> -----Original Message-----
> From: Prathamesh Kulkarni <[email protected]>
> Sent: 18 August 2025 16:18
> To: Prathamesh Kulkarni <[email protected]>; Matthew Malcomson
> <[email protected]>; [email protected]
> Cc: Joseph Myers <[email protected]>; Thomas Schwinge
> <[email protected]>; Sam James <[email protected]>
> Subject: RE: [v2] PR81358: Enable automatic linking of libatomic
> 
> 
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Prathamesh Kulkarni <[email protected]>
> > Sent: 10 August 2025 20:04
> > To: Matthew Malcomson <[email protected]>; gcc-
> [email protected]
> > Cc: Joseph Myers <[email protected]>; Thomas Schwinge
> > <[email protected]>; Sam James <[email protected]>
> > Subject: RE: [v2] PR81358: Enable automatic linking of libatomic
> >
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> >
> >
> > > -----Original Message-----
> > > From: Matthew Malcomson <[email protected]>
> > > Sent: 01 August 2025 16:20
> > > To: Prathamesh Kulkarni <[email protected]>; gcc-
> > > [email protected]
> > > Cc: Joseph Myers <[email protected]>; Thomas Schwinge
> > > <[email protected]>; Sam James <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: [v2] PR81358: Enable automatic linking of libatomic
> > >
> > > Hi Prathamesh,
> > >
> > > I've been building on top of this patch and noticed something
> > strange.
> > > In an `arm-none-linux-gnueabihf` build the libatomic configure
> > script
> > > no longer recognises that ifunc's are available.  Similar happens
> > for
> > > an
> > > x86_64 bootstrap.
> > >
> > > I believe I've tracked it down to the `case` statement just below
> > the
> > > comment that says:
> > > ```
> > > # Check to see if -pthread or -lpthread is needed.  Prefer the
> > former.
> > > # In case the pthread.h system header is not found, this test will
> > > fail.
> > > ```
> > >
> > > In that case statement there is an unconditional
> > `CFLAGS="$save_CFLAGS
> > > $XPCFLAGS"`.
> > >
> > > In trying to understand why AArch64 didn't have the same problem I
> > > found something else that is slightly worrying -- in the use of
> > > `ACX_PROG_CC_WARNING_OPTS` to check whether the AArch64 target
> > > supports LSE the `ACX_PROG_CC_WARNING_OPTS` macro itself uses
> > > `save_CFLAGS` in a "save what CFLAGS was before this macro used"
> > way.
> > > That means that after the use of `ACX_PROG_CC_WARNING_OPTS` we end
> > up
> > > with `-fno-link-libatomic` in `save_CFLAGS` (which is why the
> above
> > > case statement doesn't block the ifunc objects being created in
> > > libatomic for AArch64.
> > >
> > > So I think that points to two things:
> > > 1) Maybe we should use a variable name different to save_CFLAGS?
> > >     E.g. I see cet_save_CFLAGS elsewhere in the generated
> > `configure`
> > >     script, we could have la_autoinclude_save_CFLAGS or the like.
> > > 2) I believe we should change the `case` statement I referenced.
> > >     It resets CFLAGS, but we want to maintain -fno-link-libatomic
> > >     in that variable (once the save_CFLAGS no longer artificially
> > >     has it for some targets).
> > Hi Matthew,
> > Thanks for the suggestions! In the attached patch, I have modified
> > libatomic/configure.ac to use __libatomic_save_CFLAGS__ instead of
> > save_CFLAGS, so it isn't (accidentally) modified by
> > ACX_PROG_CC_WARNING_OPTS.
> >
> > The patch also fixes couple of other issues you pointed out to me
> > privately:
> > (1) In Makefile.def, the patch adds following entry:
> > +lang_env_dependencies = { module=libatomic; no_atomic=true; };
> > To avoid the following circular dependency:
> > make[2]: Circular configure-stage1-target-libatomic <- maybe-all-
> > stage1-target-libatomic dependency dropped.
> >
> > (2) Moves the FIXME comment to top-level to avoid the following
> error
> > in libatomic/Makefile.am:
> > Makefile.am:176: error: '#' comment at start of rule is unportable.
> >
> > Patch is bootstrapped + tested on x86_64-linux-gnu, and aarch64-
> linux-
> > gnu so far.
> > Joseph, does this patch look OK to you ?
> Hi,
> ping: https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2025-
> August/692287.html
Hi,
ping * 2: https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2025-August/692287.html

Thanks,
Prathamesh
> 
> Thanks,
> Prathamesh
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Kulkarni <[email protected]>
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Prathamesh
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > > MM
> > >
> > > On 7/22/25 06:03, Prathamesh Kulkarni wrote:
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >> -----Original Message-----
> > > >> From: Prathamesh Kulkarni <[email protected]>
> > > >> Sent: 08 July 2025 08:37
> > > >> To: [email protected]
> > > >> Cc: Matthew Malcomson <[email protected]>; Joseph Myers
> > > >> <[email protected]>; Thomas Schwinge
> <[email protected]>;
> > > Sam
> > > >> James <[email protected]>
> > > >> Subject: [v2] PR81358: Enable automatic linking of libatomic
> > > >>
> > > >> External email: Use caution opening links or attachments
> > > >>
> > > >>
> > > >> Hi,
> > > >> This is v2 of patch originally posted at:
> > > >> https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2025-
> > January/673811.html
> > > >>
> > > >> IIUC, there were two outstanding issues with the previous
> patch:
> > > >>
> > > >> (1) LINK_LIBATOMIC_SPEC was only handled in config/gnu-user.h
> and
> > > not
> > > >> in all definitions of LINK_GCC_C_SEQUENCE_SPEC that use %L.
> > > >> The attached patch uses LINK_LIBATOMIC_SPEC in all definitions
> of
> > > >> LINK_GCC_C_SEQUENCE_SPEC that use %L. I have tested most of the
> > > >> affected targets in patch with stage-1 build (make all-gcc),
> but
> > > not
> > > >> sure if that's sufficient.
> > > >> Does it look OK ?
> > > >>
> > > >> (2) $gcc_objdir ($buid/gcc) was getting added to RPATH, which
> > made
> > > it
> > > >> insecure.
> > > >> The issue in previous patch seems to be primarily coming from
> > > copying
> > > >> of libatomic.la into $gcc_objdir with libtool --mode=install
> > > >> libatomic.la, which (somehow) ends up adding $gcc_objdir to
> RPATH
> > > in
> > > >> libraries that get built after libatomic, thus making it
> > insecure.
> > > >> I verified that removing libatomic.la from $gcc_objdir seems to
> > fix
> > > >> the issue, and there is no more difference in RPATH for built
> > > shared
> > > >> libraries with and without patch.
> > > >> (make install still works correctly by copying libatomic.la
> into
> > > >> $DESTDIR).
> > > >> However I am not entirely sure if this is the correct approach
> to
> > > >> resolve RPATH issue, and would be grateful for suggestions.
> > > >>
> > > >> So far, the patch is bootstrapped and tested on aarch64-linux-
> gnu
> > > and
> > > >> on x86_64-pc-linux-gnu with multilib enabled with --enable-
> > > >> languages=all.
> > > > Hi,
> > > > ping: https://gcc.gnu.org/pipermail/gcc-patches/2025-
> > > July/688838.html
> > > >
> > > > Thanks,
> > > > Prathamesh
> > > >>
> > > >> Signed-off-by: Prathamesh Kulkarni <[email protected]>
> > > >>
> > > >> Thanks,
> > > >> Prathamesh

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