Re: [mark:arm64/kcsan 11/13] ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: __tsan_atomic64_fetch_add

[Marco Elver]

On Thu, Sep 30, 2021 at 05:48AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> tree:   https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mark/linux.git arm64/kcsan
> head:   4fe9d6c2ef85257d80291086e4514eaaebd3504e
> commit: f5bc7f69b328f00a6accd9a11f5981d2d0c11cb5 [11/13] kcsan: remove atomic builtin support
> config: x86_64-randconfig-a011-20210929 (attached as .config)
> compiler: clang version 14.0.0 (https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project dc6e8dfdfe7efecfda318d43a06fae18b40eb498)
> reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
>         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         # https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mark/linux.git/commit/?id=f5bc7f69b328f00a6accd9a11f5981d2d0c11cb5
>         git remote add mark https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/mark/linux.git
>         git fetch --no-tags mark arm64/kcsan
>         git checkout f5bc7f69b328f00a6accd9a11f5981d2d0c11cb5
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         mkdir build_dir
>         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang make.cross W=1 O=build_dir ARCH=x86_64 SHELL=/bin/bash
> 
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> 
> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> 
> >> ld.lld: error: undefined symbol: __tsan_atomic64_fetch_add
>    >>> referenced by initcall.h:10 (include/trace/events/initcall.h:10)
>    >>>               main.o:(__traceiter_initcall_level) in archive init/built-in.a
>    >>> referenced by initcall.h:10 (include/trace/events/initcall.h:10)
>    >>>               main.o:(__traceiter_initcall_level) in archive init/built-in.a
>    >>> referenced by initcall.h:10 (include/trace/events/initcall.h:10)
>    >>>               main.o:(__traceiter_initcall_level) in archive init/built-in.a
>    >>> referenced 744943 more times

This was another reason why I added the __tsan_atomic instrumentation
calls -- to avoid chasing the odd driver or however this happened using
builtin atomics and the blame always falling on KCSAN. ;-)

This happened more than once, and I just got frustrated and added them,
also in preparation of other odd arches wanting it. I think KCSAN isn't
meant to be the do-not-use-atomic-builtins linter.

If you can somehow keep them, I would prefer that, just to avoid going
back to a world where I have to chase the odd builtin atomic user after
they broke the KCSAN build.

Would a $(call cc-option,-mno-outline-atomics) help?

--- a/kernel/kcsan/Makefile
+++ b/kernel/kcsan/Makefile
@@ -8,7 +8,8 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_debugfs.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
 CFLAGS_REMOVE_report.o = $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE)
 
 CFLAGS_core.o := $(call cc-option,-fno-conserve-stack) \
-	-fno-stack-protector -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
+	-fno-stack-protector -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING \
+	$(call cc-option,-mno-outline-atomics)
 
 obj-y := core.o debugfs.o report.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_KCSAN_SELFTEST) += selftest.o

A quick test with a compiler version which generated outline
atomics suggests that this works.

Thanks,
-- Marco