linux-kernel - Re: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools, x86: Fix 32-bit compile on 64-bit system

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Date:	Thu, 21 Jul 2011 09:07:07 -0700
From:	"H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To:	mingo@...hat.com, hpa@...or.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	fweisbec@...il.com, a.p.zijlstra@...llo.nl, stable@...nel.org,
	dsahern@...il.com, tglx@...utronix.de, mingo@...e.hu
CC:	linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [tip:perf/urgent] perf tools, x86: Fix 32-bit compile on 64-bit
 system

On 07/21/2011 08:36 AM, tip-bot for David Ahern wrote:
> Commit-ID:  08a4a43fc407d780bdde36d98f89c0dbb2a6be6b
> Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/08a4a43fc407d780bdde36d98f89c0dbb2a6be6b
> Author:     David Ahern <dsahern@...il.com>
> AuthorDate: Mon, 11 Jul 2011 15:38:24 -0600
> Committer:  Ingo Molnar <mingo@...e.hu>
> CommitDate: Thu, 21 Jul 2011 13:42:30 +0200
> 
> perf tools, x86: Fix 32-bit compile on 64-bit system
> 
> Builds for 32-bit perf binaries on a 64-bit host currently fail
> with this error:
> 
>  [...]
>  bench/../../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S: Assembler messages:
>  bench/../../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S:29: Error: bad register name `%rdi'
>  bench/../../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S:34: Error: invalid instruction suffix for `movs'
>  bench/../../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S:50: Error: bad register name `%rdi'
>  bench/../../../arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S:61: Error: bad register name `%rdi'
>  ...
> 
> The problem is the detection of the host arch without considering passed in
> flags. This change fixes 32-bit builds via:
> 
> make EXTRA_CFLAGS=-m32
> 
> and 64-bit builds still reference the memcpy_64.S.
> 

But this is the wrong way to build 32-bit code on 64-bit platforms.
make ARCH=i386 is the supported way.

	-hpa

-- 
H. Peter Anvin, Intel Open Source Technology Center
I work for Intel.  I don't speak on their behalf.

--
To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in
the body of a message to majordomo@...r.kernel.org
More majordomo info at  http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
Please read the FAQ at  http://www.tux.org/lkml/