The -static clang flag ignores -no-pie flag. Hence following warning is generated. Fix the warning by removing the -no-pie flag before specifying -static flag. clang: warning: argument unused during compilation: '-no-pie' [-Wunused-command-line-argument] Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile index 671b1819694ff..b0f5b5ff79b8d 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile @@ -108,8 +108,9 @@ $(OUTPUT)/test_syscall_vdso_32: thunks_32.S # check_initial_reg_state is special: it needs a custom entry, and it # needs to be static so that its interpreter doesn't destroy its initial # state. -$(OUTPUT)/check_initial_reg_state_32: CFLAGS += -Wl,-ereal_start -static -$(OUTPUT)/check_initial_reg_state_64: CFLAGS += -Wl,-ereal_start -static +CFLAGS2:=$(filter-out -no-pie,$(CFLAGS)) +$(OUTPUT)/check_initial_reg_state_32: CFLAGS2 += -Wl,-ereal_start -static +$(OUTPUT)/check_initial_reg_state_64: CFLAGS2 += -Wl,-ereal_start -static $(OUTPUT)/nx_stack_32: CFLAGS += -Wl,-z,noexecstack $(OUTPUT)/nx_stack_64: CFLAGS += -Wl,-z,noexecstack -- 2.39.2
