JonChesterfield added a comment. In D64943#1666679 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D64943#1666679>, @ABataev wrote:
> In D64943#1666678 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D64943#1666678>, @JonChesterfield > wrote: > > > In D64943#1666673 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D64943#1666673>, @ABataev wrote: > > > > > In D64943#1666658 <https://reviews.llvm.org/D64943#1666658>, > > > @JonChesterfield wrote: > > > > > > > > OpenMP linker script is known to cause problems for gold and lld > > > > > linkers on Linux and it will also cause problems for Windows enabling > > > > > in future > > > > > > > > What are the known problems with the linker script? I'm wondering if > > > > they can be resolved without the overhead of introducing a new tool. > > > > > > > > > They just do not support linker script. And, thus, cannot be used for > > > offloading. Only `ld` supports it. > > > > > > In what respect? I've used linker scripts with both gold and lld, and both > > instances of --help text claim to support them. In the case of lld, a very > > complicated script hit a few internal errors, but I believe they've all > > been fixed since. > > > Hmm, I tried it with gold some time ago and it just did not work for me. The > linking failed with diagnostics that some of the commands in the script are > unknown. The problem turns out to be the 'insert before' statement. ld and lld support it, gold does not. According to https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=927573, the recommended workaround is essentially that implemented in this differential. CHANGES SINCE LAST ACTION https://reviews.llvm.org/D64943/new/ https://reviews.llvm.org/D64943 _______________________________________________ cfe-commits mailing list cfe-commits@lists.llvm.org https://lists.llvm.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/cfe-commits
