From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> To: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] powerpc/64: Force ELFv2 when building with LLVM linker Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 14:39:40 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20230505213940.GA1337526@dev-arch.thelio-3990X> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20230505071850.228734-2-npiggin@gmail.com> Hi Nick, + our mailing list, helps with review and making sure that we are not missing anything :) On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 05:18:47PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > The LLVM linker does not support ELFv1 at all, so BE kernels must be > built with ELFv2. The LLD version check was added to be conservative, > but previous LLD versions would simply fail to link ELFv1 entirely. The > only would be to require LLD >= 15 for BE builds, but let's instead > remove that restriction until proven otherwise (LLD 14.0 links a booting > ELFv2 BE vmlinux for me). > > The minimum binutils has increased such that ELFv2 is always supported, > so remove that check while we're here. > > Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Thanks for this change! I ran it through my (admittedly limited set of) build tests with LD=ld.lld for big endian configurations and I saw no build errors with LLVM 11.1.0 through 16.0.3 (and currently, a 17.0.0 built from main); my simple QEMU boot testing passed as well. Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> One small comment below. > --- > arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 7 +++---- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > index acffffbd5d77..e5d81645c902 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > @@ -624,10 +624,11 @@ config ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY > def_bool KEXEC_FILE > > config PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2 > - bool "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)" > + prompt "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)" if LD_IS_BFD > + bool This could be bool "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)" if LD_IS_BFD which is the syntactic sugar equivalent of what you already have. The rest looks good to me. > + default y if LD_IS_LLD > depends on PPC64 && CPU_BIG_ENDIAN > depends on CC_HAS_ELFV2 > - depends on LD_VERSION >= 22400 || LLD_VERSION >= 150000 > help > This builds the kernel image using the "Power Architecture 64-Bit ELF > V2 ABI Specification", which has a reduced stack overhead and faster > @@ -638,8 +639,6 @@ config PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2 > it is less well tested by kernel and toolchain. However some distros > build userspace this way, and it can produce a functioning kernel. > > - This requires GCC and binutils 2.24 or newer. > - > config RELOCATABLE > bool "Build a relocatable kernel" > depends on PPC64 || (FLATMEM && (44x || PPC_85xx)) > -- > 2.40.1 >
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From: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> To: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Cc: llvm@lists.linux.dev, linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] powerpc/64: Force ELFv2 when building with LLVM linker Date: Fri, 5 May 2023 14:39:40 -0700 [thread overview] Message-ID: <20230505213940.GA1337526@dev-arch.thelio-3990X> (raw) In-Reply-To: <20230505071850.228734-2-npiggin@gmail.com> Hi Nick, + our mailing list, helps with review and making sure that we are not missing anything :) On Fri, May 05, 2023 at 05:18:47PM +1000, Nicholas Piggin wrote: > The LLVM linker does not support ELFv1 at all, so BE kernels must be > built with ELFv2. The LLD version check was added to be conservative, > but previous LLD versions would simply fail to link ELFv1 entirely. The > only would be to require LLD >= 15 for BE builds, but let's instead > remove that restriction until proven otherwise (LLD 14.0 links a booting > ELFv2 BE vmlinux for me). > > The minimum binutils has increased such that ELFv2 is always supported, > so remove that check while we're here. > > Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@gmail.com> Thanks for this change! I ran it through my (admittedly limited set of) build tests with LD=ld.lld for big endian configurations and I saw no build errors with LLVM 11.1.0 through 16.0.3 (and currently, a 17.0.0 built from main); my simple QEMU boot testing passed as well. Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> One small comment below. > --- > arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 7 +++---- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > index acffffbd5d77..e5d81645c902 100644 > --- a/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > +++ b/arch/powerpc/Kconfig > @@ -624,10 +624,11 @@ config ARCH_HAS_KEXEC_PURGATORY > def_bool KEXEC_FILE > > config PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2 > - bool "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)" > + prompt "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)" if LD_IS_BFD > + bool This could be bool "Build big-endian kernel using ELF ABI V2 (EXPERIMENTAL)" if LD_IS_BFD which is the syntactic sugar equivalent of what you already have. The rest looks good to me. > + default y if LD_IS_LLD > depends on PPC64 && CPU_BIG_ENDIAN > depends on CC_HAS_ELFV2 > - depends on LD_VERSION >= 22400 || LLD_VERSION >= 150000 > help > This builds the kernel image using the "Power Architecture 64-Bit ELF > V2 ABI Specification", which has a reduced stack overhead and faster > @@ -638,8 +639,6 @@ config PPC64_BIG_ENDIAN_ELF_ABI_V2 > it is less well tested by kernel and toolchain. However some distros > build userspace this way, and it can produce a functioning kernel. > > - This requires GCC and binutils 2.24 or newer. > - > config RELOCATABLE > bool "Build a relocatable kernel" > depends on PPC64 || (FLATMEM && (44x || PPC_85xx)) > -- > 2.40.1 >
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2023-05-05 21:39 UTC|newest] Thread overview: 12+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top 2023-05-05 7:18 [PATCH 0/4] powerpc/64: ELFv2 conversion Nicholas Piggin 2023-05-05 7:18 ` [PATCH 1/4] powerpc/64: Force ELFv2 when building with LLVM linker Nicholas Piggin 2023-05-05 21:39 ` Nathan Chancellor [this message] 2023-05-05 21:39 ` Nathan Chancellor 2023-05-05 7:18 ` [PATCH 2/4] powerpc/64: Make ELFv2 the default for big-endian builds Nicholas Piggin 2023-05-05 7:18 ` [PATCH 3/4] powerpc/64s: Remove support for ELFv1 little endian userspace Nicholas Piggin 2023-05-05 7:18 ` [RFC PATCH 4/4] powerpc/64: Remove support for kernel's built with ELFv1 ABI Nicholas Piggin 2023-05-05 8:49 ` Christophe Leroy 2023-05-09 8:25 ` Nicholas Piggin 2023-05-05 8:51 ` [PATCH 0/4] powerpc/64: ELFv2 conversion Christophe Leroy 2023-05-05 12:21 ` Michael Ellerman 2023-05-05 15:08 ` Naveen N. Rao
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