[PATCH] D14571: [ELF2] - Implemented PT_GNU_STACK support, -z execstack option.

[Joerg Sonnenberger via llvm-commits]

On Mon, Nov 16, 2015 at 11:26:08AM +0000, George Rimar via llvm-commits wrote:
> grimar added a comment.
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> In http://reviews.llvm.org/D14571#289855, @joerg wrote:
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> > This is breaking compatibility with legacy ELF loaders :( It should really be possible to create binaries without this stupid mess.
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> Can -z execstack help this ? It restores original behavior (ho header, rw stack).

It seems counter-intuitive. I don't know which systems even followed the
GNU madness of requiring special linking instead of non-executable stack as default.

Joerg