From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
To: Philip Li <philip.li@intel.com>
Cc: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>,
oe-kbuild-all@lists.linux.dev, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
Jinjie Ruan <ruanjinjie@huawei.com>,
linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
Subject: [PATCH] entry: Guard syscall_enter_audit() invocation with CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL
Date: Sat, 05 Sep 2026 10:43:57 +0200 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <87tso45bqq.ffs@fw13> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <875x0k7i9k.ffs@fw13>
A bunch of older cross compilers notably RISCV64 and S390 fail to eliminate
the dead code when CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=n. The code in question is:
if (unlikely(audit_context())
syscall_enter_audit(regs);
and in case of CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=n:
static inline struct audit_context *audit_context(void)
{
return NULL;
}
which should make the compiler eliminate the syscall_enter_audit()
call. But a RISV64 GCC12 cross compiler translates that into:
if (unlikely(audit_context()))
1c34: 00000097 auipc ra,0x0
1c38: 000080e7 jalr ra # 1c34 <.L785>
1c3c: c511 beqz a0,1c48 <.L787>
syscall_enter_audit(regs);
1c3e: 8526 mv a0,s1
1c40: 00000097 auipc ra,0x0
1c44: 000080e7 jalr ra # 1c40 <.L785+0xc>
and then claims in the failing link:
include/asm-generic/preempt.h:54:(.noinstr.text+0x1a20):
undefined reference to 'syscall_enter_audit'
which is obviously hallucination.
Add an explicit IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL) check into the condition to
cure this compiler madness.
Fixes: 6f25517010dd ("entry: Rework syscall_audit_enter()")
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@kernel.org>
Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202609031938.ZvZZaRQy-lkp@intel.com/
---
include/linux/entry-common.h | 9 ++++++++-
1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/include/linux/entry-common.h
+++ b/include/linux/entry-common.h
@@ -102,7 +102,14 @@ static __always_inline long syscall_trac
if (unlikely(work & SYSCALL_WORK_SYSCALL_TRACEPOINT))
trace_syscall_enter(regs);
- if (unlikely(audit_context()))
+ /*
+ * The config check works around broken compilers which fail to
+ * eliminate the dead code in case of CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL=n as they
+ * insist on creating a always false runtime condition based on
+ * audit_context() which returns NULL in that case. The explicit
+ * IS_ENABLED() check makes that madness go away.
+ */
+ if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_AUDITSYSCALL) && unlikely(audit_context()))
syscall_enter_audit(regs);
return true;
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-09-05 8:44 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 5+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-09-03 11:35 include/linux/irq-entry-common.h:218: undefined reference to `syscall_enter_audit' kernel test robot
2026-09-03 20:03 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-09-04 13:42 ` Philip Li
2026-09-04 22:40 ` Thomas Gleixner
2026-09-05 8:43 ` Thomas Gleixner [this message]
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