ldrand¶
A basic linker wrapper that randomizes the link order. This can be used for compiling benchmarked programs to reduce the impact of specific link orders on the benchmarking results.
Not all linking orders might work, due to dependencies, therefore ldrand currently tries a new linking order
until it succeeds (or the maximum number of tries is reached which is current set to 10 but can be configured
via the environment variable LDRAND_TRIES).
Installation¶
pip3 install ldrand
Usage¶
Calling the ldrandp command returns the path of the bin folder that contains the script that masks the ld
tool. Setting the wrapped linker explicitly is supported by setting the environment variable LDRAND_LINKER.
A typical usage would look like:
PATH="`ldrandp`:$PATH" make
# Or with an explicit linker
PATH="`ldrandp`:$PATH" LDRAND_LINKER="/usr/bin/custom_linker/ld" make
Contributing¶
Bug reports and Code contributions are highly appreciated.