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SubjectRe: [PATCH v3 1/2] arch/powerpc/kvm: kvmppc_hv_entry: remove .global scope
On 2023-03-27 15:04:38, Kautuk Consul wrote:
> On 2023-03-27 14:58:03, Kautuk Consul wrote:
> > On 2023-03-27 19:19:37, Nicholas Piggin wrote:
> > > On Thu Mar 16, 2023 at 3:10 PM AEST, Kautuk Consul wrote:
> > > > kvmppc_hv_entry isn't called from anywhere other than
> > > > book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S itself. Removing .global scope for
> > > > this function and annotating it with SYM_INNER_LABEL.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Kautuk Consul <kconsul@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
> > > > ---
> > > > arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S | 3 +--
> > > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > > > index acf80915f406..b81ba4ee0521 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > > > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.S
> > > > @@ -502,8 +502,7 @@ END_FTR_SECTION_IFSET(CPU_FTR_ARCH_207S)
> > > > * *
> > > > *****************************************************************************/
> > > >
> > > > -.global kvmppc_hv_entry
> > >
> > > I think this is okay.
> > >
> > > > -kvmppc_hv_entry:
> > > > +SYM_INNER_LABEL(kvmppc_hv_entry, SYM_L_LOCAL)
> > >
> > > The documentation for SYM_INNER_LABEL says it for labels inside a SYM
> > > function block, is that a problem? This is a function but doesn't have
> > > C calling convention, so asm annotation docs say that it should use
> > > SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL?
> > That is correct. Will create a v4 patch for this and send it.
> But using SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL again causes a warning in the build
> (which we were trying to avoid):
> arch/powerpc/kvm/book3s_hv_rmhandlers.o: warning: objtool: .text+0x48: unannotated intra-function call
For that matter, even SYM_INNER_LABEL shows that warning. When I tested
it on my setup it seemed to work fine. I'll investigate and try to come
up with a solution.
> > >
> > > BTW. why don't our _GLOBAL() macros use these SYM annotations? I haven't
> > > really looked into them.
> > Not sure. Was mostly just concentrating on the kvmppc_hv_entry code.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Nick

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