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authorIsaac Freund <mail@isaacfreund.com>2022-06-09 00:06:16 +0200
committerAndrew Kelley <andrew@ziglang.org>2022-06-09 18:51:43 -0400
commit5816d3eaec3f3bb04e70c89aa402ba9e0e5e7b2c (patch)
tree2cccbd1ac1b95a10823fdd092d3d38ee84b76e8d /src/main.zig
parentf1cff4fa4a28d42ac9055f94ee9a8f7fd2831cd7 (diff)
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linker: remove `-z noexecstack` option
Note that the current documentation for the `-z noexecstack` is incorrect. This indicates that an object *does not* require an executable stack. This is actually the default of LLD, and there has never been a way to override this default by passing `-z execstack` to LLD. This commit removes the redundant `-z noexecstack` option from zig build-exe/build-lib/build-obj and ignores the option if passed to zig cc for compatibility. As far as I can tell, there is no reason for code to require an executable stack. This option only exists because the stack was originally executable by default and some programs came to depend on that behavior. Instead, mprotect(2) may be used to make memory pages executable.
Diffstat (limited to 'src/main.zig')
-rw-r--r--src/main.zig7
1 files changed, 1 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/src/main.zig b/src/main.zig
index eaff34ee9e..39237d1625 100644
--- a/src/main.zig
+++ b/src/main.zig
@@ -433,7 +433,6 @@ const usage_build_generic =
\\ defs Force a fatal error if any undefined symbols remain
\\ origin Indicate that the object must have its origin processed
\\ nocopyreloc Disable the creation of copy relocations
- \\ noexecstack Indicate that the object requires an executable stack
\\ now (default) Force all relocations to be processed on load
\\ lazy Don't force all relocations to be processed on load
\\ relro (default) Force all relocations to be read-only after processing
@@ -656,7 +655,6 @@ fn buildOutputType(
var linker_z_notext = false;
var linker_z_defs = false;
var linker_z_origin = false;
- var linker_z_noexecstack = false;
var linker_z_now = true;
var linker_z_relro = true;
var linker_tsaware = false;
@@ -1207,8 +1205,6 @@ fn buildOutputType(
linker_z_defs = true;
} else if (mem.eql(u8, z_arg, "origin")) {
linker_z_origin = true;
- } else if (mem.eql(u8, z_arg, "noexecstack")) {
- linker_z_noexecstack = true;
} else if (mem.eql(u8, z_arg, "now")) {
linker_z_now = true;
} else if (mem.eql(u8, z_arg, "lazy")) {
@@ -1694,7 +1690,7 @@ fn buildOutputType(
} else if (mem.eql(u8, z_arg, "origin")) {
linker_z_origin = true;
} else if (mem.eql(u8, z_arg, "noexecstack")) {
- linker_z_noexecstack = true;
+ // noexecstack is the default when linking with LLD
} else if (mem.eql(u8, z_arg, "now")) {
linker_z_now = true;
} else if (mem.eql(u8, z_arg, "lazy")) {
@@ -2719,7 +2715,6 @@ fn buildOutputType(
.linker_z_notext = linker_z_notext,
.linker_z_defs = linker_z_defs,
.linker_z_origin = linker_z_origin,
- .linker_z_noexecstack = linker_z_noexecstack,
.linker_z_now = linker_z_now,
.linker_z_relro = linker_z_relro,
.linker_tsaware = linker_tsaware,