do so.
>
> Fixes: dedb0aa42c6d ("x86/build: use --orphan-handling linker option if 
> available")
> Reported-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx>
Thanks for the patch. I applied the patch and can confirm the build 
issue is gone.
Tested-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx>

Cheers,

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Julien Grall