binutils: add version 2.44

https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/info-gnu/2025-02/msg00001.html

Add the new version rebasing the patches we carry on top. Drop patches
to gold, since this linker has been removed from upstream.

Add a new Kconfig entry that removes visibility of enabling gold linker
when selecting binutils version >= 2.44.

Signed-off-by: Hans-Christian Noren Egtvedt <egtvedt@samfundet.no>

Author: egtvedt

config/binutils/binutils.in

@@ -13,10 +13,16 @@ config BINUTILS_GOLD_SUPPORTS_ARCH
     default y if ARCH_SPARC
     default y if ARCH_X86
 
+# Support for gold was deprecated and removed from binutils 2.44.
+config BINUTILS_HAS_GOLD
+    bool
+    default y if !BINUTILS_2_44_or_later
+    default y if !BINUTILS_SRC_RELEASE
+
 config BINUTILS_GOLD_SUPPORT
     bool
     default y
-    depends on BINUTILS_GOLD_SUPPORTS_ARCH
+    depends on BINUTILS_GOLD_SUPPORTS_ARCH && BINUTILS_HAS_GOLD
 
 # Force using the BFD linker if needed. There are two options:
 # - For some C libraries (eg. glibc at least), BFD ld must be
@@ -34,6 +40,11 @@ config BINUTILS_DEP_BISON
     depends on BINUTILS_2_39_or_later && !CONFIGURE_has_bison_3_0_4_or_newer && (ARCH_X86 || (ARCH_ARM && ARCH_64))
     select COMP_TOOLS_BISON
 
+if BINUTILS_2_44_or_later && BINUTILS_GOLD_SUPPORT && !BINUTILS_SRC_RELEASE
+comment "WARNING! For binutils >= 2.44 only enable gold support if supplied"
+comment "|        through custom source tree."
+endif
+
 choice
     bool
     prompt "Linkers to enable"

packages/binutils/2.44/0000-sh-conf.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,32 @@
+From b8fd4192eb490b4dc9db447dd71afaf611dc2a28 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 20:31:10 +1200
+Subject: [PATCH 0/8] sh conf
+
+---
+ configure    |    2 +-
+ configure.ac |    2 +-
+ 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/configure
++++ b/configure
+@@ -4056,7 +4056,7 @@ case "${target}" in
+   nvptx*-*-*)
+     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libssp target-libstdc++-v3 target-libobjc"
+     ;;
+-  sh-*-*)
++  sh*-*-*)
+     case "${target}" in
+       sh*-*-elf)
+          ;;
+--- a/configure.ac
++++ b/configure.ac
+@@ -1278,7 +1278,7 @@ case "${target}" in
+   nvptx*-*-*)
+     noconfigdirs="$noconfigdirs target-libssp target-libstdc++-v3 target-libobjc"
+     ;;
+-  sh-*-*)
++  sh*-*-*)
+     case "${target}" in
+       sh*-*-elf)
+          ;;

packages/binutils/2.44/0001-check_ldrunpath_length.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,29 @@
+From aad130ddadd19ae40e5405a7b9ddd5ae1ec138f0 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 20:36:31 +1200
+Subject: [PATCH 1/8] check_ldrunpath_length
+
+---
+ ld/ldelf.c |    4 ++++
+ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/ld/ldelf.c
++++ b/ld/ldelf.c
+@@ -1134,6 +1134,8 @@ ldelf_handle_dt_needed (struct elf_link_
+ 		  && command_line.rpath == NULL)
+ 		{
+ 		  path = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++		  if (path && *path == '\0')
++		    path = NULL;
+ 		  if (path
+ 		      && ldelf_search_needed (path, &n, force,
+ 					      is_linux, elfsize))
+@@ -1811,6 +1813,8 @@ ldelf_before_allocation (char *audit, ch
+   rpath = command_line.rpath;
+   if (rpath == NULL)
+     rpath = (const char *) getenv ("LD_RUN_PATH");
++  if (rpath && *rpath == '\0')
++    rpath = NULL;
+ 
+   for (abfd = link_info.input_bfds; abfd; abfd = abfd->link.next)
+     if (bfd_get_flavour (abfd) == bfd_target_elf_flavour)

