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authorScott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com>2015-04-20 07:55:41 -0700
committerRichard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>2015-04-24 11:07:50 +0100
commit4a90b6b0d9aabef42da231ac9181829ba42ad7da (patch)
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parent0c7340105edbfb2d5467e9635de6008d2d28e7e7 (diff)
downloadpoky-4a90b6b0d9aabef42da231ac9181829ba42ad7da.tar.gz
ref-manual: Updates to ELF binary QA warning
Fixes [YOCTO #7630] Apparently the text relocation being done here can cause runtime performance issues. I documented a potential work-around for the issue and provided a cross-reference link to an external site for more general information about text relocation at runtime. Reported-by: Laszlo Papp <lpapp@kde.org> (From yocto-docs rev: f7f611a6668b6cd2ee3928ad44c72dbbe5307c38) Signed-off-by: Scott Rifenbark <scott.m.rifenbark@intel.com> Signed-off-by: Richard Purdie <richard.purdie@linuxfoundation.org>
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-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml6
-rw-r--r--documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml7
2 files changed, 7 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
index a000b2ae28..3889473b6e 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-classes.xml
@@ -1697,7 +1697,11 @@
1697 <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>textrel:</filename></emphasis> 1697 <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>textrel:</filename></emphasis>
1698 Checks for ELF binaries that contain relocations in their 1698 Checks for ELF binaries that contain relocations in their
1699 <filename>.text</filename> sections, which can result in a 1699 <filename>.text</filename> sections, which can result in a
1700 performance impact at runtime.</para></listitem> 1700 performance impact at runtime.
1701 See the explanation for the
1702 <link linkend='qa-issue-textrel'><filename>ELF binary</filename></link>
1703 message for more information regarding runtime performance issues.
1704 </para></listitem>
1701 <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>unsafe-references-in-binaries:</filename></emphasis> 1705 <listitem><para><emphasis><filename>unsafe-references-in-binaries:</filename></emphasis>
1702 Reports when a binary installed in 1706 Reports when a binary installed in
1703 <filename>${base_libdir}</filename>, 1707 <filename>${base_libdir}</filename>,
diff --git a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
index 54cd4336eb..7eaeb7fa04 100644
--- a/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
+++ b/documentation/ref-manual/ref-qa-checks.xml
@@ -467,8 +467,8 @@ can be found then it should be implemented. I can't find one at the moment.
467 </para> 467 </para>
468 468
469 <para> 469 <para>
470 Typically, the way to solve this performance issue is to 470 Typically, the way to solve this performance issue is
471 add "-fPIC" to the compiler command-line options. 471 to add "-fPIC" to the compiler command-line options.
472 For example, given software that reads 472 For example, given software that reads
473 <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'><filename>CFLAGS</filename></link> 473 <link linkend='var-CFLAGS'><filename>CFLAGS</filename></link>
474 when you build it, you can add the following to your 474 when you build it, you can add the following to your
@@ -476,9 +476,6 @@ can be found then it should be implemented. I can't find one at the moment.
476 <literallayout class='monospaced'> 476 <literallayout class='monospaced'>
477 CFLAGS_append = " -fPIC " 477 CFLAGS_append = " -fPIC "
478 </literallayout> 478 </literallayout>
479 </para>
480
481 <para>
482 For more information on text relocations at runtime, see 479 For more information on text relocations at runtime, see
483 <ulink url='http://www.akkadia.org/drepper/textrelocs.html'></ulink>. 480 <ulink url='http://www.akkadia.org/drepper/textrelocs.html'></ulink>.
484 </para> 481 </para>