RFR: 8284661: Reproducible assembly builds without relative linking [v5]

[Andrew Leonard]

On Thu, 14 Apr 2022 11:13:20 GMT, Andrew Leonard <aleonard at openjdk.org> wrote:

>> make/data/autoheaders/assemblyprefix.h line 25:
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>>> 23: 
>>> 24: // ASSEMBLY_SRC_FILE gets replaced by relative or absolute file path
>>> 25: // in NativeCompilation.gmk, this ensures reproducible .debuginfo
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>> Actually, this ensures reproducible object file (`.o`) rather than the contents of `.debuginfo`. As far as I remember, `gcc` uses the "value" of `.file` in `.debuginfo`, but `clang` does not. Which is why the path mapping option is still necessary even with `.file` present and with a value stable across builds.
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>> Maybe phrase this something like
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>> ... this ensures a reproducible object file through a predictable value of the STT_FILE symbol.
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>> ?
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> @mkartashev thanks. So at the moment we are only using this assembly header for gcc tooling, see NativeCompliation.gmk change.
> So maybe I change this to specifically state gcc and it's effect on linux debuginfo ?

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PR: https://git.openjdk.java.net/jdk/pull/8177