From: Rolf Eike Beer <eb@emlix.com>
To: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>,
Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
Matt Fleming <matt@codeblueprint.co.uk>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>,
Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>,
linux-efi@vger.kernel.org,
Linux Kernel Developers List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
stable@vger.kernel.org, Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@google.com>,
clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com>
Subject: Re: Building arm64 EFI stub with -fpie breaks build of 4.9.x (undefined reference to `__efistub__GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_')
Date: Fri, 02 Aug 2019 10:16:23 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <1730571.CeeFRff0Br@devpool35> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20190802080942.GA27595@archlinux-threadripper>
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Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 02, 2019 at 09:57:45AM +0200, Greg KH wrote:
> > On Thu, Jun 06, 2019 at 09:11:00AM +0200, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> > > Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 10:27 AM Nick Desaulniers
> > > >
> > > > <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Jun 5, 2019 at 9:26 AM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
wrote:
> > > > > > On Wed, Jun 05, 2019 at 05:19:40PM +0200, Rolf Eike Beer wrote:
> > > > > > > I decided to dig out a toy project which uses a DragonBoard
> > > > > > > 410c. This
> > > > > > > has
> > > > > > > been "running" with kernel 4.9, which I would keep this way for
> > > > > > > unrelated
> > > > > > > reasons. The vanilla 4.9 kernel wasn't bootable back then, but
> > > > > > > it was
> > > > > > > buildable, which was good enough.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Upgrading the kernel to 4.9.180 caused the boot to suddenly
> > > > > > > fail:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > aarch64-unknown-linux-gnueabi-ld:
> > > > > > > ./drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a(arm64- stub.stub.o): in
> > > > > > > function
> > > > > > > `handle_kernel_image':
> > > > > > > /tmp/e2/build/linux-4.9.139/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-s
> > > > > > > tub.c:
> > > > > > > 63:
> > > > > > > undefined reference to `__efistub__GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_'
> > > > > > > aarch64-unknown-linux-gnueabi-ld:
> > > > > > > ./drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a(arm64- stub.stub.o):
> > > > > > > relocation
> > > > > > > R_AARCH64_ADR_PREL_PG_HI21 against symbol
> > > > > > > `__efistub__GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_' which may bind externally can
> > > > > > > not
> > > > > > > be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC
> > > > > > > /tmp/e2/build/linux-4.9.139/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/arm64-s
> > > > > > > tub.c:
> > > > > > > 63:
> > > > > > > (.init.text+0xc): dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation
> > > > > > > /tmp/e2/build/linux-4.9.139/Makefile:1001: recipe for target
> > > > > > > 'vmlinux'
> > > > > > > failed -make[1]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > This is caused by commit
> > > > > > > 27b5ebf61818749b3568354c64a8ec2d9cd5ecca from
> > > > > > > linux-4.9.y (which is 91ee5b21ee026c49e4e7483de69b55b8b47042be),
> > > > > > > reverting
> > > > > > > this commit fixes the build.
> > Did this ever get resolved, or is it still an issue?
>
> This appears to have been resolved by commit 8fca3c364683 ("efi/libstub:
> Unify command line param parsing") in 4.9.181. I can build defconfig +
> CONFIG_RANDOMIZE_BASE without any issues.
I can confirm that 4.9.186 builds without issues with my original config.
Thanks for paying attention.
Eike
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2019-06-05 16:26 ` Building arm64 EFI stub with -fpie breaks build of 4.9.x (undefined reference to `__efistub__GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_') Greg KH
2019-06-05 17:27 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-06-05 17:50 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-06-06 7:11 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2019-08-02 7:57 ` Greg KH
2019-08-02 8:09 ` Nathan Chancellor
2019-08-02 8:16 ` Rolf Eike Beer [this message]
2019-06-05 18:42 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2019-06-05 19:26 ` Greg KH
2019-06-05 20:48 ` Nick Desaulniers
2019-06-06 6:55 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2019-06-06 7:08 ` Greg KH
2019-06-06 8:58 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2019-06-06 9:34 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2019-06-06 7:38 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2019-06-06 7:50 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2019-06-06 9:01 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2019-06-06 9:40 ` Rolf Eike Beer
2019-06-06 9:54 ` Ard Biesheuvel
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