Re: gcc-8: arm64/kvm/pauth.: Error: unknown architectural extension `pauth'

[Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>]

On Mon, Apr 22, 2024 at 02:04:43PM +0530, Naresh Kamboju wrote:
> The arm64 defconfig build failed with gcc-8 and passed with gcc-13.
> 
> Reported-by: Linux Kernel Functional Testing <lkft@linaro.org>
> 
> Build log:
> ---
> /tmp/ccSUNNZy.s: Assembler messages:
> /tmp/ccSUNNZy.s:3159: Error: unknown architectural extension `pauth'
> make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:244: arch/arm64/kvm/pauth.o] Error 1
> 
> Steps to reproduce:
> ---
> # tuxmake --runtime podman --target-arch arm64 --toolchain gcc-8
> --kconfig defconfig

I think the key thing here is GCC 8; the associated assembler won't necessarily
have ARMv8.3-A support, since all the relevant bits got added around GCC 9.

Looking at the commits, I think this is broken since its introduction in commit:

  6ccc971ee2c61a1f  ("KVM: arm64: nv: Add emulation for ERETAx instructions")

... where the pauth.c file only depends on ARM64_PTR_AUTH (which doesn't imply
AS_HAS_ARMV8_3), but in the file we do:

  asm volatile(ARM64_ASM_PREAMBLE ".arch_extension pauth\n"
               "pacga %0, %1, %2" : "=r" (pac) : "r" (ptr), "r" (mod));

Given the minimum supported toolchain comes with an assembler that doesn't
necessarily support ARMv8.3, I reckon we'll either have to make NV pauth
support depend upon AS_HAS_ARMV8_3, or manually assemble the PACGA instruction.

I suspect the latter is the better option.

Mark.


> 
> Links:
>  - https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-master/build/next-20240422/testrun/23551634/suite/build/test/gcc-8-defconfig/details/
>  - https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-next-master/build/next-20240422/testrun/23551634/suite/build/test/gcc-8-defconfig/log
>   - https://storage.tuxsuite.com/public/linaro/lkft/builds/2fRe0ZWWmise7cetIz0aXdnq4jJ/
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