Re: [PATCH 2/3] kbuild: enable objtool for *.mod.o and additional kernel objects

[Nathan Chancellor]

Hi Masahiro,

On Thu, Nov 14, 2024 at 08:45:22AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Currently, objtool is disabled in scripts/Makefile.{modfinal,vmlinux}.
> 
> This commit moves rule_cc_o_c and rule_as_o_S to scripts/Makefile.lib
> and set objtool-enabled to y there.
> 
> With this change, *.mod.o, .module-common.o,  builtin-dtb.o, and
> vmlinux.export.o will now be covered by objtool.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

I am seeing some build failures when LTO is enabled with this change in
-next as commit d8d3f6c6690c ("kbuild: enable objtool for *.mod.o and
additional kernel objects").

  $ printf 'CONFIG_LTO_%s\n' NONE=n CLANG_THIN=y >kernel/configs/thinlto.config

  $ make -skj"$(nproc)" ARCH=x86_64 LLVM=1 mrproper {def,thinlto.}config all
  ...
  .vmlinux.export.o: warning: objtool: gelf_getehdr: invalid `Elf' handle
  make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.vmlinux:13: .vmlinux.export.o] Error 1
  ...

When LTO is enabled, these files are LLVM bitcode, not ELF, so objtool
can't process them:

  $ file .vmlinux.export.o
  .vmlinux.export.o: LLVM IR bitcode

Cheers,
Nathan