Re: [PATCH] selftests/exec: build with -fPIE instead of -pie, to make clang happy

From: Kees Cook
Date: Mon May 06 2024 - 13:09:59 EST


On Fri, May 03, 2024 at 07:23:01PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> clang doesn't deal well with "-pie -static": it warns that -pie is an
> unused option here. Changing to "-fPIE -static" solves this problem for
> clang, while keeping the gcc results identical.
>
> The problem is visible when building via:
>
> make LLVM=1 -C tools/testing/selftests
>
> Again: gcc 13 produces identical binaries for all of these programs,
> both before and after this commit (using "-pie"), and after (using
> "-fPIE").
>
> Also, the runtime results are the same for both clang and gcc builds.

Thanks for this! It got solved differently here:
https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20240416152831.3199999-1-usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx

Does that work for you as well?

-Kees

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Kees Cook