ref-manual: Added the GCCPIE Variable to Glossary

(From yocto-docs rev: b30f3d3bd6f6d333b00fc9c3797126a898fb0685)

Signed-off-by: Kristi Rifenbark <kristi.rifenbark@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>

2 files changed, 29 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
index 91eabf807b..5dea5ad960 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/migration.xml
@@ -5182,9 +5182,10 @@ id=f4d4f99cfbc2396e49c1613a7d237b9e57f06f81'>commit message</ulink>.
                     </para></listitem>
                 <listitem><para>
                     By default, the <filename>security_flags.inc</filename> file
-                    sets a <filename>GCCPIE</filename> variable with an option
-                    to enable Position Independent Executables (PIE) within
-                    <filename>gcc</filename>.
+                    sets a
+                    <link linkend='var-GCCPIE'><filename>GCCPIE</filename></link>
+                    variable with an option to enable Position Independent
+                    Executables (PIE) within <filename>gcc</filename>.
                     Enabling PIE in the GNU C Compiler (GCC), makes Return
                     Oriented Programming (ROP) attacks much more difficult to
                     execute.
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
index a79fc2ec87..631759d372 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-variables.xml
@@ -22,7 +22,7 @@
        <link linkend='var-D'>D</link>
        <link linkend='var-EFI_PROVIDER'>E</link>
        <link linkend='var-FEATURE_PACKAGES'>F</link>
-       <link linkend='var-GDB'>G</link>
+       <link linkend='var-GCCPIE'>G</link>
        <link linkend='var-HOMEPAGE'>H</link>
        <link linkend='var-ICECC_DISABLED'>I</link>
 <!--               <link linkend='var-glossary-j'>J</link> -->
@@ -5030,6 +5030,30 @@
 
     <glossdiv id='var-glossary-g'><title>G</title>
 
+        <glossentry id='var-GCCPIE'><glossterm>GCCPIE</glossterm>
+            <info>
+                GCCPIE[doc] = "Enables Position Independent Executables (PIE) within the GNU C Compiler (GCC)."
+            </info>
+            <glossdef>
+                <para role="glossdeffirst">
+<!--                <para role="glossdeffirst"><imagedata fileref="figures/define-generic.png" /> -->
+                    Enables Position Independent Executables (PIE) within the
+                    GNU C Compiler (GCC).
+                    Enabling PIE in the GCC makes Return Oriented Programming
+                    (ROP) attacks much more difficult to
+                    execute.
+                </para>
+
+                <para>
+                    By default the <filename>security_flags.inc</filename>
+                    file enables PIE by setting the variable as follows:
+                    <literallayout class='monospaced'>
+     GCCPIE ?= "--enable-default-pie"
+                    </literallayout>
+                </para>
+            </glossdef>
+        </glossentry>
+
         <glossentry id='var-GDB'><glossterm>GDB</glossterm>
             <info>
                 GDB[doc] = "The minimal command and arguments to run the GNU Debugger."