ACK/Cmnt: [Xenial] SRU: Revert x86/vdso linker changes from #1830890 as this causes glibc 2.29-0ubuntu3 FTBFS on eoan

Stefan Bader stefan.bader at canonical.com
Fri Jun 28 12:03:43 UTC 2019


On 26.06.19 17:59, alex.murray at canonical.com wrote:
> From: Alex Murray <alex.murray at canonical.com>
> 
> [Impact]
> As reported in #1833067 and
> https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/glibc/+bug/1830890/comments/7
> some glibc testcases are still regressing on i386 after applying both the
> following commits:
> 
> commit 379d98ddf41344273d9718556f761420f4dc80b3
> Author: Alistair Strachan <astrachan at google.com>
> Date: Fri Aug 3 10:39:31 2018 -0700
> 
>     x86: vdso: Use $LD instead of $CC to link
> 
> commit cd01544a268ad8ee5b1dfe42c4393f1095f86879
> Author: Alistair Strachan <astrachan at google.com>
> Date: Fri Dec 14 14:36:37 2018 -0800
> 
>     x86/vdso: Pass --eh-frame-hdr to the linker
> 
> [Fix]
> Revert both these patches to restore the original behaviour.
> 
> [Test]
> ADT tests for glibc.
> 
> [Regression Potential]
> Low. This restores the status quo before the original change to
> vdso/x86/Makefile to restore the original linker behaviour.
> 
> Alex Murray (2):
>   Revert "x86/vdso: Pass --eh-frame-hdr to the linker"
>   Revert "x86: vdso: Use $LD instead of $CC to link"
> 
>  arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile | 22 ++++++++++++----------
>  1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
> 
I concur with Kleber that the issue fixed is not a primary concern, so rather
roll back until this is completely understood (and there is a real request for
it). Together with the added s-o-b:

Acked-by: Stefan Bader <stefan.bader at canonical.com>

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