Re: [PATCH] riscv: add correct as-options for assembly in modules

[Bin Meng]

On Fri, Jul 16, 2021 at 11:33 PM Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On 16/07/2021 11:44, Bin Meng wrote:
> > On Tue, Jul 13, 2021 at 2:28 AM Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >>
> >> When trying to load modules built for riscv which include assembly
> >
> > nits: RISC-V
> >
> >> the kernel loader errors with "unexpected relocation type 'R_RISCV_ALIGN'"
> >> due to R_RISCV_ALIGN relocations being generated by the assembler.
> >>
> >> In commit 7a8e7da42250138 ("RISC-V: Fixes to module loading")
> >> the fix for gcc adds -mno-relax to the command line when building
> >> C files. However this was never applied to assembly flags, and gcc
> >> does no pass -mno-relax to gas when presented with a .S file.
> >
> > does not pass
>
> I'll see if I can make this simpler. Should this get done for a v2?
>

Yes, please send v2.

> > FYI
> >
> > The GCC bug was fixed recently via:
> > https://github.com/gcc-mirror/gcc/commit/3b0a7d624e64eeb81e4d5e8c62c46d86ef521857
>
> thanks, I think it still useful to fix this in the kernel.
>
> >>
> >> The fix (other than making gcc always pass -mno-relax to gas) is
> >> to add -Wa,-mno-relax to gcc to make sure the as is invoked with
> >> the right options.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Ben Dooks <ben.dooks@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >> ---
> >>   arch/riscv/Makefile | 1 +
> >>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> >>
> >
> > Otherwise,
> > Reviewed-by: Bin Meng <bmeng.cn@xxxxxxxxx>

Regards,
Bin