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authorNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2022-04-25 12:51:31 +0100
committerNick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>2022-04-25 12:53:08 +0100
commit0d38576a34ec64a1b4500c9277a8e9d0f07e6774 (patch)
tree8429a55e0d6ddf81a01e0dac703e9fea95693ce1
parent5f59e7e0c75a35f32f11bf6998c2e3de333fe3b2 (diff)
Emit a note warning the user that creating an executable stack because of a missing .note.GNU-stack section is deprecated.
PR 29072 bfd * elflink.c (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Display a note to the user that the current ehaviour of creating an executable stack because of a missing .note.GNU-stack section is deprecated and will be changed in a future release. binutils* testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp (prune_warnings_extra): Filter out notes about the executable stacjk behaviour beign deprecated. ld * testsuite/ld-elf/pr29072.b.warn: Update to include the note about the linker's behaviour being depreccated.
-rw-r--r--bfd/ChangeLog8
-rw-r--r--bfd/elflink.c8
-rw-r--r--binutils/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--binutils/testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp1
-rw-r--r--ld/ChangeLog6
-rw-r--r--ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr29072.b.warn1
6 files changed, 28 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/bfd/ChangeLog b/bfd/ChangeLog
index 957d8fd556..5444381ede 100644
--- a/bfd/ChangeLog
+++ b/bfd/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,11 @@
+2022-04-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR 29072
+ * elflink.c (bfd_elf_size_dynamic_sections): Display a note to the
+ user that the current ehaviour of creating an executable stack
+ because of a missing .note.GNU-stack section is deprecated and
+ will be changed in a future release.
+
2022-04-20 Clément Chigot <clement.chigot@atos.net>
* coff-rs6000.c (xcoff_reloc_type_noop): Add info argument.
diff --git a/bfd/elflink.c b/bfd/elflink.c
index d6dd9c16a2..b54ee517c7 100644
--- a/bfd/elflink.c
+++ b/bfd/elflink.c
@@ -7190,9 +7190,13 @@ warning: enabling an executable stack because of -z execstack command line optio
warning: %s: requires executable stack (because the .note.GNU-stack section is executable)"),
bfd_get_filename (noteobj));
else if (emptyobj)
- _bfd_error_handler (_("\
+ {
+ _bfd_error_handler (_("\
warning: %s: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack"),
- bfd_get_filename (emptyobj));
+ bfd_get_filename (emptyobj));
+ _bfd_error_handler (_("\
+NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker"));
+ }
}
}
elf_stack_flags (output_bfd) = PF_R | PF_W | exec;
diff --git a/binutils/ChangeLog b/binutils/ChangeLog
index 26103a0279..ab65d20aca 100644
--- a/binutils/ChangeLog
+++ b/binutils/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2022-04-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR 29072
+ * testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp (prune_warnings_extra): Filter
+ out notes about the executable stacjk behaviour beign deprecated.
+
2022-04-12 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
PR 28992
diff --git a/binutils/testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp b/binutils/testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp
index 87b0d101c6..a76a310c19 100644
--- a/binutils/testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp
+++ b/binutils/testsuite/lib/binutils-common.exp
@@ -638,6 +638,7 @@ proc prune_warnings_extra { text } {
# PR binutils/23898: It is OK to have gaps in build notes.
regsub -all "(^|\n)(\[^\n\]*: Warning: Gap in build notes detected from\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
regsub -all "(^|\n)(\[^\n\]*: warning:\[^\n\]*missing \\.note\\.GNU-stack section\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
+ regsub -all "(^|\n)(\[^\n\]*: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated\[^\n\]*\n?)+" $text "\\1" text
return $text
}
diff --git a/ld/ChangeLog b/ld/ChangeLog
index 86ac875c4d..456c11883a 100644
--- a/ld/ChangeLog
+++ b/ld/ChangeLog
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+2022-04-25 Nick Clifton <nickc@redhat.com>
+
+ PR 29072
+ * testsuite/ld-elf/pr29072.b.warn: Update to include the note
+ about the linker's behaviour being depreccated.
+
2022-04-20 Clément Chigot <clement.chigot@atos.net>
* emultempl/aix.em (params): New variable.
diff --git a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr29072.b.warn b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr29072.b.warn
index 08f1188792..9058cc0e68 100644
--- a/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr29072.b.warn
+++ b/ld/testsuite/ld-elf/pr29072.b.warn
@@ -1 +1,2 @@
.*: warning: .*\.o: missing \.note\.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
+.*: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker