Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH v2] Build *-user targets as PIE

[Paul Brook]

> PIE code usually is a bit slower. Approximately, 1% for i386 according to
> some tests. RISC architectures should be affected less, since they have
> more registers. On other hand we are getting rid from text relocations on
> i386 which make executable loading slower. So...

I think you've got that backwards.
A traditional (fixed address) executable requires no load-time relocation for 
internal references because all addresses are known at static link time. PIE 
require the dynamic linker adjust all absolute addresses.

Paul