LoongArch glibc can add some LASX/LSX vector instructions codes,
change the required minimum binutils version to 2.41 which could
support vector instructions. HAVE_LOONGARCH_VEC_ASM is removed
accordingly.
This patch checks if assembler supports vector instructions to
generate LASX/LSX code or not, and then define HAVE_LOONGARCH_VEC_ASM macro
We have added support for vector instructions in binutils-2.41
See:
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=75b2f521b101d974354f6ce9ed7c054d8b2e3b7a
commit 75b2f521b101d974354f6ce9ed7c054d8b2e3b7a
Author: mengqinggang <mengqinggang@loongson.cn>
Date: Thu Jun 22 10:35:28 2023 +0800
LoongArch: gas: Add lsx and lasx instructions support
gas/ChangeLog:
* config/tc-loongarch.c (md_parse_option): Add lsx and lasx option.
(loongarch_after_parse_args): Add lsx and lasx option.
opcodes/ChangeLog:
* loongarch-opc.c (struct loongarch_ase): Add lsx and lasx
instructions.
Before GCC r13-2728, it would produce a normal dynamic-linked executable
with -static-pie. I mistakely believed it would produce a static-linked
executable, so failed to detect the breakage. Then with Binutils 2.40
and (vanilla) GCC 12, libc_cv_static_pie_on_loongarch is mistakenly
enabled and cause a building failure with "undefined reference to
_DYNAMIC".
Fix the issue by disabling static PIE if -static-pie creates something
with a INTERP header.
A start.o compiled from start.S with -DPIC and no -DSHARED is used by
both crt1.o and rcrt1.o. So the LoongArch static PIE patch
unintentionally introduced PC-relative addressing for main and
__libc_start_main into crt1.o.
While the latest Binutils (trunk, which will be released as 2.40)
supports the PC-relative relocs against an external function by creating
a PLT entry, the 2.39 release branch doesn't (and won't) support this.
An error is raised:
"PLT stub does not represent and symbol not defined."
So, we need the following changes:
1. Check if ld supports the PC-relative relocs against an external
function. If it's not supported, we deem static PIE unsupported.
2. Change start.S. If static PIE is supported, use PC-relative
addressing for main and __libc_start_main and rely on the linker to
create PLT entries. Otherwise, restore the old behavior (using GOT
to address these functions).
An alternative would be adding a new "static-pie-start.S", and some
custom logic into Makefile to build rcrt1.o with it. And, restore
start.S to the state before static PIE change so crt1.o won't contain
PC-relative relocs against external symbols. But I can't see any
benefit of this alternative, so I'd just keep it simple.
Tested by building glibc with the following configurations:
1. Binutils trunk + GCC trunk. Static PIE enabled. All tests
passed.
2. Binutils 2.39 branch + GCC trunk. Static PIE disabled. Tests
related to ifunc failed (it's a known issue). All other tests
passed.
3. Binutils 2.39 branch + GCC 12 branch, cross compilation with
build-many-glibcs.py from x86_64-linux-gnu. Static PIE disabled.
Build succeeded.
If the compiler is new enough, enable static PIE support. In the static
PIE version of _start (in rcrt1.o), use la.pcrel instead of la.got
because in a static PIE we cannot use GOT entries until the dynamic
relocations for GOT are resolved.
