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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 /bfd/elflink.c
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.
Diffstat (limited to 'bfd/elflink.c')
-rw-r--r--bfd/elflink.c8
1 files changed, 6 insertions, 2 deletions
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;