Many -static/-no-pie/-shared/-pie applications linked against glibc or musl
should work with this patch. This also helps FreeBSD PowerPC64 to migrate
their lib32 (PR40888).
- Fix default image base and max page size.
- Support new-style Secure PLT (see below). Old-style BSS PLT is not implemented, so it is not suitable for FreeBSD rtld now because it doesn't support Secure PLT yet.
- Support more initial relocation types: R_PPC_ADDR32, R_PPC_REL16*, R_PPC_LOCAL24PC, R_PPC_PLTREL24, and R_PPC_GOT16. The addend of R_PPC_PLTREL24 is special: it decides the call stub PLT type but it should be ignored for the computation of target symbol VA.
- Support GNU ifunc
- Support .glink used for lazy PLT resolution in glibc
- Add a new thunk type: PPC32PltCallStub that is similar to PPC64PltCallStub. It is used by R_PPC_REL24 and R_PPC_PLTREL24.
A PLT stub used in -fPIE/-fPIC usually loads an address relative to
.got2+0x8000 (-fpie/-fpic code uses _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ relative
addresses).
Two .got2 sections in two object files have different addresses, thus a PLT stub
can't be shared by two object files. To handle this incompatibility,
change the parameters of Thunk::isCompatibleWith to
const InputSection &, const Relocation &.
PowerPC psABI specified an old-style .plt (BSS PLT) that is both
writable and executable. Linkers don't make separate RW- and RWE segments,
which causes all initially writable memory (think .data) executable.
This is a big security concern so a new PLT scheme (secure PLT) was developed to
address the security issue.
TLS will be implemented in D62940.
glibc older than ~2012 requires .rela.dyn to include .rela.plt, it can
not handle the DT_RELA+DT_RELASZ == DT_JMPREL case correctly. A hack
(not included in this patch) in LinkerScript.cpp addOrphanSections() is
required:
if (Config->EMachine == EM_PPC) { // Older glibc assumes .rela.dyn includes .rela.plt Add(In.RelaDyn); if (In.RelaPlt->isLive() && !In.RelaPlt->Parent) In.RelaDyn->getParent()->addSection(In.RelaPlt); }