Re: [PATCH v2] riscv: fix vdso build with lld

[Palmer Dabbelt]

On Wed, 15 Apr 2020 07:29:58 PDT (-0700), ilie.halip@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
> When building with the LLVM linker this error occurrs:
>     LD      arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/vdso-syms.o
>   ld.lld: error: no input files
>
> This happens because the lld treats -R as an alias to -rpath, as opposed
> to ld where -R means --just-symbols.
>
> Use the long option name for compatibility between the two.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/805
> Reported-by: Dmitry Golovin <dima@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Ilie Halip <ilie.halip@xxxxxxxxx>
>
> ---
> Changed in v2:
>   * a comment line dropped, another one slightly reworded
>   * added Nick's Reviewed-by
> ---
>  arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile | 6 +++---
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> index 33b16f4212f7..a4ee3a0e7d20 100644
> --- a/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> @@ -33,15 +33,15 @@ $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg: $(src)/vdso.lds $(obj-vdso) FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,vdsold)
>
>  # We also create a special relocatable object that should mirror the symbol
> -# table and layout of the linked DSO.  With ld -R we can then refer to
> -# these symbols in the kernel code rather than hand-coded addresses.
> +# table and layout of the linked DSO. With ld --just-symbols we can then
> +# refer to these symbols in the kernel code rather than hand-coded addresses.
>
>  SYSCFLAGS_vdso.so.dbg = -shared -s -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso.so.1 \
>  	-Wl,--build-id -Wl,--hash-style=both
>  $(obj)/vdso-dummy.o: $(src)/vdso.lds $(obj)/rt_sigreturn.o FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,vdsold)
>
> -LDFLAGS_vdso-syms.o := -r -R
> +LDFLAGS_vdso-syms.o := -r --just-symbols
>  $(obj)/vdso-syms.o: $(obj)/vdso-dummy.o FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,ld)

Thanks, this is on fixes.