Re: [PATCH 6.7 000/707] 6.7.11-rc2 review

[Sami Tolvanen]

On Mon, Mar 25, 2024 at 11:43:48AM -0600, Daniel Díaz wrote:
> Hello!
> 
> On 25/03/24 6:00 a. m., Sasha Levin wrote:
> > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 6.7.11 release.
> > There are 707 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
> > to this one.  If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
> > let me know.
> > 
> > Responses should be made by Wed Mar 27 12:00:02 PM UTC 2024.
> > Anything received after that time might be too late.
> > 
> > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
> >          https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git/patch/?id=linux-6.7.y&id2=v6.7.10
> > or in the git tree and branch at:
> >          git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-6.7.y
> > and the diffstat can be found below.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > Sasha
> 
> We see *lots* of new warnings in RISC-V with Clang 17. Here's one:
> 
> -----8<-----
>   /builds/linux/mm/oom_kill.c:1195:1: warning: unused function '___se_sys_process_mrelease' [-Wunused-function]
>    1195 | SYSCALL_DEFINE2(process_mrelease, int, pidfd, unsigned int, flags)
>         | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   /builds/linux/include/linux/syscalls.h:221:36: note: expanded from macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINE2'
>     221 | #define SYSCALL_DEFINE2(name, ...) SYSCALL_DEFINEx(2, _##name, __VA_ARGS__)
>         |                                    ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   /builds/linux/include/linux/syscalls.h:231:2: note: expanded from macro 'SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
>     231 |         __SYSCALL_DEFINEx(x, sname, __VA_ARGS__)
>         |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   /builds/linux/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h:81:2: note: expanded from macro '__SYSCALL_DEFINEx'
>      81 |         __SYSCALL_SE_DEFINEx(x, sys, name, __VA_ARGS__)                         \
>         |         ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   /builds/linux/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h:40:14: note: expanded from macro '__SYSCALL_SE_DEFINEx'
>      40 |         static long ___se_##prefix##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__))
>         |                     ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   <scratch space>:30:1: note: expanded from here
>      30 | ___se_sys_process_mrelease
>         | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>   1 warning generated.
> ----->8-----

Yup, I can reproduce this with ToT Clang. It looks like the alias
isn't sufficient for Clang and we need to add an explicit __used
attribute. Can you confirm if this patch fixes the issue for you?

diff --git a/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h b/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
index 980094c2e976..ac80216549ff 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
+++ b/arch/riscv/include/asm/syscall_wrapper.h
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ asmlinkage long __riscv_sys_ni_syscall(const struct pt_regs *);
                                        ulong)                                          \
                        __attribute__((alias(__stringify(___se_##prefix##name))));      \
        __diag_pop();                                                                   \
-       static long noinline ___se_##prefix##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__));      \
+       static long noinline ___se_##prefix##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__))       \
+                       __used;                                                         \
        static long ___se_##prefix##name(__MAP(x,__SC_LONG,__VA_ARGS__))


Palmer, how do you want to handle the fix? Should I send this as a
proper patch?

Sami