This is the mail archive of the
gcc@gcc.gnu.org
mailing list for the GCC project.
Re: PATCH: Support --enable-gold=both --with-linker=[bfd|gold]
- From: "H.J. Lu" <hjl dot tools at gmail dot com>
- To: Ian Lance Taylor <iant at google dot com>
- Cc: Roland McGrath <roland at redhat dot com>, binutils at sourceware dot org, gcc at gcc dot gnu dot org
- Date: Tue, 5 Jan 2010 20:23:34 -0800
- Subject: Re: PATCH: Support --enable-gold=both --with-linker=[bfd|gold]
- References: <20091102220634.GA21976@lucon.org> <6dc9ffc80911031419k53995085ib14214227979a55e@mail.gmail.com> <20091103222302.8D1AD71C3@magilla.sf.frob.com> <6dc9ffc80911031528v73b398f1s98e76a85baf9f56b@mail.gmail.com> <mcr8wccfjz1.fsf@dhcp-172-17-9-151.mtv.corp.google.com>
On Tue, Jan 5, 2010 at 11:08 AM, Ian Lance Taylor <iant@google.com> wrote:
> "H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
>> index 407ab59..b349633 100644
>> --- a/configure.ac
>> +++ b/configure.ac
>> @@ -311,10 +311,11 @@ esac
>> ?# Handle --enable-gold.
>>
>> ?AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
>> -[ ?--enable-gold ? ? ? ? ? use gold instead of ld],
>> +[ ?--enable-gold[[=ARG]] ? ? build gold [[ARG={yes,both}]]],
>> ?ENABLE_GOLD=$enableval,
>> ?ENABLE_GOLD=no)
>> -if test "${ENABLE_GOLD}" = "yes"; then
>> +case "${ENABLE_GOLD}" in
>> +yes|both)
>> ? ?# Check for ELF target.
>> ? ?is_elf=no
>> ? ?case "${target}" in
>> @@ -334,11 +335,17 @@ if test "${ENABLE_GOLD}" = "yes"; then
>> ? ? ?# Check for target supported by gold.
>> ? ? ?case "${target}" in
>> ? ? ? ?i?86-*-* | x86_64-*-* | sparc*-*-* | powerpc*-*-* | arm*-*-*)
>> - ? ? ? ?configdirs="`echo " ${configdirs} " | sed -e 's/ ld / gold /'`"
>> + ? ? ? ?if test "${ENABLE_GOLD}" = both; then
>> + ? ? ? ? ?configdirs="$configdirs gold"
>> + ? ? else
>> + ? ? ? ? ?configdirs="`echo " ${configdirs} " | sed -e 's/ ld / gold /'`"
>> + ? ? fi
>> ? ? ? ? ?;;
>> ? ? ?esac
>> ? ?fi
>> -fi
>> + ?ENABLE_GOLD=yes
>> + ?;;
>> +esac
>
> You should have an error case here to ensure that --enable-gold only
> has the values "yes", "both", or "no". ?--enable-gold=foo should give
> an error.
>
> This patch uses two configure options: one to build both gold and ld,
> and one to select which linker is the default. ?Why not use just one
> configure option? ?Perhaps something like:
> ? ?--enable-gold ? ? ? ? ? ? ?Build only gold, gold is default
> ? ?--disable-gold [default] ? Build only GNU ld, GNU ld is default
> ? ?--enable-gold=no ? ? ? ? ? Same
> ? ?--enable-gold=both ? ? ? ? Build both gold and GNU ld, gold is default
> ? ?--enable-gold=both/gold ? ?Same
> ? ?--enable-gold=both/bfd ? ? Build both gold and GNU ld, GNU ld is default
Done.
> But of course this approach is conditional on whether there should be
> some way to select the linker to use at runtime.
>
>
>
>> diff --git a/gold/Makefile.am b/gold/Makefile.am
>> index 8d8b617..85b103b 100644
>> --- a/gold/Makefile.am
>> +++ b/gold/Makefile.am
>> @@ -163,12 +163,20 @@ check: libgold.a
>>
>> ?install-exec-local: ld-new$(EXEEXT)
>> ? ? ? $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin
>> - ? ? n=`echo ld | sed '$(transform)'`; \
>> + ? ? n=`echo @installed_linker@ | sed '$(transform)'`; \
>> ? ? ? $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${n}$(EXEEXT); \
>> - ? ? if test "$(bindir)" != "$(tooldir)/bin"; then \
>> - ? ? ? rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> - ? ? ? ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${n}$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
>> + ? ? if test "@linker@" = "ld.gold"; then \
>> + ? ? ? if test "@installed_linker@" != "ld"; then \
>> + ? ? ? ? ld=`echo ld | sed '$(transform)'`; \
>> + ? ? ? ? rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${ld}$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? ? ? ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${n}$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${ld}$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
>> + ? ? ? ? || $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${ld}$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? ? fi; \
>> + ? ? ? if test "$(bindir)" != "$(tooldir)/bin"; then \
>> + ? ? ? ? rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? ? ? ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${n}$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
>> ? ? ? ? ? || $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? ? fi; \
>> ? ? ? fi
>
> In Makefile.am you don't need to use @@ quoting in rules. ?You can
> just use $(installed_linker) and $(linker).
