linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v4 4/4] objtool: fix x86 orc generation on big endian cross compiles

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Message-ID: <your-ad-here.call-01601913368-ext-6150@work.hours>
Date:   Mon, 5 Oct 2020 17:56:08 +0200
From:   Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>,
        David Laight <David.Laight@...lab.com>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        x86@...nel.org, "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>,
        Miroslav Benes <mbenes@...e.cz>,
        Alexandre Chartre <alexandre.chartre@...cle.com>,
        Julien Thierry <jthierry@...hat.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v4 4/4] objtool: fix x86 orc generation on big endian
 cross compiles

On Mon, Oct 05, 2020 at 09:03:28AM -0500, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Sun, Oct 04, 2020 at 04:30:54PM +0200, Vasily Gorbik wrote:
> > @@ -77,8 +78,9 @@ static int get_alt_entry(struct elf *elf, struct special_entry *entry,
> >  	if (entry->feature) {
> >  		unsigned short feature;
> > 
> > -		feature = *(unsigned short *)(sec->data->d_buf + offset +
> > -					      entry->feature);
> > +		feature = bswap_if_needed(*(unsigned short *)(sec->data->d_buf +
> > +							      offset +
> > +							      entry->feature));
> >  		arch_handle_alternative(feature, alt);
> >  	}
> > ---
> >  arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h              | 10 +++++
> >  tools/arch/x86/include/asm/orc_types.h        | 10 +++++
> >  .../arch/x86/include/arch_endianness.h        |  9 +++++
> 
> This patch is misformatted.  Almost like it was concatenated with
> itself?

Indeed. I wonder how that could have happened. Sorry for that. I've
resent patches with rebased patch

"objtool: avoid ../ headers includes and name clashes"

on top. This time I checked patches could be applied from outgoing
mailbox before sending it.