CMake: Test the linker too for -mno-direct-extern-access

The GNU binutils ld linker needed a patch after the tagging of 2.38 to
make the new feature work. Before this patch, the linker will fail to
link when protected visibility symbols are used in the library, so don't
enable the feature unless the linker is recent enough.

GNU binutils gold from that version passes this test.

LLVM lld is unknown (I didn't test), but LLVM was consulted in
developing the feature.

Fixes: QTBUG-103493
Change-Id: Ibcde9b9795ad42ac9978fffd16f1c80ca20953ff
Reviewed-by: Qt CI Bot <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Marc Mutz <[email protected]>

config.tests/direct_extern_access/CMakeLists.txt

@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+cmake_minimum_required(VERSION 3.16)
+project(direct_extern_access LANGUAGES CXX)
+
+# this is the test found in https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29087
+
+add_library(no_extern_access_lib SHARED lib.cpp)
+add_executable(no_extern_access_main main.cpp)
+target_compile_options(no_extern_access_lib PUBLIC "-mno-direct-extern-access")
+target_link_libraries(no_extern_access_main no_extern_access_lib)

config.tests/direct_extern_access/lib.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+// This is the test found in https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29087
+
+#define BUILD
+#include "lib.h"
+
+S::~S() { }
+void S::f() { }

config.tests/direct_extern_access/lib.h

@@ -0,0 +1,16 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+// This is the test found in https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29087
+
+#ifdef BUILD
+#  define LIB_API __attribute__((visibility("protected")))
+#else
+#  define LIB_API __attribute__((visibility("default")))
+#endif
+
+struct LIB_API S
+{
+    virtual ~S();
+    virtual void f();
+};

config.tests/direct_extern_access/main.cpp

@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+// Copyright (C) 2022 Intel Corporation.
+// SPDX-License-Identifier: MIT
+
+// This is the test found in https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=29087
+
+#include "lib.h"
+
+struct Local : S { };
+int main()
+{
+    Local l;
+}

configure.cmake

@@ -188,9 +188,9 @@ qt_config_compiler_supports_flag_test(optimize_debug
     FLAG "-Og"
 )
 
-qt_config_compiler_supports_flag_test(no_extern_direct_access
+qt_config_compile_test(no_extern_direct_access
     LABEL "-mno-direct-extern-access support"
-    FLAG "-mno-direct-extern-access"
+    PROJECT_PATH "${CMAKE_CURRENT_SOURCE_DIR}/config.tests/direct_extern_access"
 )
 
 qt_config_linker_supports_flag_test(enable_new_dtags