Re: [PATCH] sh: define RUNTIME_DISCARD_EXIT

[John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@physik.fu-berlin.de>]

Hi Tom!

On 1/24/23 01:09, Tom Saeger wrote:
> sh vmlinux fails to link with GNU ld < 2.40 (likely < 2.36) since
> commit 99cb0d917ffa ("arch: fix broken BuildID for arm64 and riscv").

Works for me with binutils 2.36.1.

> 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."
> 
> 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>

I'm in favor of including this patch for the said reasons.

> This may be moot given sh might be soon removed:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230113062339.1909087-1-hch@lst.de/#t
> 
> However this did come up here:
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20230123194218.47ssfzhrpnv3xfez@oracle.com/

We're currently busy trying to save arch/sh.

Thanks,
Adrian

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