linux-kernel - Re: arm64 kvm built with clang doesn't boot

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Date:   Fri, 16 Mar 2018 14:13:31 +0000
From:   Marc Zyngier <marc.zyngier@....com>
To:     Andrey Konovalov <andreyknvl@...gle.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Stephen Hines <srhines@...gle.com>,
        Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
        Christoffer Dall <christoffer.dall@...aro.org>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Linux ARM <linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org>,
        kvmarm@...ts.cs.columbia.edu, LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>
Cc:     kernel-dynamic-tools <kernel-dynamic-tools@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: arm64 kvm built with clang doesn't boot

Hi Andrey,

On 16/03/18 13:49, Andrey Konovalov wrote:
> Hi!
> 
> I've recently tried to boot clang built kernel on real hardware
> (Odroid C2 board) instead of using a VM. The issue that I stumbled
> upon is that arm64 kvm built with clang doesn't boot.
> 
> Adding -fno-jump-tables compiler flag to arch/arm64/kvm/* helps. There
> was a patch some time ago that did exactly that
> (https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/10060381/), but it wasn't accepted
> AFAICT (see the discussion on that thread).

I wasn't aware of that discussion, but this is indeed quite annoying.
Note that you should be able to restrict this to arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/*
and virt/kvm/arm/hyp/*.

> What would be the best way to get this fixed?

Ideally, I'd like to see is a way to stick to PC-relative addressing
within a compilation unit.

> I've also had to disable CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL to get the kernel boot
> (even without kvm enabled), but that might be a different (though
> related) issue.

That's quite bizarre. Does clang has the equivalent of "asm goto"? Or do
you rely on reading a variable to decide whether or not to branch?

Thanks,

	M.
-- 
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