On Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:08:39 -0700, Sean Christopherson wrote:
> Explicitly tell the linker KUT doesn't need an executable stack to
> suppress gcc-12 warnings about the default behavior of having an
> executable stack being deprecated. The entire thing is irrelevant for KUT
> (and other freestanding environments) as KUT creates its own stacks, i.e.
> there's no loader/libc that consumes the magic ".note.GNU-stack" section.
>
> ld -nostdlib -m elf_x86_64 -T /home/seanjc/go/src/kernel.org/kvm-unit-tests/x86/flat.lds
> -o x86/vmx.elf x86/vmx.o x86/cstart64.o x86/access.o x86/vmx_tests.o lib/libcflat.a
> ld: warning: setjmp64.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
> ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
>
> [...]
Applied to kvm-x86 next, thanks!
[1/1] x86: Link with "-z noexecstack" to suppress irrelevant linker warnings
https://github.com/kvm-x86/kvm-unit-tests/commit/5f15933dccae
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