[OE-core] [PATCH 01/22] gcc: Introduce a knob to configure gcc to default to PIE

[Khem Raj]

GCCPIE flag which is empty by default adds "--enable-default-pie"
configure option for harderned distros

We do not require to add -fpie -pie flag externally anymore

Signed-off-by: Khem Raj <raj.khem at gmail.com>
---
 meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc        | 4 +++-
 meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc | 3 +++
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc b/meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc
index 38164d08b8..f2eb224a77 100644
--- a/meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc
+++ b/meta/conf/distro/include/security_flags.inc
@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
 # From a Yocto Project perspective, this file is included and tested
 # in the DISTRO="poky-lsb" configuration.
 
+GCCPIE ?= "--enable-default-pie"
+
 # _FORTIFY_SOURCE requires -O1 or higher, so disable in debug builds as they use
 # -O0 which then results in a compiler warning.
 lcl_maybe_fortify = "${@base_conditional('DEBUG_BUILD','1','','-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE=2',d)}"
@@ -12,7 +14,7 @@ lcl_maybe_fortify = "${@base_conditional('DEBUG_BUILD','1','','-D_FORTIFY_SOURCE
 # Error on use of format strings that represent possible security problems
 SECURITY_STRINGFORMAT ?= "-Wformat -Wformat-security -Werror=format-security"
 
-SECURITY_CFLAGS ?= "-fstack-protector-strong -pie -fpie ${lcl_maybe_fortify} ${SECURITY_STRINGFORMAT}"
+SECURITY_CFLAGS ?= "-fstack-protector-strong ${lcl_maybe_fortify} ${SECURITY_STRINGFORMAT}"
 SECURITY_NO_PIE_CFLAGS ?= "-fstack-protector-strong ${lcl_maybe_fortify} ${SECURITY_STRINGFORMAT}"
 
 SECURITY_LDFLAGS ?= "-fstack-protector-strong -Wl,-z,relro,-z,now"
diff --git a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
index 63fa1d9686..e2ce234aa1 100644
--- a/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
+++ b/meta/recipes-devtools/gcc/gcc-configure-common.inc
@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ EXTRA_OECONF_INITIAL ?= ""
 GCCMULTILIB ?= "--disable-multilib"
 GCCTHREADS ?= "posix"
 
+GCCPIE ??= ""
+
 EXTRA_OECONF = "\
     ${@['--enable-clocale=generic', ''][d.getVar('USE_NLS') != 'no']} \
     --with-gnu-ld \
@@ -29,6 +31,7 @@ EXTRA_OECONF = "\
     --enable-languages=${LANGUAGES} \
     --enable-threads=${GCCTHREADS} \
     ${GCCMULTILIB} \
+    ${GCCPIE} \
     --enable-c99 \
     --enable-long-long \
     --enable-symvers=gnu \
-- 
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