Re: [PATCH] x86: work around clang IAS bug referencing __force_order

[Sedat Dilek]

On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 5:28 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Sat, Aug 15, 2020 at 2:27 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 3:57 PM Nick Desaulniers
> > <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 2:19 PM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > On Fri, Aug 14, 2020 at 7:29 PM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Thanks for the proposal.
> > > > >
> > > > > I have adapted it to fit my patchset against Linux v5.8.
> > > > >
> > > > > Both Debian's GCC-10 and a snapshot version of LLVM toolchain
> > > > > v11.0.0-rc1+ seems to be OK.
> > > > >
> > > >
> > > > Yupp, OK.
> > > >
> > > > I was able to boot FreeDOS 1.2 VM in VirtualBox GUI.
> > >
> > > Hi Sedat,
> > > Apologies, but it's not clear to me precisely which patch you tested.
> > > Can you please confirm whether you tested:
> > > 1. Arnd's patch that started this thread.
> > > 2. My proposed diff adding -fno-addrsig to CFLAGS_powernow-k6.o.
> > > 3. My proposed diff removing __force_order from the kernel.
> > >
> > > I'm hoping you were referring to testing 3., but it's not clear to me.
> >
> > Ah, sorry, I missed your comment on github:
> > https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1120#issuecomment-674282107
> >
> > Ok, I will look at more disassembly next week and hopefully have a
> > patch ready, with your tested by tag.
> >
>
> Sorry for not being precise - I tested with solution (3.).
> Later I added the diff I used as mentioned in your above comment.
>
> See [1]:
>
> > In a 2nd run building with a selfmade clang-11 and LLVM "bin"utils is fine, too.
>
> I cannot say much to older versions of GCC and/or LLVM/Clang if
> removing "__force_order" works fine.
>
> Another (4.) solution:
> Sami tried successfully by adding "__weak" declaration with
> CONFIG_LKDTM=m (see [2]).
> I am OK if this works, too.
>
> Please, see my attachments.
>
> - Sedat -
>
> [1] https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1120#issuecomment-674340760
> [2] https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1120#issuecomment-674182703

Unfortunately, the diff from Sami does not work together with Arvind's
patchset...

x86/boot: Remove run-time relocations from compressed kernel

...which got included in <tip.git#x86/boot> recently.

I see the following:

  ld.lld-11 -m elf_x86_64  -pie  --no-dynamic-linker -T
arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.lds
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kernel_info.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/head_64.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/string.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/cmdline.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/error.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/piggy.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/cpuflags.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/early_serial_console.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/kaslr_64.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/mem_encrypt.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/pgtable_64.o arch/x86/boot/compressed/acpi.o
arch/x86/boot/compressed/efi_thunk_64.o
drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a -o arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux
ld.lld-11: error: Unexpected GOT entries detected!
ld.lld-11: error: Unexpected run-time relocations detected!
ld.lld-11: error: Unexpected GOT entries detected!
ld.lld-11: error: Unexpected run-time relocations detected!
make[5]: *** [arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile:91:
arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux] Error 1

When you need further informations, please let me know.

- Sedat -

[1] https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1120#issuecomment-674182703