Default to --with-default-link=yes if configure check finds good -shared layout.

1 files changed, 55 insertions, 3 deletions

diff --git a/configure.in b/configure.in
index a28cd7069e..65ace27b76 100644
--- a/configure.in
+++ b/configure.in
@@ -117,10 +117,9 @@ AC_ARG_WITH([headers],
 AC_SUBST(use_default_link)
 AC_ARG_WITH([default-link],
 	    AC_HELP_STRING([--with-default-link],
-			   [do not use explicit linker scripts
-			    @<:@default=no@:>@]),
+			   [do not use explicit linker scripts]),
 	    [use_default_link=$withval],
-	    [use_default_link=no])
+	    [use_default_link=default])
 
 AC_ARG_ENABLE([sanity-checks],
 	      AC_HELP_STRING([--disable-sanity-checks],
@@ -1801,6 +1800,59 @@ EOF
   fi
   rm -f conftest*])
   AC_SUBST(libc_cv_hashstyle)
+
+  # The linker's default -shared behavior is good enough if it
+  # does these things that our custom linker scripts ensure that
+  # all allocated NOTE sections come first.
+  if test "$use_default_link" = default; then
+    AC_CACHE_CHECK([for sufficient default -shared layout],
+		   libc_cv_use_default_link, [dnl
+    libc_cv_use_default_link=no
+    cat > conftest.s <<\EOF
+	  .section .note.a,"a",%note
+	  .balign 4
+	  .long 4,4,9
+	  .string "GNU"
+	  .string "foo"
+	  .section .note.b,"a",%note
+	  .balign 4
+	  .long 4,4,9
+	  .string "GNU"
+	  .string "bar"
+EOF
+    if AC_TRY_COMMAND([dnl
+  ${CC-cc} $ASFLAGS -shared -o conftest.so conftest.s 1>&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD]) &&
+       ac_try=`$READELF -S conftest.so | sed -n \
+	 ['${x;p;}
+	  s/^ *\[ *[1-9][0-9]*\]  *\([^ ][^ ]*\)  *\([^ ][^ ]*\) .*$/\2 \1/
+	  t a
+	  b
+	  : a
+	  H']`
+    then
+      libc_seen_a=no libc_seen_b=no
+      set -- $ac_try
+      while test $# -ge 2 -a "$1" = NOTE; do
+	case "$2" in
+	.note.a) libc_seen_a=yes ;;
+	.note.b) libc_seen_b=yes ;;
+	esac
+	shift 2
+      done
+      case "$libc_seen_a$libc_seen_b" in
+      yesyes)
+	libc_cv_use_default_link=yes
+	;;
+      *)
+	echo >&AS_MESSAGE_LOG_FD "\
+$libc_seen_a$libc_seen_b from:
+$ac_try"
+	;;
+      esac
+    fi
+    rm -f conftest*])
+    use_default_link=$libc_cv_use_default_link
+  fi
 fi
 
 AC_CACHE_CHECK(linker output format, libc_cv_output_format, [dnl