packages/binutils/2.44/0002-Don-t-link-to-libfl-as-it-s-unnecessary.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,110 @@
+From 3a84b957286a337379d36b530358c32576154b00 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Chris Packham <judge.packham@gmail.com>
+Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 20:37:24 +1200
+Subject: [PATCH 3/8] Don't link to libfl as it's unnecessary
+
+---
+ binutils/configure    |    3 +++
+ binutils/configure.ac |    3 +++
+ gas/configure         |    3 +++
+ gas/configure.ac      |    3 +++
+ ld/configure          |    3 +++
+ ld/configure.ac       |    3 +++
+ 6 files changed, 18 insertions(+)
+
+--- a/binutils/configure
++++ b/binutils/configure
+@@ -12529,6 +12529,7 @@ fi
+ done
+ test -n "$YACC" || YACC="yacc"
+ 
++save_LIBS=$LIBS
+ for ac_prog in flex lex
+ do
+   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+@@ -12692,6 +12693,8 @@ esac
+ if test "$LEX" = :; then
+   LEX=${am_missing_run}flex
+ fi
++LIBS=$save_LIBS
++LEXLIB=
+ 
+ ALL_LINGUAS="bg ca da es fi fr hr id it ja pt ro ru rw sk sr sv tr uk vi zh_CN zh_TW"
+ 
+--- a/binutils/configure.ac
++++ b/binutils/configure.ac
+@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@ if test -z "$host" ; then
+ fi
+ 
+ AC_PROG_YACC
++save_LIBS=$LIBS
+ AM_PROG_LEX
++LIBS=$save_LIBS
++LEXLIB=
+ 
+ ALL_LINGUAS="bg ca da es fi fr hr id it ja pt ro ru rw sk sr sv tr uk vi zh_CN zh_TW"
+ ZW_GNU_GETTEXT_SISTER_DIR
+--- a/gas/configure
++++ b/gas/configure
+@@ -13033,6 +13033,7 @@ fi
+ done
+ test -n "$YACC" || YACC="yacc"
+ 
++save_LIBS=$LIBS
+ for ac_prog in flex lex
+ do
+   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+@@ -13196,6 +13197,8 @@ esac
+ if test "$LEX" = :; then
+   LEX=${am_missing_run}flex
+ fi
++LIBS=$save_LIBS
++LEXLIB=
+ 
+ ALL_LINGUAS="es fi fr id ja ru rw sv tr uk zh_CN"
+ 
+--- a/gas/configure.ac
++++ b/gas/configure.ac
+@@ -935,7 +935,10 @@ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_VENDOR,	"${tar
+ AC_DEFINE_UNQUOTED(TARGET_OS,		"${target_os}",    [Target OS.])
+ 
+ AC_PROG_YACC
++save_LIBS=$LIBS
+ AM_PROG_LEX
++LIBS=$save_LIBS
++LEXLIB=
+ 
+ ALL_LINGUAS="es fi fr id ja ru rw sv tr uk zh_CN"
+ ZW_GNU_GETTEXT_SISTER_DIR
+--- a/ld/configure
++++ b/ld/configure
+@@ -18501,6 +18501,7 @@ fi
+ done
+ test -n "$YACC" || YACC="yacc"
+ 
++save_LIBS=$LIBS
+ for ac_prog in flex lex
+ do
+   # Extract the first word of "$ac_prog", so it can be a program name with args.
+@@ -18664,6 +18665,8 @@ esac
+ if test "$LEX" = :; then
+   LEX=${am_missing_run}flex
+ fi
++LIBS=$save_LIBS
++LEXLIB=
+ 
+ 
+ { $as_echo "$as_me:${as_lineno-$LINENO}: checking whether to enable maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles" >&5
+--- a/ld/configure.ac
++++ b/ld/configure.ac
+@@ -394,7 +394,10 @@ AM_PO_SUBDIRS
+ AC_EXEEXT
+ 
+ AC_PROG_YACC
++save_LIBS=$LIBS
+ AM_PROG_LEX
++LIBS=$save_LIBS
++LEXLIB=
+ 
+ AM_MAINTAINER_MODE
+ AM_CONDITIONAL(GENINSRC_NEVER, false)

