Re: [PATCH v2] arm64: Handle .ARM.attributes section in linker scripts

[Will Deacon]

Hi Nathan,

On Tue, Feb 04, 2025 at 10:48:55AM -0700, Nathan Chancellor wrote:
> A recent LLVM commit [1] started generating an .ARM.attributes section
> similar to the one that exists for 32-bit, which results in orphan
> section warnings (or errors if CONFIG_WERROR is enabled) from the linker
> because it is not handled in the arm64 linker scripts.
> 
>   ld.lld: error: arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgettimeofday.o:(.ARM.attributes) is being placed in '.ARM.attributes'
>   ld.lld: error: arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vgetrandom.o:(.ARM.attributes) is being placed in '.ARM.attributes'
> 
>   ld.lld: error: vmlinux.a(lib/vsprintf.o):(.ARM.attributes) is being placed in '.ARM.attributes'
>   ld.lld: error: vmlinux.a(lib/win_minmax.o):(.ARM.attributes) is being placed in '.ARM.attributes'
>   ld.lld: error: vmlinux.a(lib/xarray.o):(.ARM.attributes) is being placed in '.ARM.attributes'
> 
> Discard the new sections in the necessary linker scripts to resolve the
> warnings, as the kernel and vDSO do not need to retain it, similar to
> the .note.gnu.property section.
> 
> Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Fixes: b3e5d80d0c48 ("arm64/build: Warn on orphan section placement")
> Link: https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/ee99c4d4845db66c4daa2373352133f4b237c942 [1]
> Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Discard the section instead of adding it to the final artifacts to
>   mirror the .note.gnu.property section handling (Will).

Thanks for the v2. Just a minor nit:

> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250124-arm64-handle-arm-attributes-in-linker-script-v1-1-74135b6cf349@xxxxxxxxxx
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S | 1 +
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S   | 1 +
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> index 4ec32e86a8da..8095fef66209 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
> @@ -80,6 +80,7 @@ SECTIONS
>  		*(.data .data.* .gnu.linkonce.d.* .sdata*)
>  		*(.bss .sbss .dynbss .dynsbss)
>  		*(.eh_frame .eh_frame_hdr)
> +		*(.ARM.attributes)
>  	}

Can we chuck this in the earlier /DISCARD/ section along with
.note.gnu.property? i.e.


diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
index 4ec32e86a8da..47ad6944f9f0 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
+++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/vdso.lds.S
@@ -41,6 +41,7 @@ SECTIONS
         */
        /DISCARD/       : {
                *(.note.GNU-stack .note.gnu.property)
+               *(.ARM.attributes)
        }
        .note           : { *(.note.*) }                :text   :note


Will