Re: [bisected] clang 15 built kernel fails to boot, stuck at "Loading Linux 6.1.1 ...", gcc 12 built kernel with same config boots fine

From: Linux kernel regression tracking (#adding)
Date: Thu Jan 19 2023 - 09:47:26 EST


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On 19.01.23 02:23, Erhard F. wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I did a kernel bisect for an issue I originally posted on https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1774
>
> It is about kernel 6.1.x not booting on my machines when built with clang. A gcc built kernel with the same config just works fine. Turns out kernel v6.2-rc4 and earlier v6.2-rc are still affected.
>
> I did a kernel bisect which revealed this commit:
>
> # git bisect bad
> 706460a96fc654e80b6bed1f562b00d2ce9f2f4d is the first bad commit
> commit 706460a96fc654e80b6bed1f562b00d2ce9f2f4d
> Author: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu Aug 11 17:59:51 2022 +0530
>
> perf/x86/amd/core: Add generic branch record interfaces
>
> AMD processors that are capable of recording branches support either Branch
> Sampling (BRS) or Last Branch Record (LBR). In preparation for adding Last
> Branch Record Extension Version 2 (LbrExtV2) support, introduce new static
> calls which act as gateways to call into the feature-dependent functions
> based on what is available on the processor.
>
> Signed-off-by: Sandipan Das <sandipan.das@xxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/b75dbc32663cb395f0d701167e952c6a6b0445a3.1660211399.git.sandipan.das@xxxxxxx
>
> arch/x86/events/amd/core.c | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++------------
> 1 file changed, 22 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)
>
>
> For more details please have a look at https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1774

Thanks for the report. To be sure the issue doesn't fall through the
cracks unnoticed, I'm adding it to regzbot, the Linux kernel regression
tracking bot:

#regzbot introduced 706460a96fc654e80b6be ^
https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1774
#regzbot title perf/x86/amd/core: clang 15 built kernel fails to boot
#regzbot ignore-activity

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