Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: Fail if gold linker is detected

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Wed, Jul 17, 2019 at 4:47 AM Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> The gold linker has known issues of failing the build both in random and in
> predictible ways:
>
>  - The x86/X32 VDSO build fails with:
>
>    arch/x86/entry/vdso/vclock_gettime-x32.o:vclock_gettime.c:function do_hres:
>    error: relocation overflow: reference to 'hvclock_page'
>
>    That's a known issue for years and the usual workaround is to disable
>    CONFIG_X86_32
>
>  - A recent build failure is caused by turning a relocation into an
>    absolute one for unknown reasons. See link below.
>
>  - There are a couple of gold workarounds applied already, but reports
>    about broken builds with ld.gold keep coming in on a regular base and in
>    most cases the root cause is unclear.
>
> In context of the most recent fail H.J. stated:
>
>   "Since building a workable kernel for different kernel configurations
>    isn't a requirement for gold, I don't recommend gold for kernel."
>
> So instead of dealing with attempts to duct tape gold support without
> understanding the root cause and without support from the gold folks, fail
> the build when gold is detected.
>
> Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAMe9rOqMqkQ0LNpm25yE_Yt0FKp05WmHOrwc0aRDb53miFKM+w@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> ---

The code looks OK in the build system point of view.

Please let me confirm this, just in case:
For now, we give up all architectures, not only x86, right?

I have not not heard much from other arch maintainers.


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada