Bug 1978174

Summary: Major performance differences when compiling/assembling certain code from toolset6 vs. toolset10 using binutils [rhel-8.4.0.z]
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8 Reporter: RHEL Program Management Team <pgm-rhel-tools>
Component: binutilsAssignee: Nick Clifton <nickc>
binutils sub component: gcc-toolset-10 QA Contact: Miloš Prchlík <mprchlik>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA Docs Contact:
Severity: medium    
Priority: unspecified CC: dsmith, fweimer, kwalker, mprchlik, nickc, ohudlick
Version: 8.4Keywords: Bugfix, Triaged, ZStream, ZStreamTracked
Target Milestone: betaFlags: pm-rhel: mirror+
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Hardware: Unspecified   
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Fixed In Version: gcc-toolset-10-binutils-2.35-8.el8_4.4 Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Cause: The binutils linker was updated with support for a new feature called 'secondary relocs'. Consequence: Whilst the feature worked, it caused a quadratic slowdown in the performance of the linker, even when working on files which did not contain secondary relocs. Fix: Add code to the linker to bypass the secondary reloc checks if an input file does not use that feature. Result: Normal linker performance restored - for files which do not use secondary relocs.
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Clone Of: 1975810 Environment:
Last Closed: 2021-09-21 08:38:59 UTC Type: ---
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Bug Depends On: 1975810    
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Comment 1 Nick Clifton 2021-07-01 14:32:05 UTC
Fixed in gcc-toolset-11-binutils-2.35-8.el8_4.1

Comment 2 Nick Clifton 2021-07-02 12:07:21 UTC
Oops - typo in Fixed In field.  It should be: gcc-toolset-10-binutils-2.35-8.el8_4.1

Comment 15 Miloš Prchlík 2021-07-08 09:51:13 UTC
Verified with gcc-toolset-10-binutils-2.35-8.el8_4.2.

Comment 29 errata-xmlrpc 2021-09-21 08:38:59 UTC
Since the problem described in this bug report should be
resolved in a recent advisory, it has been closed with a
resolution of ERRATA.

For information on the advisory (gcc-toolset-10-binutils bug fix update), and where to find the updated
files, follow the link below.

If the solution does not work for you, open a new bug report.

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2021:3575