packages/binutils/2.44/0003-Fix-darwin-build.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From caeb8d1403fa6ce3334ac8527bc89d3103b3c604 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Andrew Hsieh <andrewhsieh@google.com>
+Date: Wed, 18 Mar 2015 10:57:24 +0800
+Subject: [PATCH 5/8] Fix darwin build
+
+1. In Drawin PTHREAD_ONCE_INIT is {0x30B1BCBA, {0}} and the GCC < 4.4
+   doesn't support ended initializer list
+2. wcsncasecmp doesn't exist in MacSDK10.6.x
+
+Change-Id: I69204a72f853f5263dffedc448379d75ed4eca2e
+---
+ bfd/peXXigen.c       |   22 ++++++++++++++++++++++
+ gold/gold-threads.cc |   15 ++++++++++++---
+ 2 files changed, 34 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/bfd/peXXigen.c
++++ b/bfd/peXXigen.c
+@@ -3681,6 +3681,28 @@ u16_mbtouc (wint_t * puc, const unsigned
+ }
+ #endif /* not Cygwin/Mingw */
+ 
++#if defined __APPLE__ && __DARWIN_C_LEVEL < 200809L
++/* wcsncasecmp isn't always defined in Mac SDK */
++static int
++wcsncasecmp(const wchar_t *s1, const wchar_t *s2, size_t n)
++{
++  wchar_t c1, c2;
++
++  if (n == 0)
++    return (0);
++  for (; *s1; s1++, s2++)
++  {
++    c1 = towlower(*s1);
++    c2 = towlower(*s2);
++    if (c1 != c2)
++      return ((int)c1 - c2);
++    if (--n == 0)
++      return (0);
++  }
++  return (-*s2);
++}
++#endif
++
+ /* Perform a comparison of two entries.  */
+ static signed int
+ rsrc_cmp (bool is_name, rsrc_entry * a, rsrc_entry * b)

packages/binutils/2.44/0004-sysroot.patch

@@ -0,0 +1,45 @@
+From 880742786662b8adc996cc639d123d1884559344 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Sven Rebhan <odinshorse@googlemail.com>
+Date: Mon, 8 Aug 2022 20:46:29 +1200
+Subject: [PATCH 6/8] sysroot
+
+Always try to prepend the sysroot prefix to absolute filenames first.
+
+http://bugs.gentoo.org/275666
+http://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=10340
+
+Signed-off-by: Sven Rebhan <odinshorse@googlemail.com>
+---
+ ld/ldfile.c |   11 +++++++++--
+ 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
+
+--- a/ld/ldfile.c
++++ b/ld/ldfile.c
+@@ -569,18 +569,25 @@ ldfile_open_file_search (const char *arc
+      directory first.  */
+   if (!entry->flags.maybe_archive)
+     {
+-      if (entry->flags.sysrooted && IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (entry->filename))
++      /* For absolute pathnames, try to always open the file in the
++	 sysroot first. If this fails, try to open the file at the
++	 given location.  */
++      entry->flags.sysrooted = is_sysrooted_pathname (entry->filename);
++      if (!entry->flags.sysrooted && IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (entry->filename)
++	  && ld_sysroot)
+ 	{
+ 	  char *name = concat (ld_sysroot, entry->filename,
+ 			       (const char *) NULL);
+ 	  if (ldfile_try_open_bfd (name, entry))
+ 	    {
+ 	      entry->filename = name;
++	      entry->flags.sysrooted = true;
+ 	      return true;
+ 	    }
+ 	  free (name);
+ 	}
+-      else if (ldfile_try_open_bfd (entry->filename, entry))
++
++      if (ldfile_try_open_bfd (entry->filename, entry))
+ 	return true;
+ 
+       if (IS_ABSOLUTE_PATH (entry->filename))