Re: [edk2-devel] [RFT PATCH v3 0/5] UefiCpuPkg, OvmfPkg: Simplify CpuExceptionHandlerLib

["Ni, Ray" <ray.ni@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: devel@edk2.groups.io <devel@edk2.groups.io> On Behalf Of Marvin
> Häuser
> Sent: Friday, March 31, 2023 7:10 PM
> To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> Cc: Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com>; devel@edk2.groups.io; Andrew Fish
> <afish@apple.com>; Kinney, Michael D <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Liu,
> Zhiguang <zhiguang.liu@intel.com>; Rebecca Cran <rebecca@bsdio.com>;
> Tom Lendacky <thomas.lendacky@amd.com>
> Subject: Re: [edk2-devel] [RFT PATCH v3 0/5] UefiCpuPkg, OvmfPkg: Simplify
> CpuExceptionHandlerLib
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> > On 31. Mar 2023, at 13:03, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, 31 Mar 2023 at 12:41, Marvin Häuser <mhaeuser@posteo.de> wrote:
> >>
> >> Hi Ray,
> >>
> >>>> On 31. Mar 2023, at 12:09, Ni, Ray <ray.ni@intel.com> wrote:
> >>>
> >>> Ard,
> >>> What does "-read_only_relocs suppress" control?
> >>
> >> It controls whether relocs that target read-only segments yield a build
> error or not. I think lld uses “-z notext”.
> >>
> >>> Linker doesn't produce relocation entries that modifies .text section
> silently
> >>> so the final .text just cannot run at all?
> >>
> >> Could you please rephrase? I’m not sure I understand, but I think it’s
> important everyone understands the issues at play to make a good judgment
> call.
> >>
> >
> > As *I* understood it, it means suppress the *warning* not suppress the
> > *relocation*

What the meaning of "suppress relocation"?
Why the final binaries are not executable?

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