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On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 12:41, Marvin H=C3=A4user <mhaeuser@posteo.de> wrote=
:
>
> Hi Ray,
>
> > On 31. Mar 2023, at 12:09, Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com> wrote:
> >
> > =EF=BB=BFArd,
> > What does "-read_only_relocs suppress" control?
>
> It controls whether relocs that target read-only segments yield a build e=
rror or not. I think lld uses =E2=80=9C-z notext=E2=80=9D.
>
> > Linker doesn't produce relocation entries that modifies .text section s=
ilently
> > so the final .text just cannot run at all?
>
> Could you please rephrase? I=E2=80=99m not sure I understand, but I think=
 it=E2=80=99s important everyone understands the issues at play to make a g=
ood judgment call.
>

As *I* understood it, it means suppress the *warning* not suppress the
*relocation*

But the resulting binaries are broken, so it doesn't really matter.