Re: [PATCH v2] x86_64: Change .weak to SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK for arch/x86/lib/mem*_64.S

[Nick Desaulniers]

+ LKML so I can find this easier to fetch via b4

On Mon, Nov 2, 2020 at 5:46 PM Nathan Chancellor
<natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 05:23:58PM -0800, 'Fangrui Song' via Clang Built Linux wrote:
> > Commit 393f203f5fd5 ("x86_64: kasan: add interceptors for
> > memset/memmove/memcpy functions") added .weak directives to
> > arch/x86/lib/mem*_64.S instead of changing the existing ENTRY macros to
> > WEAK. This can lead to the assembly snippet `.weak memcpy ... .globl
> > memcpy` which will produce a STB_WEAK memcpy with GNU as but STB_GLOBAL
> > memcpy with LLVM's integrated assembler before LLVM 12. LLVM 12 (since
> > https://reviews.llvm.org/D90108) will error on such an overridden symbol
> > binding.
> >
> > Commit ef1e03152cb0 ("x86/asm: Make some functions local") changed ENTRY in
> > arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S to SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL, which was ineffective due to
> > the preceding .weak directive.
> >
> > Use the appropriate SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK instead.
> >
> > Fixes: 393f203f5fd5 ("x86_64: kasan: add interceptors for memset/memmove/memcpy functions")
> > Fixes: ef1e03152cb0 ("x86/asm: Make some functions local")
> > Reported-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song <maskray@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> This resolves the build error I see with LLVM_IAS=1 and ToT LLVM.
>
> Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@xxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> > ---
> > Changes in v2
> > * Correct the message: SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK was not available at commit 393f203f5fd5.
> > * Mention Fixes: ef1e03152cb0
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S  | 4 +---
> >  arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S | 4 +---
> >  arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S  | 4 +---
> >  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
> > index 037faac46b0c..1e299ac73c86 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
> > @@ -16,8 +16,6 @@
> >   * to a jmp to memcpy_erms which does the REP; MOVSB mem copy.
> >   */
> >
> > -.weak memcpy
> > -
> >  /*
> >   * memcpy - Copy a memory block.
> >   *
> > @@ -30,7 +28,7 @@
> >   * rax original destination
> >   */
> >  SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(__memcpy)
> > -SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(memcpy)
> > +SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK(memcpy)
> >       ALTERNATIVE_2 "jmp memcpy_orig", "", X86_FEATURE_REP_GOOD, \
> >                     "jmp memcpy_erms", X86_FEATURE_ERMS
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
> > index 7ff00ea64e4f..41902fe8b859 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S
> > @@ -24,9 +24,7 @@
> >   * Output:
> >   * rax: dest
> >   */
> > -.weak memmove
> > -
> > -SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(memmove)
> > +SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK(memmove)
> >  SYM_FUNC_START(__memmove)
> >
> >       mov %rdi, %rax
> > diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
> > index 9ff15ee404a4..0bfd26e4ca9e 100644
> > --- a/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
> > +++ b/arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S
> > @@ -6,8 +6,6 @@
> >  #include <asm/alternative-asm.h>
> >  #include <asm/export.h>
> >
> > -.weak memset
> > -
> >  /*
> >   * ISO C memset - set a memory block to a byte value. This function uses fast
> >   * string to get better performance than the original function. The code is
> > @@ -19,7 +17,7 @@
> >   *
> >   * rax   original destination
> >   */
> > -SYM_FUNC_START_ALIAS(memset)
> > +SYM_FUNC_START_WEAK(memset)
> >  SYM_FUNC_START(__memset)
> >       /*
> >        * Some CPUs support enhanced REP MOVSB/STOSB feature. It is recommended
> > --

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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers