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SubjectRe: [PATCH] riscv: add correct as-options for assembly in modules
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On 12/07/2021 18:48, Ben Dooks wrote:
> When trying to load modules built for riscv which include assembly
> the kernel loader errors with "unexpected relocation type 'R_RISCV_ALIGN'"
> due to R_RISCV_ALIGN relocations being generated by the assembler.
>
> In commit 7a8e7da42250138 ("RISC-V: Fixes to module loading")
> the fix for gcc adds -mno-relax to the command line when building
> C files. However this was never applied to assembly flags, and gcc
> does no pass -mno-relax to gas when presented with a .S file.
>
> The fix (other than making gcc always pass -mno-relax to gas) is
> to add -Wa,-mno-relax to gcc to make sure the as is invoked with
> the right options.
>
> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@codethink.co.uk>

Just wanted to find out if anyone has had time to review this.
If this is ok, should we also send to -stable ?

> ---
> arch/riscv/Makefile | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> index 1f5c03082976..fca40511a8c6 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
> @@ -60,6 +60,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_PERF_EVENTS),y)
> endif
>
> KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += $(call cc-option,-mno-relax)
> +KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-relax)
>
> # GCC versions that support the "-mstrict-align" option default to allowing
> # unaligned accesses. While unaligned accesses are explicitly allowed in the
>


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