On Fri, Oct 26, 2018 at 3:23 PM Bin Meng <bmeng...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 10:55 PM Bin Meng <bmeng...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Thu, Oct 11, 2018 at 5:36 PM Andy Shevchenko > > <andriy.shevche...@linux.intel.com> wrote:
> > > That's what I was suspecting after looking how EFI applications are being > > > built. > > > > > > So, someone familiar with compilers probably needs to check the following > > > and act accordingly: > > > - either new compiler provides new switches to change behaviour as it was > > > in GCC < 8, or > > > - create a small verifiable example with this linked list sections and > > > submit a bug report to GCC, or > > > - U-Boot code (for linked lists) should be reconsidered from new > > > requirements of the compiler, or > > > - EFI U-Boot application should have it's own relocation code (like > > > normal U-Boot does), or > > > - ...anything I missed... > > > > > > The issue from my limited knowledge looks like this: > > > EFI loader relies on the sections that are natural for dynamically linked > > > libraries (AKA .so), while U-Boot (when runs on bare metal) has another > > > approach, i.e. specific code that does a relocation based only on .reloc > > > information. The linked list sections in U-Boot are meant to be statically > > > compiled, which is not the case for EFI by some reason. > > > > > > OTOH, it's clearly a compiler behaviour change, since with -fPIC -g it > > > generates DWARF that can't be translated by its own assembler! > > > (See option 2 in above list) > > Thank you for these useful suggestions! I will see if I can create a > > small test program to trigger this issue. > I created a small test case to trigger this issue. A workaround is to > disable '-Os' so that the test case pass. Of course disabling '-fpic' > also works. To me this looks like a bug when compiling pic codes with > optimization on. I will submit a bug report go GCC. Cool! Please, share the bug link whenever it will be filled, thanks! -- With Best Regards, Andy Shevchenko _______________________________________________ U-Boot mailing list U-Boot@lists.denx.de https://lists.denx.de/listinfo/u-boot
