Re: [PATCH 0/3] modpost: work around unaligned data access
From: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz
Date: Fri Dec 27 2024 - 08:31:46 EST
Hi Masahiro,
On Thu, 2024-12-26 at 22:55 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > I have just applied this series against Linus' tree and I can confirm that it fixes the
> > unalignment access anymore on sparc64. There is no more "Bus error" and the build succeeds.
> >
> > Tested-by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
> Thanks for the compile test.
>
> Loadable modules (*.ko files) are relocatable ELF.
> So, there is no alignment in *.ko files any more
> if the latest binutils is used.
>
> Just in case, I did run-tests for arm and arm64.
> Even if there is no alignment in *.ko files,
> I confirmed that the kernel can load modules.
>
> If you have time, please run-test and
> double-check loadable modules are working.
I have just verified that. I applied your series against v6.13-rc4 and can confirm
that module loading works without any issues on sparc64. Tested on SPARC T5 LDOM.
So, please extend my Tested-By to both compile and runtime testing on sparc64.
Tested-by: John Paul Adrian Glaubitz <glaubitz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Adrian
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