#16472: Upgrade Binutils to 2.25+ for Tor Browser builds --------------------------------------+-------------------------- Reporter: gk | Owner: tbb-team Type: task | Status: new Priority: Medium | Milestone: Component: Applications/Tor Browser | Version: Severity: Normal | Resolution: Keywords: tbb-rbm, boklm201802 | Actual Points: Parent ID: #12968 | Points: Reviewer: | Sponsor: --------------------------------------+--------------------------
Comment (by cypherpunks): gold throws that error instead of generating (potentially exploitable?) code which leads to runtime segmentation fault instead of preemptible symbol (if it got preempted) in that case. Yes, this is how x86 Linux works. To put some light on it: https://software.intel.com/en- us/blogs/2010/11/10/limit-performance-impact-of-global-symbols-on-linux/ It seems, Linux developers are generally [https://github.com/opencv/opencv/issues/10229 shocked] and don't know what to do with it, even in [https://dxr.mozilla.org/mozilla- esr52/source/security/nss/lib/util/templates.c#123 Mozilla]. -- Ticket URL: <https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/ticket/16472#comment:13> Tor Bug Tracker & Wiki <https://trac.torproject.org/> The Tor Project: anonymity online
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