>
Done.
>
>> diff --git a/gold/configure.ac b/gold/configure.ac
>> index 85e23f9..10389a9 100644
>> --- a/gold/configure.ac
>> +++ b/gold/configure.ac
>> @@ -38,6 +38,29 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT, "$sysroot",
>> ?AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_RELOCATABLE, $sysroot_relocatable,
>> ? ?[Whether the system root can be relocated])
>>
>> +AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
>> +[ ?--enable-gold[[=ARG]] ? ? build gold [[ARG={yes,both}]]],
>> +[if test "${enableval}" = "both"; then
>> + ? bfd_linker=ld.bfd
>> + ? installed_linker=ld.gold
>> + else
>> + ? bfd_linker=ld.gold
>> + ? installed_linker=ld
>> + fi],
>> +[bfd_linker=ld.bfd
>> + installed_linker=ld])
>> +AC_SUBST(installed_linker)
>
> It seems rather weird to set a variable named bfd_linker to be
> ld.gold. ?What does that mean?
Rewritten.
>
>> +AC_ARG_ENABLE(linker,
>> +[ ?--enable-linker=[[ARG]] ? specify the default linker [[ARG={bfd,gold}]]],
>> +[if test "${enableval}" = "gold"; then
>> + ? linker=ld.gold
>> + else
>> + ? linker=$bfd_linker
>> + fi],
>> +[linker=$bfd_linker])
>> +AC_SUBST(linker)
>
> You should give an error if --enable-linker is used with an
> unrecognized value.
Done.
>
>> --- a/ld/Makefile.am
>> +++ b/ld/Makefile.am
>> @@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ CXX_FOR_TARGET = ` \
>> ? ? ?fi; \
>> ? ?fi`
>>
>> -transform = s/^ld-new$$/ld/;@program_transform_name@
>> +transform = s/^ld-new$$/@installed_linker@/;$(program_transform_name)
>> ?bin_PROGRAMS = ld-new
>> ?info_TEXINFOS = ld.texinfo
>> ?ld_TEXINFOS = configdoc.texi
>
> $(installed_linker). ?Although actually as far as I can tell this line
> is completely unnecessary. ?Only constant strings are passed to
> $(transform), and those constant strings never include ld-new.
>
I'd like to keep it in this patch. We can have a separate patch to remove it.
>> -install-exec-local: ld-new$(EXEEXT)
>> +install-exec-local: ld-new$(EXEEXT) install-binPROGRAMS
>> ? ? ? $(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin
>> - ? ? n=`echo ld | sed '$(transform)'`; \
>> - ? ? if [ "$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT)" != "$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT)" ]; then \
>> - ? ? ? rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> - ? ? ? ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
>> - ? ? ? || $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? n=`echo @installed_linker@ | sed '$(transform)'`; \
>> + ? ? if test "@linker@" = "ld.bfd"; then \
>> + ? ? ? if test "@installed_linker@" != "ld"; then \
>> + ? ? ? ? ld=`echo ld | sed '$(transform)'`; \
>> + ? ? ? ? rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? ? ? ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
>> + ? ? ? ? || $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? ? fi; \
>> + ? ? ? if test "$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT)" != "$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT)"; then \
>> + ? ? ? ? rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? ? ? ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
>> + ? ? ? ? || $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
>> + ? ? ? fi; \
>> ? ? ? fi
>
> Here also use $(VAR) rather than @VAR@.
Done.
>
>> diff --git a/ld/configure.in b/ld/configure.in
>> index c4655f5..9786953 100644
>> --- a/ld/configure.in
>> +++ b/ld/configure.in
>> @@ -69,6 +69,29 @@ AC_SUBST(use_sysroot)
>> ?AC_SUBST(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT)
>> ?AC_SUBST(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_DEFINE)
>>
>> +AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
>> +[ ?--enable-gold[[=ARG]] ? ? build gold [[ARG={yes,both}]]],
>> +[if test "${enableval}" = "both"; then
>> + ?gold_linker=ld.gold
>> + ?installed_linker=ld.bfd
>> +else
>> + ?gold_linker=ld.bfd
>> + ?installed_linker=ld
>> +fi],
>> +[gold_linker=ld.bfd
>> + installed_linker=ld])
>> +AC_SUBST(installed_linker)
>
> How can gold_linker be set to ld.bfd?
