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SubjectRe: [PATCH v2] lib/Kconfig.debug: Add check for non-constant .{s,u}leb128 support to DWARF5
On Sun, Oct 16, 2022 at 8:04 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Oct 15, 2022 at 6:52 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Oct 14, 2022 at 1:48 PM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > When building with a RISC-V kernel with DWARF5 debug info using clang
> > > and the GNU assembler, several instances of the following error appear:
> > >
> > > /tmp/vgettimeofday-48aa35.s:2963: Error: non-constant .uleb128 is not supported
> > >
> > > Dumping the .s file reveals these .uleb128 directives come from
> > > .debug_loc and .debug_ranges:
> > >
> > > .Ldebug_loc0:
> > > .byte 4 # DW_LLE_offset_pair
> > > .uleb128 .Lfunc_begin0-.Lfunc_begin0 # starting offset
> > > .uleb128 .Ltmp1-.Lfunc_begin0 # ending offset
> > > .byte 1 # Loc expr size
> > > .byte 90 # DW_OP_reg10
> > > .byte 0 # DW_LLE_end_of_list
> > >
> > > .Ldebug_ranges0:
> > > .byte 4 # DW_RLE_offset_pair
> > > .uleb128 .Ltmp6-.Lfunc_begin0 # starting offset
> > > .uleb128 .Ltmp27-.Lfunc_begin0 # ending offset
> > > .byte 4 # DW_RLE_offset_pair
> > > .uleb128 .Ltmp28-.Lfunc_begin0 # starting offset
> > > .uleb128 .Ltmp30-.Lfunc_begin0 # ending offset
> > > .byte 0 # DW_RLE_end_of_list
> > >
> > > There is an outstanding binutils issue to support a non-constant operand
> > > to .sleb128 and .uleb128 in GAS for RISC-V but there does not appear to
> > > be any movement on it, due to concerns over how it would work with
> > > linker relaxation.
> > >
> > > To avoid these build errors, prevent DWARF5 from being selected when
> > > using clang and an assembler that does not have support for these symbol
> > > deltas, which can be easily checked in Kconfig with as-instr plus the
> > > small test program from the dwz test suite from the binutils issue.
> > >
> > > Link: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27215
> > > Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1719
> > > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> >
> > Thanks for keeping these LLVM_IAS=0 builds alive a little longer. My
> > hope is the GNU binutils can relax their requirement for debug info
> > sections to improve support for DWARF v5.
> >
> > Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
>
>
> Applied to linux-kbuild.
> Thanks.
>

[1] says:

"This looks good to me! Feel free to submit with a:
Tested-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@microchip.com>"

-sed@-

[1] https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1719#issuecomment-1261158627

>
>
> > > ---
> > >
> > > v2:
> > > - Rebase on commit bb1435f3f575 ("Kconfig.debug: add toolchain
> > > checks for DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT") from the kbuild
> > > tree.
> > > - Limit CONFIG_AS_HAS_NON_CONST_LEB128 dependency to GNU as. There
> > > is no point to applying this dependency to the integrated
> > > assembler because it will always pass.
> > > - Apply the CONFIG_AS_HAS_NON_CONST_LEB128 dependency to
> > > CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT as well, due to the
> > > aforementioned kbuild change.
> > > - Move comment block to above CONFIG_AS_HAS_NON_CONST_LEB128, as the
> > > configuration is now used in two places.
> > > - Drop Conor's tested by, as the patch is different enough to
> > > potentially require new testing.
> > >
> > > v1: https://lore.kernel.org/20220928182523.3105953-1-nathan@kernel.org/
> > >
> > > lib/Kconfig.debug | 9 +++++++--
> > > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> > > index db8d9271cabf..5c1c63575895 100644
> > > --- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
> > > +++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
> > > @@ -231,6 +231,11 @@ config DEBUG_INFO
> > > in the "Debug information" choice below, indicating that debug
> > > information will be generated for build targets.
> > >
> > > +# Clang is known to generate .{s,u}leb128 with symbol deltas with DWARF5, which
> > > +# some targets may not support: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=27215
> > > +config AS_HAS_NON_CONST_LEB128
> > > + def_bool $(as-instr,.uleb128 .Lexpr_end4 - .Lexpr_start3\n.Lexpr_start3:\n.Lexpr_end4:)
> > > +
> > > choice
> > > prompt "Debug information"
> > > depends on DEBUG_KERNEL
> > > @@ -253,7 +258,7 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_NONE
> > > config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF_TOOLCHAIN_DEFAULT
> > > bool "Rely on the toolchain's implicit default DWARF version"
> > > select DEBUG_INFO
> > > - depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || AS_IS_LLVM || CLANG_VERSION < 140000 || (AS_IS_GNU && AS_VERSION >= 23502)
> > > + depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || AS_IS_LLVM || CLANG_VERSION < 140000 || (AS_IS_GNU && AS_VERSION >= 23502 && AS_HAS_NON_CONST_LEB128)
> > > help
> > > The implicit default version of DWARF debug info produced by a
> > > toolchain changes over time.
> > > @@ -277,7 +282,7 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
> > > config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5
> > > bool "Generate DWARF Version 5 debuginfo"
> > > select DEBUG_INFO
> > > - depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || AS_IS_LLVM || (AS_IS_GNU && AS_VERSION >= 23502)
> > > + depends on !CC_IS_CLANG || AS_IS_LLVM || (AS_IS_GNU && AS_VERSION >= 23502 && AS_HAS_NON_CONST_LEB128)
> > > help
> > > Generate DWARF v5 debug info. Requires binutils 2.35.2, gcc 5.0+ (gcc
> > > 5.0+ accepts the -gdwarf-5 flag but only had partial support for some
> > >
> > > base-commit: bb1435f3f575b5213eaf27434efa3971f51c01de
> > > --
> > > 2.38.0
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > ~Nick Desaulniers
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada

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