Re: [PATCH] powerpc/vdso32: mark __kernel_datapage_offset as STV_PROTECTED

[Michael Ellerman]

Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> A PC-relative relocation (R_PPC_REL16_LO in this case) referencing a
> preemptible symbol in a -shared link is not allowed.  GNU ld's powerpc
> port is permissive and allows it [1], but lld will report an error after
> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/powerpc/linux.git/commit/?id=ec0895f08f99515194e9fcfe1338becf6f759d38
>
> Make the symbol protected so that it is non-preemptible but still
> exported.

"preemptible" means something different to me, and I assume we're not
using it to mean the same thing.

Can you explain it using small words that a kernel developer can
understand? :)

cheers

> [1]: https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=25500
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/851
> Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx>

> ---
>  arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/datapage.S | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/datapage.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/datapage.S
> index 217bb630f8f9..2831a8676365 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/datapage.S
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/datapage.S
> @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@
>  #include <asm/vdso_datapage.h>
>  
>  	.text
> -	.global	__kernel_datapage_offset;
> +	.global	__kernel_datapage_offset
> +	.protected	__kernel_datapage_offset
>  __kernel_datapage_offset:
>  	.long	0
>  
> -- 
> 2.25.0.341.g760bfbb309-goog