Re: [PATCH 0/3] ld: shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf and loongarch*-elf

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Project / Subsystem

binutils / ld

Date

2026-09-04

Proposer

Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>

Source type

public_inbox

Consensus

Proposed

Sentiment

—/10

Technical tradeoffs

  • • Enabling PIE/shared lib for bare-metal might be a workaround for UEFI, potentially not the cleanest solution.
  • • Direct PE linking support could be more robust but might require more significant changes.

All attributes

project
binutils
subsystem
ld
patch_id
—
discussion_id
3f670b99-73b0-4212-9451-3aeafb44d88a@suse.com
source_type
public_inbox
title
Re: [PATCH 0/3] ld: shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf and loongarch*-elf
headline
UEFI PE linking on bare-metal targets
tldr
Discusses proper linking of PE binaries on bare-metal targets vs. enabling PIE/shared lib for UEFI.
proposer
Jan Beulich <jbeulich@suse.com>
consensus
Proposed
outcome
proposed
sentiment_score
—
technical_tradeoffs
  • • Enabling PIE/shared lib for bare-metal might be a workaround for UEFI, potentially not the cleanest solution.
  • • Direct PE linking support could be more robust but might require more significant changes.
series_id
binutils:ld: shared library and pie support for riscv*-elf and loongarch*-elf
series_role
cover
series_parts
  • • {"title":"ld: shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf and loongarch*-elf","url":"https://inbox.sourceware.org/binutils/-w8nVtklFMF5sVUSH64C5tSTBhNeakYCcXlp3ozRPvcdFCgP4rQG0KtIyRHbx3Z1rpZRD-52KlKbfujCpuheVo38-wbyboL47NZar6VU_68=@protonmail.com"}
tags
  • • ld
  • • risc-v
  • • loongarch
  • • pie
  • • shared libraries
bugzilla_url
—
date
2026-09-04T00:00:00.000Z

Re: [PATCH 0/3] ld: shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf and loongarch*-elf

Jan Beulich questions the approach of enabling shared library and PIE support for riscv*-elf and loongarch*-elf targets solely for UEFI application development. He suggests that directly supporting the linking of PE binaries from ELF inputs, as done on x86-64, might be a more robust solution if UEFI is the primary concern. This comes as a response to a patch series that aims to enable these features for bare-metal targets.