>
Rewritten.
Thanks.
--
H.J.
---
2010-01-05 Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* configure.ac (--enable-gold): Support both, both/gold and
both/bfd to add gold to configdirs without removing ld.
* configure: Regenerated.
gold/
2010-01-05 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* Makefile.am (install-exec-local): Install as $(installed_linker).
Install as ld if $(linker) == "ld.gold" and $(installed_linker)
!= "ld".
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
* configure.ac (--enable-gold): Support both, both/gold and
both/bfd.
* configure: Regenerated.
ld/
2010-01-05 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* Makefile.am (transform): Install as $(installed_linker).
(install-exec-local): Depend on install-binPROGRAMS. Install
as $(installed_linker). Install as ld if $(linker) == "ld.bfd"
and $(installed_linker) != "ld".
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
* configure.in (--enable-gold): Support both, both/gold and
both/bfd.
* configure: Regenerated.
2010-01-05 Roland McGrath <roland@redhat.com>
H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* configure.ac (--enable-gold): Support both, both/gold and
both/bfd to add gold to configdirs without removing ld.
* configure: Regenerated.
gold/
2010-01-05 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* Makefile.am (install-exec-local): Install as $(installed_linker).
Install as ld if $(linker) == "ld.gold" and $(installed_linker)
!= "ld".
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
* configure.ac (--enable-gold): Support both, both/gold and
both/bfd.
* configure: Regenerated.
ld/
2010-01-05 H.J. Lu <hongjiu.lu@intel.com>
* Makefile.am (transform): Install as $(installed_linker).
(install-exec-local): Depend on install-binPROGRAMS. Install
as $(installed_linker). Install as ld if $(linker) == "ld.bfd"
and $(installed_linker) != "ld".
* Makefile.in: Regenerated.
* configure.in (--enable-gold): Support both, both/gold and
both/bfd.
* configure: Regenerated.
diff --git a/configure.ac b/configure.ac
index 53ca32c..6e626b1 100644
--- a/configure.ac
+++ b/configure.ac
@@ -309,12 +309,19 @@ case ${with_newlib} in
esac
# Handle --enable-gold.
+# --enable-gold Build only gold, gold is default
+# --disable-gold [default] Build only GNU ld, GNU ld is default
+# --enable-gold=both Build both gold and GNU ld, gold is default
+# --enable-gold=both/gold Same
+# --enable-gold=both/bfd Build both gold and GNU ld, GNU ld is
+# default
AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
-[ --enable-gold use gold instead of ld],
+[ --enable-gold[[=ARG]] build gold [[ARG={both}[[/{gold,bfd}]]]]],
ENABLE_GOLD=$enableval,
ENABLE_GOLD=no)
-if test "${ENABLE_GOLD}" = "yes"; then
+case "${ENABLE_GOLD}" in
+yes|both|both/gold|both/bfd)
# Check for ELF target.
is_elf=no
case "${target}" in
@@ -334,11 +341,25 @@ if test "${ENABLE_GOLD}" = "yes"; then
# Check for target supported by gold.
case "${target}" in
i?86-*-* | x86_64-*-* | sparc*-*-* | powerpc*-*-* | arm*-*-*)
- configdirs="`echo " ${configdirs} " | sed -e 's/ ld / gold /'`"
+ case "${ENABLE_GOLD}" in
+ both*)
+ configdirs="$configdirs gold"
+ ;;
+ *)
+ configdirs="`echo " ${configdirs} " | sed -e 's/ ld / gold /'`"
+ ;;
+ esac
;;
esac
fi
-fi
+ ENABLE_GOLD=yes
+ ;;
+no)
+ ;;
+*)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([invalid --enable-gold argument])
+ ;;
+esac
# Configure extra directories which are host specific
diff --git a/gold/Makefile.am b/gold/Makefile.am
index 9c9ed1a..32a37e6 100644
--- a/gold/Makefile.am
+++ b/gold/Makefile.am
@@ -175,12 +175,20 @@ check: libgold.a
install-exec-local: ld-new$(EXEEXT)
$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin
- n=`echo ld | sed '$(transform)'`; \
+ n=`echo $(installed_linker) | sed '$(transform)'`; \
$(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${n}$(EXEEXT); \
- if test "$(bindir)" != "$(tooldir)/bin"; then \
- rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
- ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${n}$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
+ if test "$(linker)" = "ld.gold"; then \
+ if test "$(installed_linker)" != "ld"; then \
+ ld=`echo ld | sed '$(transform)'`; \
+ rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${ld}$(EXEEXT); \
+ ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${n}$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${ld}$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
+ || $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${ld}$(EXEEXT); \
+ fi; \
+ if test "$(bindir)" != "$(tooldir)/bin"; then \
+ rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
+ ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$${n}$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
|| $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
+ fi; \
fi
# We want install to imply install-info as per GNU standards, despite
diff --git a/gold/configure.ac b/gold/configure.ac
index 7102670..d6b855b 100644
--- a/gold/configure.ac
+++ b/gold/configure.ac
@@ -38,6 +38,32 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT, "$sysroot",
AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_RELOCATABLE, $sysroot_relocatable,
[Whether the system root can be relocated])
+dnl "installed_linker" is the installed gold linker name.
