https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=31795
--- Comment #4 from H.J. Lu <hjl.tools at gmail dot com> --- (In reply to mintsuki from comment #2) > (In reply to H.J. Lu from comment #1) > > It is done to ensure that PIE is loaded at the specific address which may > > be required for functional, performance or security purposes. > > This does not match what all the other major linkers do (LLD, gold). It also > isn't properly documented anywhere that I could find. Additionally, why > would someone generate a PIE just for it to be loaded *always* at the same > specified address? What is the use case? A program may work properly only when it is loaded above 4GB address. > From what I know, if a PIE has a specific non-0 load address, it should be > taken as a hint or preferred load address, but then the program loader > should be able to apply any slide to it as it sees fit. If a PIE doesn't care where to load, set the load address to 0. -- You are receiving this mail because: You are on the CC list for the bug.
