$(CC) is used to link powerpc vDSO #774
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[ARCH] powerpc
This bug impacts ARCH=powerpc
[BUG] linux
A bug that should be fixed in the mainline kernel.
[FIXED][LINUX] 5.19
This bug was fixed in Linux 5.19
[TOOL] lld
The issue is relevant to LLD linker
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nathanchance
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So, similar to #785 (mips) but ppc? |
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heh, I should have checked the issue tracker. Seems I'm starting to forget about open issues we have. Maybe it's time for me to do a bug scrub and reread them all. |
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I think this is causing issues because |
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This is still relevant but judging from Nick's patch series above, I think this would require a pretty significant rewrite of the PowerPC vDSO Makefiles. |
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So Christophe had mentioned that my series would crash BFD 2.26. @nathanchance mentioned an issue with ppc44x_defconfig that I was not able to reproduce. Seems like this was worked around in I've re-pinged https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/. Attached are rebased patches. |
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Christophe mentioned that the PowerPC vDSO has been reworked in -next https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/next/linux-next.git/log/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso which might make doing this a little simpler. |
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@nathanchance 's diff might be a solution here, too. |
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The PowerPC vDSO is linked with $(CC) instead of $(LD), which means the
default linker of the compiler is used instead of the linker requested
by the builder.
$ make ARCH=powerpc LLVM=1 mrproper defconfig arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/
...
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
The compiler option '-fuse-ld' tells the compiler which linker to use
when it is invoked as both the compiler and linker. Use '-fuse-ld=lld'
when LD=ld.lld has been specified (CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD) so that the vDSO is
linked with the same linker as the rest of the kernel.
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LD can be a full path to ld.lld, which will not be handled properly by
'-fuse-ld=lld' if the full path to ld.lld is outside of the compiler's
search path. '-fuse-ld' can take a path to the linker but it is
deprecated in clang 12.0.0; '--ld-path' is preferred for this scenario.
Use '--ld-path' if it is supported, as it will handle a full path or
just 'ld.lld' properly. See the LLVM commit below for the full details
of '--ld-path'.
Link: ClangBuiltLinux#774
Link: llvm/llvm-project@1bc5c84
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]>
intel-lab-lkp
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The PowerPC vDSO uses $(CC) to link, which differs from the rest of the
kernel, which uses $(LD) directly. As a result, the default linker of
the compiler is used, which may differ from the linker requested by the
builder. For example:
$ make ARCH=powerpc LLVM=1 mrproper defconfig arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/
...
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LLVM=1 sets LD=ld.lld but ld.lld is not used to link the vDSO; GNU ld is
because "ld" is the default linker for clang on most Linux platforms.
This is a problem for Clang's Link Time Optimization as implemented in
the kernel because use of GNU ld with LTO requires the LLVMgold plugin,
which is not technically supported for ld.bfd per
https://llvm.org/docs/GoldPlugin.html. Furthermore, if LLVMgold.so is
missing from a user's system, the build will fail, even though LTO as it
is implemented in the kernel requires ld.lld to avoid this dependency in
the first place.
Ultimately, the PowerPC vDSO should be converted to compiling and
linking with $(CC) and $(LD) respectively but there were issues last
time this was tried, potentially due to older but supported tool
versions. To avoid regressing GCC + binutils, use the compiler option
'-fuse-ld', which tells the compiler which linker to use when it is
invoked as both the compiler and linker. Use '-fuse-ld=lld' when
LD=ld.lld has been specified (CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD) so that the vDSO is
linked with the same linker as the rest of the kernel.
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LD can be a full path to ld.lld, which will not be handled properly by
'-fuse-ld=lld' if the full path to ld.lld is outside of the compiler's
search path. '-fuse-ld' can take a path to the linker but it is
deprecated in clang 12.0.0; '--ld-path' is preferred for this scenario.
Use '--ld-path' if it is supported, as it will handle a full path or
just 'ld.lld' properly. See the LLVM commit below for the full details
of '--ld-path'.
Link: ClangBuiltLinux#774
Link: llvm/llvm-project@1bc5c84
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]>
mpe
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this issue
May 12, 2022
The PowerPC vDSO uses $(CC) to link, which differs from the rest of the
kernel, which uses $(LD) directly. As a result, the default linker of
the compiler is used, which may differ from the linker requested by the
builder. For example:
$ make ARCH=powerpc LLVM=1 mrproper defconfig arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/
...
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LLVM=1 sets LD=ld.lld but ld.lld is not used to link the vDSO; GNU ld is
because "ld" is the default linker for clang on most Linux platforms.
This is a problem for Clang's Link Time Optimization as implemented in
the kernel because use of GNU ld with LTO requires the LLVMgold plugin,
which is not technically supported for ld.bfd per
https://llvm.org/docs/GoldPlugin.html. Furthermore, if LLVMgold.so is
missing from a user's system, the build will fail, even though LTO as it
is implemented in the kernel requires ld.lld to avoid this dependency in
the first place.
Ultimately, the PowerPC vDSO should be converted to compiling and
linking with $(CC) and $(LD) respectively but there were issues last
time this was tried, potentially due to older but supported tool
versions. To avoid regressing GCC + binutils, use the compiler option
'-fuse-ld', which tells the compiler which linker to use when it is
invoked as both the compiler and linker. Use '-fuse-ld=lld' when
LD=ld.lld has been specified (CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD) so that the vDSO is
linked with the same linker as the rest of the kernel.
