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title="NEW - Clang does not pass `-pie` to the linker when using `-fPIE`"
href="https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48109">48109</a>
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<th>Summary</th>
<td>Clang does not pass `-pie` to the linker when using `-fPIE`
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<th>Product</th>
<td>clang
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<th>Version</th>
<td>unspecified
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<th>Hardware</th>
<td>PC
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<th>OS</th>
<td>Linux
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<th>Status</th>
<td>NEW
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<th>Severity</th>
<td>enhancement
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<th>Priority</th>
<td>P
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<th>Component</th>
<td>Driver
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<th>Assignee</th>
<td>unassignedclangbugs@nondot.org
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<th>Reporter</th>
<td>harley.paterson@postgrad.otago.ac.nz
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<th>CC</th>
<td>llvm-bugs@lists.llvm.org, neeilans@live.com, richard-llvm@metafoo.co.uk
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<pre>Clang does not pass the `-pie` argument to the linker implicitly when `-fPIE`
is used.
This is not strictly a bug, but a difference in the default behavior of Clang
and GCC which can cause some programs to be unexpectedly linked as classic
position dependent excutables (`PT_EXEC` for ELFs), rather than a position
independent executable (`PT_DYN` for ELFs)
See LLD bug report [48035](<a class="bz_bug_link
bz_status_RESOLVED bz_closed"
title="RESOLVED INVALID - LLD may incorrect mark dynamic executable as PT_EXEC (static executable) in some situations."
href="show_bug.cgi?id=48035">https://bugs.llvm.org/show_bug.cgi?id=48035</a>)for a
detailed discussion.
I suggest modifying Clang's default behavior to match GCC: Implicitly pass
`-pie` when `-fPIE` or `-fpie` is used.</pre>
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