+dnl "linker" is the linker to be installed as the default linker, ld.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
+[ --enable-gold[[=ARG]] build gold [[ARG={both}[[/{gold,bfd}]]]]],
+[case "${enableval}" in
+ yes)
+ installed_linker=ld
+ linker=ld.gold
+ ;;
+ both|both/gold)
+ installed_linker=ld.gold
+ linker=ld.gold
+ ;;
+ both/bfd)
+ installed_linker=ld.gold
+ linker=ld.bfd
+ ;;
+ *)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([invalid --enable-gold argument])
+ ;;
+ esac],
+[installed_linker=ld
+ linker=ld.gold])
+AC_SUBST(installed_linker)
+AC_SUBST(linker)
+
dnl For now threads are a configure time option.
AC_ARG_ENABLE([threads],
[ --enable-threads multi-threaded linking],
diff --git a/ld/Makefile.am b/ld/Makefile.am
index c1d3dbf..b54d27f 100644
--- a/ld/Makefile.am
+++ b/ld/Makefile.am
@@ -95,7 +95,7 @@ CXX_FOR_TARGET = ` \
fi; \
fi`
-transform = s/^ld-new$$/ld/;@program_transform_name@
+transform = s/^ld-new$$/$(installed_linker)/;$(program_transform_name)
bin_PROGRAMS = ld-new
info_TEXINFOS = ld.texinfo
ld_TEXINFOS = configdoc.texi
@@ -1959,13 +1959,21 @@ CLEANFILES = dep.sed DEP DEPA DEP1 DEP2 spu_ovl.s spu_ovl.o spu_icache.s spu_ica
.PHONY: install-exec-local install-data-local
-install-exec-local: ld-new$(EXEEXT)
+install-exec-local: ld-new$(EXEEXT) install-binPROGRAMS
$(mkinstalldirs) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin
- n=`echo ld | sed '$(transform)'`; \
- if [ "$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT)" != "$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT)" ]; then \
- rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
- ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
- || $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
+ n=`echo $(installed_linker) | sed '$(transform)'`; \
+ if test "$(linker)" = "ld.bfd"; then \
+ if test "$(installed_linker)" != "ld"; then \
+ ld=`echo ld | sed '$(transform)'`; \
+ rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$ld$(EXEEXT); \
+ ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
+ || $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$ld$(EXEEXT); \
+ fi; \
+ if test "$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT)" != "$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT)"; then \
+ rm -f $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
+ ln $(DESTDIR)$(bindir)/$$n$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT) >/dev/null 2>/dev/null \
+ || $(LIBTOOL) --mode=install $(INSTALL_PROGRAM) ld-new$(EXEEXT) $(DESTDIR)$(tooldir)/bin/ld$(EXEEXT); \
+ fi; \
fi
install-data-local:
diff --git a/ld/configure.in b/ld/configure.in
index 4bbc8f8..450fe5d 100644
--- a/ld/configure.in
+++ b/ld/configure.in
@@ -69,6 +69,32 @@ AC_SUBST(use_sysroot)
AC_SUBST(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT)
AC_SUBST(TARGET_SYSTEM_ROOT_DEFINE)
+dnl "installed_linker" is the installed BFD linker name.
+dnl "linker" is the linker to be installed as the default linker, ld.
+AC_ARG_ENABLE(gold,
+[ --enable-gold[[=ARG]] build gold [[ARG={both}[[/{gold,bfd}]]]]],
+[case "${enableval}" in
+ both|both/gold)
+ installed_linker=ld.bfd
+ linker=ld.gold
+ ;;
+ both/bfd)
+ installed_linker=ld.bfd
+ linker=ld.bfd
+ ;;
+ no)
+ installed_linker=ld
+ linker=ld.bfd
+ ;;
+ *)
+ AC_MSG_ERROR([invalid --enable-gold argument])
+ ;;
+ esac],
+[installed_linker=ld
+ linker=ld.bfd])
+AC_SUBST(installed_linker)
+AC_SUBST(linker)
+
AC_ARG_ENABLE([got],
AS_HELP_STRING([--enable-got=<type>],
[GOT handling scheme (target, single, negative, multigot)]),