scons: support --linker="mold" for gcc < 12.
Now, to use mold linker for gcc prior to version 12.1.0, you need
to manually set the LINKFLAGS_EXTRA scons variable. This is because
older gcc doesn't support "-fuse-ld=mold" option.
To make it more convenient for users, this patch adds support for
'--linker="mold"' option for older versions of gcc. A -B option will
be passed to gcc automatically if '/usr/libexec/mold' or
'/usr/local/libexec/mold' exist.
[1] https://github.com/rui314/mold
[2] https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/57173
Change-Id: Id1cd780d98c39fc837066d826a9ff942579748fe
Reviewed-on: https://gem5-review.googlesource.com/c/public/gem5/+/60109
Tested-by: kokoro <noreply+kokoro@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
Maintainer: Jason Lowe-Power <power.jg@gmail.com>
diff --git a/SConstruct b/SConstruct
index 95ebff1..4d91eae 100755
--- a/SConstruct
+++ b/SConstruct
@@ -399,7 +399,18 @@
if linker:
with gem5_scons.Configure(env) as conf:
if not conf.CheckLinkFlag(f'-fuse-ld={linker}'):
- error(f'Linker "{linker}" is not supported')
+ # check mold support for gcc older than 12.1.0
+ if linker == 'mold' and \
+ (env['GCC'] and \
+ compareVersions(env['CXXVERSION'],
+ "12.1.0") < 0) and \
+ ((isdir('/usr/libexec/mold') and \
+ conf.CheckLinkFlag('-B/usr/libexec/mold')) or \
+ (isdir('/usr/local/libexec/mold') and \
+ conf.CheckLinkFlag('-B/usr/local/libexec/mold'))):
+ pass # support mold
+ else:
+ error(f'Linker "{linker}" is not supported')
if linker == 'gold' and not GetOption('with_lto'):
# Tell the gold linker to use threads. The gold linker
# segfaults if both threads and LTO are enabled.
