Re: arm-linux-gnueabihf-ld: kernel/rcu/update.o:update.c:(.text+0x1cc4): more undefined references to `__bad_cmpxchg' follow

From: Nathan Chancellor
Date: Thu May 30 2024 - 19:31:01 EST


On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 03:05:21PM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 02:52:48PM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> > On Thu, May 30, 2024 at 10:24:05AM -0700, Paul E. McKenney wrote:
> > > And for an untested first attempt at a fix.
> > >
> > > What did I mess up this time? ;-)
> >
> > An include for cmpxchg-emu.h ;)
> >
> > In file included from arch/arm/include/asm/atomic.h:16,
> > from include/linux/atomic.h:7,
> > from include/asm-generic/bitops/lock.h:5,
> > from arch/arm/include/asm/bitops.h:245,
> > from include/linux/bitops.h:63,
> > from include/linux/log2.h:12,
> > from kernel/bounds.c:13:
> > arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h: In function '__cmpxchg':
> > arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h:167:26: error: implicit declaration of function 'cmpxchg_emu_u8' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
> > 167 | oldval = cmpxchg_emu_u8((volatile u8 *)ptr, old, new);
> > | ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> > cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
>
> Good catch, and thank you for testing this! Does the updated version
> shown below do better?

Yes, that matches what I tested locally before I replied initially.

Thanks for the quick fix!

Cheers,
Nathan

> Thanx, Paul
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> commit 74e3470afacaa9d2f37db4773a5fef887ac4ef56
> Author: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Thu May 30 10:11:31 2024 -0700
>
> ARM: Emulate one-byte cmpxchg
>
> Use the new cmpxchg_emu_u8() to emulate one-byte cmpxchg() on ARM systems
> with ARCH < ARMv6K.
>
> [ paulmck: Apply Arnd Bergmann and Nathan Chancellor feedback. ]
>
> Reported-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/54798f68-48f7-4c65-9cba-47c0bf175143@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/CA+G9fYuZ+pf6p8AXMZWtdFtX-gbG8HMaBKp=XbxcdzA_QeLkxQ@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Signed-off-by: Paul E. McKenney <paulmck@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: "Russell King (Oracle)" <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Davis <afd@xxxxxx>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Eric DeVolder <eric.devolder@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: Rob Herring <robh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> index ee5115252aac4..a867a7d967aa5 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
> +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
> @@ -34,6 +34,7 @@ config ARM
> select ARCH_MIGHT_HAVE_PC_PARPORT
> select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX if ARCH_HAS_STRICT_KERNEL_RWX
> select ARCH_OPTIONAL_KERNEL_RWX_DEFAULT if CPU_V7
> + select ARCH_NEED_CMPXCHG_1_EMU if CPU_V6
> select ARCH_SUPPORTS_ATOMIC_RMW
> select ARCH_SUPPORTS_CFI_CLANG
> select ARCH_SUPPORTS_HUGETLBFS if ARM_LPAE
> diff --git a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> index 44667bdb4707a..a428e06fe94ee 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> +++ b/arch/arm/include/asm/cmpxchg.h
> @@ -5,6 +5,7 @@
> #include <linux/irqflags.h>
> #include <linux/prefetch.h>
> #include <asm/barrier.h>
> +#include <linux/cmpxchg-emu.h>
>
> #if defined(CONFIG_CPU_SA1100) || defined(CONFIG_CPU_SA110)
> /*
> @@ -162,7 +163,11 @@ static inline unsigned long __cmpxchg(volatile void *ptr, unsigned long old,
> prefetchw((const void *)ptr);
>
> switch (size) {
> -#ifndef CONFIG_CPU_V6 /* min ARCH >= ARMv6K */
> +#ifdef CONFIG_CPU_V6 /* min ARCH < ARMv6K */
> + case 1:
> + oldval = cmpxchg_emu_u8((volatile u8 *)ptr, old, new);
> + break;
> +#else /* min ARCH >= ARMv6K */
> case 1:
> do {
> asm volatile("@ __cmpxchg1\n"