c1c551bebf
sh vmlinux fails to link with GNU ld < 2.40 (likely < 2.36) since
commit 99cb0d917ffa ("arch: fix broken BuildID for arm64 and riscv").
This is similar to fixes for powerpc and s390:
commit 4b9880dbf3bd ("powerpc/vmlinux.lds: Define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT").
commit a494398bde27 ("s390: define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT to fix link error
with GNU ld < 2.36").
$ sh4-linux-gnu-ld --version | head -n1
GNU ld (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2
$ make ARCH=sh CROSS_COMPILE=sh4-linux-gnu- microdev_defconfig
$ make ARCH=sh CROSS_COMPILE=sh4-linux-gnu-
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of crypto/algboss.o:
defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of crypto/algboss.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of
drivers/char/hw_random/core.o: defined in discarded section
`.exit.text' of drivers/char/hw_random/core.o
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.vmlinux:34: vmlinux] Error 1
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1252: vmlinux] Error 2
arch/sh/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S keeps EXIT_TEXT:
/*
* .exit.text is discarded at runtime, not link time, to deal with
* references from __bug_table
*/
.exit.text : AT(ADDR(.exit.text)) { EXIT_TEXT }
However, EXIT_TEXT is thrown away by
DISCARD(include/asm-generic/vmlinux.lds.h) because
sh does not define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT.
GNU ld 2.40 does not have this issue and builds fine.
This corresponds with Masahiro's comments in a494398bde27:
"Nathan [Chancellor] also found that binutils
commit 21401fc7bf67 ("Duplicate output sections in scripts") cured this
issue, so we cannot reproduce it with binutils 2.36+, but it is better
to not rely on it."
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/9166a8abdc0f979e50377e61780a4bba1dfa2f52.1674518464.git.tom.saeger@oracle.com
Fixes: 99cb0d917ffa ("arch: fix broken BuildID for arm64 and riscv")
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/Y7Jal56f6UBh1abE@dev-arch.thelio-3990X/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230123194218.47ssfzhrpnv3xfez@oracle.com/
Signed-off-by: Tom Saeger <tom.saeger@oracle.com>
Tested-by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>
Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@lst.de>
Cc: Dennis Gilmore <dennis@ausil.us>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Cc: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@linaro.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Cc: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@rivosinc.com>
Cc: Rich Felker <dalias@libc.org>
Cc: Yoshinori Sato <ysato@users.sourceforge.jp>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
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