A bug in gnu ld 2.5.0?

[hjl@nynexst.com (H.J. Lu)]

Hi,

Could someone please explain to me that why ld 2.5.0 for elf_i386
still sets the interpreter even if -static is passed to ld?

The function in question is gldelf_i386_before_allocation () in
eelf_i386.c.
# gdb /usr/gnu/i486-linuxelf/bin/ld
(gdb) eelf_i386.c:136
(gdb) r
Starting program: /usr/gnu/i486-linuxelf/bin/ld -m elf_i386 -static /usr/gnu/i486-linuxelf/lib/crt1.o /usr/gnu/i486-linuxelf/lib/crti.o /usr/gnu/i486-linuxelf/lib/crtbegin.o -L/usr/gnu/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linuxelf/2.6.0-941014 -L/usr/gnu/i486-linuxelf/lib tmat.o -lgcc -lc /usr/gnu/i486-linuxelf/lib/crtend.o /usr/gnu/i486-linuxelf/lib/crtn.o -lgcc
 
Breakpoint 3, gldelf_i386_before_allocation () at eelf_i386.c:136
136     }
(gdb) print *sinterp
$6 = {name = 0x20d90 ".interp", index = 7, next = 0x4e788, flags = 131603, 
  vma = 0, user_set_vma = false, lma = 0, _cooked_size = 0, _raw_size = 19, 
  output_offset = 0, output_section = 0x8ef30, alignment_power = 0, 
  relocation = 0x0, orelocation = 0x0, reloc_count = 0, filepos = 0, 
  rel_filepos = 0, line_filepos = 0, userdata = 0x0, 
  contents = 0x31410 "/usr/lib/libc.so.1", lineno = 0x0, lineno_count = 0, 
  moving_line_filepos = 0, target_index = 0, used_by_bfd = 0x4e6a0, 
  constructor_chain = 0x0, owner = 0x5bc90, reloc_done = false, 
  symbol = 0x4e630, symbol_ptr_ptr = 0x4e620, link_order_head = 0x0, 
  link_order_tail = 0x0}
(gdb) print config
$7 = {specified_data_size = 0, magic_demand_paged = true, 
  make_executable = true, traditional_format = false, dynamic_link = false, 
  build_constructors = true, warn_common = false, warn_once = false, 
  sort_common = false, text_read_only = true, map_filename = 0x0, 
  map_file = 0x0, stats = false}

The dynamic_link is false. But sinterp is still set. Why?


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H.J. Lu
NYNEX Science and Technology, Inc.			hjl@nynexst.com