Re: [PATCH v6 4/4] risc/purgatory: Add linker script

From: Ricardo Ribalda
Date: Mon May 01 2023 - 13:37:07 EST


Hi Conor

Fixed on my branch
https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/ribalda/linux.git/commit/?h=b4/kexec_clang16&id=1e9cda9fa638cc72581986f60b490cc069a38f75


Will submit a new version after a while :)

Thanks!

On Mon, 1 May 2023 at 19:28, Conor Dooley <conor@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Mon, May 01, 2023 at 07:18:12PM +0200, Ricardo Ribalda wrote:
> > On Mon, 1 May 2023 at 18:19, Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Mon, May 1, 2023 at 5:39 AM Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > If PGO is enabled, the purgatory ends up with multiple .text sections.
> > > > This is not supported by kexec and crashes the system.
> > > >
> > > > Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > > > Fixes: 930457057abe ("kernel/kexec_file.c: split up __kexec_load_puragory")
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ricardo Ribalda <ribalda@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > Hi Ricardo,
> > > Thanks for the series. Does this patch 4/4 need a new online commit
> > > description? It's not adding a linker script (maybe an earlier version
> > > was).
>
> > Thanks for catching this. It should have said
> >
> > risc/purgatory: Remove profile optimization flags
> ^^
> Perhaps with the omitted v added too?
>
> Also while playing the $subject nitpicking game, is it not called
> "profile**-guided** optimisation" (and ditto in the comments)?
>
> Cheers,
> Conor.
>
> > Will fix it on my local branch in case there is a next version of the
> > series. Otherwise, please the maintainer fix the subject.
>
> > > > ---
> > > > arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile | 5 +++++
> > > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile b/arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile
> > > > index 5730797a6b40..cf3a44121a90 100644
> > > > --- a/arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile
> > > > +++ b/arch/riscv/purgatory/Makefile
> > > > @@ -35,6 +35,11 @@ CFLAGS_sha256.o := -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
> > > > CFLAGS_string.o := -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
> > > > CFLAGS_ctype.o := -D__DISABLE_EXPORTS
> > > >
> > > > +# When profile optimization is enabled, llvm emits two different overlapping
> > > > +# text sections, which is not supported by kexec. Remove profile optimization
> > > > +# flags.
> > > > +KBUILD_CFLAGS := $(filter-out -fprofile-sample-use=% -fprofile-use=%,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
> > > > +
> > > > # When linking purgatory.ro with -r unresolved symbols are not checked,
> > > > # also link a purgatory.chk binary without -r to check for unresolved symbols.
> > > > PURGATORY_LDFLAGS := -e purgatory_start -z nodefaultlib
> > > >
> > > > --
> > > > 2.40.1.495.gc816e09b53d-goog
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Thanks,
> > > ~Nick Desaulniers
> >
> >
> >
> > --
> > Ricardo Ribalda
> >
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Ricardo Ribalda