Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 25 Jan 2021 20:07:56 +0000 | Subject | Re: [BUG]: KVM: arm64: Fix symbol dependency in __hyp_call_panic_nvhe | From | Oliver Upton <> |
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> That means we have two options: > (a) define __hyp_panic_string in a different .c file in all pre-5.9 branches, or > (b) revert the backported patch. > > The patch was needed in 5.9 and should stay there. It wasn't needed in earlier > versions because the symbol was being kept alive by another user. It did "fix" > the inline asm semantics, but the problem was never triggered in pre-5.9. > > Sasha, with this and the GCC bug in mind, would you agree that (b) is the > better course of action?
Sasha,
Any chance we can get this patch reverted as David has suggested? It was backported to 5.4 LTS in commit 653ae33b030b ("KVM: arm64: Fix symbol dependency in __hyp_call_panic_nvhe") and is causing build issues with a 4.9.4 vintage of GCC.
Thanks!
-- Oliver
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