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LD can be a full path to ld.lld, which will not be handled properly by
'-fuse-ld=lld' if the full path to ld.lld is outside of the compiler's
search path. '-fuse-ld' can take a path to the linker but it is
deprecated in clang 12.0.0; '--ld-path' is preferred for this scenario.
Use '--ld-path' if it is supported, as it will handle a full path or
just 'ld.lld' properly. See the LLVM commit below for the full details
of '--ld-path'.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>
Link: ClangBuiltLinux/linux#774
Link: llvm/llvm-project@1bc5c84
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
mpe
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to linuxppc/linux-ci
that referenced
this issue
May 18, 2022
The PowerPC vDSO uses $(CC) to link, which differs from the rest of the
kernel, which uses $(LD) directly. As a result, the default linker of
the compiler is used, which may differ from the linker requested by the
builder. For example:
$ make ARCH=powerpc LLVM=1 mrproper defconfig arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/
...
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LLVM=1 sets LD=ld.lld but ld.lld is not used to link the vDSO; GNU ld is
because "ld" is the default linker for clang on most Linux platforms.
This is a problem for Clang's Link Time Optimization as implemented in
the kernel because use of GNU ld with LTO requires the LLVMgold plugin,
which is not technically supported for ld.bfd per
https://llvm.org/docs/GoldPlugin.html. Furthermore, if LLVMgold.so is
missing from a user's system, the build will fail, even though LTO as it
is implemented in the kernel requires ld.lld to avoid this dependency in
the first place.
Ultimately, the PowerPC vDSO should be converted to compiling and
linking with $(CC) and $(LD) respectively but there were issues last
time this was tried, potentially due to older but supported tool
versions. To avoid regressing GCC + binutils, use the compiler option
'-fuse-ld', which tells the compiler which linker to use when it is
invoked as both the compiler and linker. Use '-fuse-ld=lld' when
LD=ld.lld has been specified (CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD) so that the vDSO is
linked with the same linker as the rest of the kernel.
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LD can be a full path to ld.lld, which will not be handled properly by
'-fuse-ld=lld' if the full path to ld.lld is outside of the compiler's
search path. '-fuse-ld' can take a path to the linker but it is
deprecated in clang 12.0.0; '--ld-path' is preferred for this scenario.
Use '--ld-path' if it is supported, as it will handle a full path or
just 'ld.lld' properly. See the LLVM commit below for the full details
of '--ld-path'.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>
Link: ClangBuiltLinux/linux#774
Link: llvm/llvm-project@1bc5c84
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
mpe
pushed a commit
to linuxppc/linux-ci
that referenced
this issue
May 19, 2022
The PowerPC vDSO uses $(CC) to link, which differs from the rest of the
kernel, which uses $(LD) directly. As a result, the default linker of
the compiler is used, which may differ from the linker requested by the
builder. For example:
$ make ARCH=powerpc LLVM=1 mrproper defconfig arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/
...
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LLVM=1 sets LD=ld.lld but ld.lld is not used to link the vDSO; GNU ld is
because "ld" is the default linker for clang on most Linux platforms.
This is a problem for Clang's Link Time Optimization as implemented in
the kernel because use of GNU ld with LTO requires the LLVMgold plugin,
which is not technically supported for ld.bfd per
https://llvm.org/docs/GoldPlugin.html. Furthermore, if LLVMgold.so is
missing from a user's system, the build will fail, even though LTO as it
is implemented in the kernel requires ld.lld to avoid this dependency in
the first place.
Ultimately, the PowerPC vDSO should be converted to compiling and
linking with $(CC) and $(LD) respectively but there were issues last
time this was tried, potentially due to older but supported tool
versions. To avoid regressing GCC + binutils, use the compiler option
'-fuse-ld', which tells the compiler which linker to use when it is
invoked as both the compiler and linker. Use '-fuse-ld=lld' when
LD=ld.lld has been specified (CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD) so that the vDSO is
linked with the same linker as the rest of the kernel.
$ llvm-readelf -p .comment arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso{32,64}.so.dbg
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso32.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
File: arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/vdso64.so.dbg
String dump of section '.comment':
[ 0] Linker: LLD 14.0.0
[ 14] clang version 14.0.0 (Fedora 14.0.0-1.fc37)
LD can be a full path to ld.lld, which will not be handled properly by
'-fuse-ld=lld' if the full path to ld.lld is outside of the compiler's
search path. '-fuse-ld' can take a path to the linker but it is
deprecated in clang 12.0.0; '--ld-path' is preferred for this scenario.
Use '--ld-path' if it is supported, as it will handle a full path or
just 'ld.lld' properly. See the LLVM commit below for the full details
of '--ld-path'.
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]>
Tested-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]>
Reviewed-by: Alexey Kardashevskiy <[email protected]>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <[email protected]>
Link: ClangBuiltLinux/linux#774
Link: llvm/llvm-project@1bc5c84
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
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nathanchance
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[FIXED][LINUX] 5.19
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Anything to update in our CI (such as previously disabled builds to re-enable)? Anything for #1601? |
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No, #1601 impacts using |
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This means that
ld.lldmight not be used (see #342 for more background).https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.3.12/source/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
https://elixir.bootlin.com/linux/v5.3.12/source/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso64/Makefile
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