From: Vincenzo Frascino <vincenzo.frascino@arm.com>
To: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
Cc: ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org, ndesaulniers@google.com,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, luto@kernel.org,
tglx@linutronix.de, will@kernel.org,
linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 1/6] arm64: vdso32: Fix syncconfig errors.
Date: Thu, 3 Oct 2019 18:40:02 +0100 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <80c92957-d260-0420-9422-8743a698bdaa@arm.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20191003161621.GJ21629@arrakis.emea.arm.com>
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Hi Catalin,
On 03/10/2019 17:16, Catalin Marinas wrote:
> On Thu, Oct 03, 2019 at 05:00:41PM +0100, Catalin Marinas wrote:
>> On Wed, Oct 02, 2019 at 03:41:51PM +0100, Vincenzo Frascino wrote:
>>> diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
>>> index 84a3d502c5a5..dfa6a5cb99e4 100644
>>> --- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
>>> +++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
>>> @@ -53,20 +53,12 @@ $(warning Detected assembler with broken .inst; disassembly will be unreliable)
>>> endif
>>> endif
>>>
>>> +COMPATCC ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc
>>> +export COMPATCC
>>> +
>>> ifeq ($(CONFIG_GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO), y)
>>> - CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT ?= $(CONFIG_CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT_VDSO:"%"=%)
>>> -
>>> - ifeq ($(CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG), y)
>>> - $(warning CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT is clang, the compat vDSO will not be built)
>>> - else ifeq ($(strip $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)),)
>>> - $(warning CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT not defined or empty, the compat vDSO will not be built)
>>> - else ifeq ($(shell which $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc 2> /dev/null),)
>>> - $(error $(CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)gcc not found, check CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT)
>>> - else
>>> - export CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT
>>> - export CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO := y
>>> - compat_vdso := -DCONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=1
>>> - endif
>>> + export CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO := y
>>> + compat_vdso := -DCONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO=1
>>> endif
>>
>> With this change, if I don't have any CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT in my
>> environment, the kernel fails to build because COMPATCC becomes gcc
>> which cannot build the vdso32. What I really want is not to warn me, nor
>> fail to build the kernel when I don't care about the compat vDSO (e.g. I
>> have a 64-bit only machine).
>>
>> What saved us before was the COMPATCC_IS_ARM_GCC check and a selection
>> of the GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO dependent on this check. This was now dropped
>> from the previous version of the patch. We could add something like
>> COMPATCC_CAN_LINK.
>
> Ah, the COMPATCC_CAN_LINK idea doesn't help because an x86 gcc can still
> link. Maybe only enable CONFIG_COMPAT_VDSO above if CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT
> was set. You could move the COMPATCC setting and export under the
> same 'if' block in the Makefile.
>
The snippet below the scissors solves the problem for me. I am going to re-post
a new version of the patches that contains it.
--->8---
diff --git a/arch/arm64/Kconfig b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
index 37c610963eee..b4cc8fb5344c 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm64/Kconfig
@@ -110,7 +110,7 @@ config ARM64
select GENERIC_STRNLEN_USER
select GENERIC_TIME_VSYSCALL
select GENERIC_GETTIMEOFDAY
- select GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO if (!CPU_BIG_ENDIAN && COMPAT)
+ select GENERIC_COMPAT_VDSO if (!CPU_BIG_ENDIAN && COMPAT && !COMPATCC_EMPTY)
select HANDLE_DOMAIN_IRQ
select HARDIRQS_SW_RESEND
select HAVE_PCI
@@ -313,6 +313,9 @@ config KASAN_SHADOW_OFFSET
default 0xeffffff900000000 if ARM64_VA_BITS_36 && KASAN_SW_TAGS
default 0xffffffffffffffff
+config COMPATCC_EMPTY
+ def_bool $(success,test -z "${CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT}")
+
source "arch/arm64/Kconfig.platforms"
menu "Kernel Features"
--
Regards,
Vincenzo
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Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2019-10-02 14:41 [PATCH v4 0/6] arm64: vdso32: Address various issues Vincenzo Frascino
2019-10-02 14:41 ` [PATCH v4 1/6] arm64: vdso32: Fix syncconfig errors Vincenzo Frascino
2019-10-03 16:00 ` Catalin Marinas
2019-10-03 16:16 ` Catalin Marinas
2019-10-03 17:03 ` Vincenzo Frascino
2019-10-03 17:40 ` Vincenzo Frascino [this message]
2019-10-03 16:20 ` Vincenzo Frascino
2019-10-02 14:41 ` [PATCH v4 2/6] arm64: vdso32: Detect binutils support for dmb ishld Vincenzo Frascino
2019-10-02 14:41 ` [PATCH v4 3/6] arm64: Remove gettimeofday.S Vincenzo Frascino
2019-10-02 14:41 ` [PATCH v4 4/6] arm64: vdso32: Remove jump label config option in Makefile Vincenzo Frascino
2019-10-02 14:41 ` [PATCH v4 5/6] arm64: Remove vdso_datapage.h Vincenzo Frascino
2019-10-02 14:41 ` [PATCH v4 6/6] lib: vdso: Remove CROSS_COMPILE_COMPAT_VDSO Vincenzo Frascino
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