[Bug ld/6747] New: regression: ld adds -fpic private flag

[bunk at stusta dot de]

Toolchain:
- gcc 4.3.1
- binutils 2.18.50.0.7 and 2.18.50.0.8
- configured for frv-linux

Linux kernel 2.6.26 builds fine when using binutils 2.18.50.0.7, but fails as
follows with binutils 2.18.50.0.8:

<--  snip  -->

...
  HOSTCC  scripts/kallsyms
  CC      init/main.o
  CHK     include/linux/compile.h
  UPD     include/linux/compile.h
  CC      init/version.o
  CC      init/do_mounts.o
  LD      init/mounts.o
  CC      init/noinitramfs.o
  LD      init/built-in.o
frv-linux-ld: init/mounts.o: compiled with -fpic and linked with modules that se
non-pic relocations
frv-linux-ld: failed to merge target specific data of file init/mounts.o
make[2]: *** [init/built-in.o] Error 1

<--  snip  -->



- compiled the kernel with 2.18.50.0.7.
- then changed binutils to 2.18.50.0.8

Works:
frv-linux-ld    -r -o init/built-in.o init/main.o init/version.o init/mounts.o
init/noinitramfs.o

Fails:
frv-linux-ld    -r -o init/mounts.o init/do_mounts.o
frv-linux-ld    -r -o init/built-in.o init/main.o init/version.o init/mounts.o
init/noinitramfs.o


I did an "frv-linux-objdump  -Dx" on the init/mounts.o files generated 
with both binutils versions, and the diff is:

--- working     2008-07-15 16:34:49.000000000 +0300
+++ broken      2008-07-15 16:34:40.000000000 +0300
 architecture: fr450, flags 0x00000011:
 HAS_RELOC, HAS_SYMS
 start address 0x00000000
-private flags = 0x800020d: -mcpu=fr450 -mgpr-32 -msoft-float non-pic 
relocations
+private flags = 0x800030d: -mcpu=fr450 -mgpr-32 -msoft-float -fpic non-pic
relocations


-fpic is *not* part of the private flags in do_mounts.o

-- 
           Summary: regression: ld adds -fpic private flag
           Product: binutils
           Version: 2.19 (HEAD)
            Status: NEW
          Severity: normal
          Priority: P2
         Component: ld
        AssignedTo: unassigned at sources dot redhat dot com
        ReportedBy: bunk at stusta dot de
                CC: bug-binutils at gnu dot org
 GCC build triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
  GCC host triplet: x86_64-unknown-linux-gnu
GCC target triplet: frv-unknown-linux-gnu


http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=6747

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