Maciej W. Rozycki macro@linux-mips.org
Wed Aug 1 12:56:00 GMT 2018

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On Wed, 11 Jul 2018, Alan Modra wrote:

> >  This is not a bug, we do not support the GNU hash for the MIPS target 
> > due to psABI restrictions on dynsym table ordering.  So I'd rather left 
> > it with #notarget for an accurate UNSUPPORTED result.
> 
> I think it is better as an xfail.  xfail doesn't necessarily mean you
> have a bug, just that the test is expected to fail.  Suppose in some
> future patch someone enabled GNU hash for mips targets.  Then an XPASS
> on this test indicates a bug!  (My point 3 in why notarget is a bad
> idea.)

 Fair enough.

> >  I think this test case is broken, I fail to see from PR ld/20022 why it 
> > insists on using `.text' for relocated data rather than `.data' (and then 
> > it would work for all targets).  There's nothing specific to `.text' here 
> > AFAICT.
> 
> True, except the test uses -e _start and it's unusual for an entry
> point to be in .data.  I'll see how that goes.

 FWIW I use `-e 0' when an entry point is required in a test case to keep 
LD quiet and the actual value does not matter for the scenario covered.

  Maciej

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