Re: [PATCH 1/1] x86/purgatory: Change compiler flags to avoid relocation errors.

[Vaibhav Rustagi]

On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 3:28 PM Vaibhav Rustagi
<vaibhavrustagi@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 3:19 PM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > + (folks recommended by ./scripts/get_maintainer.pl <patchfile>)
> > (See also, step 7:
> > https://nickdesaulniers.github.io/blog/2017/05/16/submitting-your-first-patch-to-the-linux-kernel-and-responding-to-feedback/)
> >
> > On Wed, Sep 4, 2019 at 2:45 PM Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > The last change to this Makefile caused relocation errors when loading
> >
> > It's good to add a fixes tag like below when a patch fixes a
> > regression, so that stable backports the fix as far back as the
> > regression:
> > Fixes: b059f801a937 ("x86/purgatory: Use CFLAGS_REMOVE rather than
> > reset KBUILD_CFLAGS")
> >
> > > a kdump kernel.  This change restores the appropriate flags, without
> > > reverting to the former practice of resetting KBUILD_CFLAGS.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Steve Wahl <steve.wahl@xxxxxxx>
> > > ---
> > >  arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile | 35 +++++++++++++++++++----------------
> > >  1 file changed, 19 insertions(+), 16 deletions(-)
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
> > > index 8901a1f89cf5..9f0bfef1f5db 100644
> > > --- a/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
> > > +++ b/arch/x86/purgatory/Makefile
> > > @@ -18,37 +18,40 @@ targets += purgatory.ro
> > >  KASAN_SANITIZE := n
> > >  KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
> > >
> > > +# These are adjustments to the compiler flags used for objects that
> > > +# make up the standalone porgatory.ro
> > > +
> > > +PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE := -mcmodel=kernel
> > > +PURGATORY_CFLAGS := -mcmodel=large -ffreestanding -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss
> >
> > Thanks for confirming the fix.  While it sounds like -mcmodel=large is
> > the only necessary change, I don't object to -ffreestanding of
> > -fno-zero-initialized-in-bss being readded, especially since I think
> > what you've done with PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE is more concise.
> > Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Vaibhav, do you still have an environment setup to quickly test this
> > again w/ Clang builds?
>
> I will setup the environment and will try the changes.
>
I tried the changes and kdump was working.

> > Tglx, we'll likely want to get this into 5.3 if it's not too late (I
> > saw Miguel Ojeda mention there might be an -rc8)?
> >
> > > +
> > >  # Default KBUILD_CFLAGS can have -pg option set when FTRACE is enabled. That
> > >  # in turn leaves some undefined symbols like __fentry__ in purgatory and not
> > >  # sure how to relocate those.
> > >  ifdef CONFIG_FUNCTION_TRACER
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_sha256.o         += $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_purgatory.o      += $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_string.o         += $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_kexec-purgatory.o        += $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
> > > +PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE                += $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
> > >  endif
> > >
> > >  ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_sha256.o         += -fstack-protector
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_purgatory.o      += -fstack-protector
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_string.o         += -fstack-protector
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_kexec-purgatory.o        += -fstack-protector
> > > +PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE                += -fstack-protector
> > >  endif
> > >
> > >  ifdef CONFIG_STACKPROTECTOR_STRONG
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_sha256.o         += -fstack-protector-strong
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_purgatory.o      += -fstack-protector-strong
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_string.o         += -fstack-protector-strong
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_kexec-purgatory.o        += -fstack-protector-strong
> > > +PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE                += -fstack-protector-strong
> > >  endif
> > >
> > >  ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_sha256.o         += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_purgatory.o      += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_string.o         += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)
> > > -CFLAGS_REMOVE_kexec-purgatory.o        += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)
> > > +PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE                += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)
> > >  endif
> > >
> > > +CFLAGS_REMOVE_purgatory.o      += $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE)
> > > +CFLAGS_purgatory.o             += $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
> > > +
> > > +CFLAGS_REMOVE_sha256.o         += $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE)
> > > +CFLAGS_sha256.o                        += $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
> > > +
> > > +CFLAGS_REMOVE_string.o         += $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS_REMOVE)
> > > +CFLAGS_string.o                        += $(PURGATORY_CFLAGS)
> > > +
> > >  $(obj)/purgatory.ro: $(PURGATORY_OBJS) FORCE
> > >                 $(call if_changed,ld)
> > >
> > > --
> > > 2.12.3
> > >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Thanks,
> > ~Nick Desaulniers