45bd895180
Will and Anders reported that using just 'CC=clang' with CONFIG_FTRACE=y
and CONFIG_STACK_TRACER=y would result in an error while linking:
aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: .init.data has both ordered [`__patchable_function_entries' in init/main.o] and unordered [`.meminit.data' in mm/sparse.o] sections
aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: final link failed: bad value
This error was exposed by commit f12b034afeb3 ("scripts/Makefile.clang:
default to LLVM_IAS=1") in combination with binutils older than 2.36.
When '-fpatchable-function-entry' was implemented in LLVM, two code
paths were added for adding the section attributes, one for the
integrated assembler and another for GNU as, due to binutils
deficiencies at the time. If the integrated assembler was used,
attributes that GNU ld < 2.36 could not handle were added, presumably
with the assumption that use of the integrated assembler meant the whole
LLVM stack was being used, namely ld.lld.
Prior to the kernel change previously mentioned, that assumption was
valid, as there were three commonly used combinations of tools for
compiling, assembling, and linking respectively:
$ make CC=clang (clang, GNU as, GNU ld)
$ make LLVM=1 (clang, GNU as, ld.lld)
$ make LLVM=1 LLVM_IAS=1 (clang, integrated assembler, ld.lld)
After the default switch of the integrated assembler, the second and
third commands become equivalent and the first command means "clang,
integrated assembler, and GNU ld", which was not a combination that was
considered when the aforementioned LLVM change was implemented.
It is not possible to go back and fix LLVM, as this change was
implemented in the 10.x series, which is no longer supported. To
workaround this on the kernel side, split out the selection of
HAVE_DYNAMIC_FTRACE_WITH_REGS to two separate configurations, one for
GCC and one for clang.
The GCC config inherits the '-fpatchable-function-entry' check. The
Clang config does not it, as '-fpatchable-function-entry' is always
available for LLVM 11.0.0 and newer, which is the supported range of
versions for the kernel.
The Clang config makes sure that the user is using GNU as or the
integrated assembler with ld.lld or GNU ld 2.36 or newer, which will
avoid the error above.
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1507
Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/788
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/YlCA5PoIjF6nhwYj@dev-arch.thelio-3990X/
Link: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=26256
Link: 7fa5290d5b
Link: 853a264916
Reported-by: Anders Roxell <anders.roxell@linaro.org>
Reported-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220413181420.3522187-1-nathan@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>
Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.