MaskRay added a comment. In D138221#3941173 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D138221#3941173>, @yaxunl wrote:
> In D138221#3939384 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D138221#3939384>, @MaskRay wrote: > >>> Some host relocatable objects may not contain device relocatable objects, >>> where an empty file is passed to lld, which causes lld to fail. >> >> How is an empty file (size=0) passed to lld? If a dummy relocatable object >> file is parsed to lld, lld can infer the machine type from `e_machine` in >> the ELF header. >> How does it work in other cases? Because a non-empty relocatable object file >> is used? >> >> I do not object to a new emulation which does not exist in GNU ld, but the >> description needs to be clarified. > > Updated description. The empty file is generated by clang-offload-bundler, > which does not know how to create a dummy relocatable object file for a > device target. A size=0 file is handled like a linker script, not a relocatable object file. The linker script will be ignored. CHANGES SINCE LAST ACTION https://reviews.llvm.org/D138221/new/ https://reviews.llvm.org/D138221 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
