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SubjectRe: [PATCH] x86: fix clang integrated assembler build
On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 1:57 PM Bill Wendling <morbo@google.com> wrote:
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>
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> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 11:04 AM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
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>> On Wed, May 27, 2020 at 7:16 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de> wrote:
>> >
>> > clang and gas seem to interpret the symbols in memmove_64.S and
>> > memset_64.S differently, such that clang does not make them
>> > 'weak' as expected, which leads to a linker error, with both
>> > ld.bfd and ld.lld:
>> >
>> > ld.lld: error: duplicate symbol: memmove
>> > >>> defined at common.c
>> > >>> kasan/common.o:(memmove) in archive mm/built-in.a
>> > >>> defined at memmove.o:(__memmove) in archive arch/arm64/lib/lib.a
>> >
>> > ld.lld: error: duplicate symbol: memset
>> > >>> defined at common.c
>> > >>> kasan/common.o:(memset) in archive mm/built-in.a
>> > >>> defined at memset.o:(__memset) in archive arch/arm64/lib/lib.a
>> >
>> > Copy the exact way these are written in memcpy_64.S, which does
>> > not have the same problem.
>> >
>> > I don't know why this makes a difference, and it would be good
>> > to have someone with a better understanding of assembler internals
>> > review it.
>> >
>> > It might be either a bug in the kernel or a bug in the assembler,
>> > no idea which one. My patch makes it work with all versions of
>> > clang and gcc, which is probably helpful even if it's a workaround
>> > for a clang bug.
>> >
>> > Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
>> > Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
>>
>> + Bill, Fangrui, Jian
>> I think we saw this bug or a very similar bug internally around the
>> ordering of .weak to .global.
>>
> I think that would be this patch by Fangrui:
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> https://prodkernel-review.git.corp.google.com/c/kernel/release/9xx/+/292011

Thanks. That patch references this discussion:
https://lore.kernel.org/linuxppc-dev/20200325164257.170229-1-maskray@google.com/

>
> -bw
>
>>
>> > ---
>> > arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S | 4 ++--
>> > arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S | 4 ++--
>> > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
>> >
>> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
>> > index 7ff00ea64e4f..dcca01434be8 100644
>> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
>> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
>> > @@ -26,8 +26,8 @@
>> > */
>> > .weak memmove
>> >
>> > -SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(memmove)
>> > -SYM_FUNC_START(__memmove)
>> > +SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(__memmove)
>> > +SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(memmove)
>> >
>> > mov %rdi, %rax
>> >
>> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
>> > index 9ff15ee404a4..a97f2ea4e0b2 100644
>> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
>> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
>> > @@ -19,8 +19,8 @@
>> > *
>> > * rax original destination
>> > */
>> > -SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(memset)
>> > -SYM_FUNC_START(__memset)
>> > +SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(__memset)
>> > +SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(memset)
>> > /*
>> > * Some CPUs support enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB feature. It is recommended
>> > * to use it when possible. If not available, use fast string instructions.
>> > --
>> > 2.26.2
>> >
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>>
>>
>> --
>> Thanks,
>> ~Nick Desaulniers



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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers

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