linux-kernel - Re: [tip: objtool/core] x86/insn: Support big endian cross-compiles

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Date:   Wed, 14 Oct 2020 16:28:59 +0900
From:   Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-tip-commits@...r.kernel.org,
        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>,
        Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>, x86 <x86@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [tip: objtool/core] x86/insn: Support big endian cross-compiles

On Mon, 12 Oct 2020 10:39:49 -0500
Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 12, 2020 at 09:12:36AM +0900, Masami Hiramatsu wrote:
> > On Sat, 10 Oct 2020 12:44:15 -0500
> > Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com> wrote:
> > 
> > > On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 10:49:21PM +0200, Borislav Petkov wrote:
> > > > On Fri, Oct 09, 2020 at 10:38:22PM +0200, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> > > > > On Wed, Oct 07, 2020 at 04:20:19PM -0000, tip-bot2 for Martin Schwidefsky wrote:
> > > > > > The following commit has been merged into the objtool/core branch of tip:
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Commit-ID:     2a522b53c47051d3bf98748418f4f8e5f20d2c04
> > > > > > Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/2a522b53c47051d3bf98748418f4f8e5f20d2c04
> > > > > > Author:        Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
> > > > > > AuthorDate:    Mon, 05 Oct 2020 17:50:31 +02:00
> > > > > > Committer:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> > > > > > CommitterDate: Tue, 06 Oct 2020 09:32:29 -05:00
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > x86/insn: Support big endian cross-compiles
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > x86 instruction decoder code is shared across the kernel source and the
> > > > > > tools. Currently objtool seems to be the only tool from build tools needed
> > > > > > which breaks x86 cross compilation on big endian systems. Make the x86
> > > > > > instruction decoder build host endianness agnostic to support x86 cross
> > > > > > compilation and enable objtool to implement endianness awareness for
> > > > > > big endian architectures support.
> > > > > > 
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@...ibm.com>
> > > > > > Co-developed-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Vasily Gorbik <gor@...ux.ibm.com>
> > > > > > Acked-by: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
> > > > > 
> > > > > This commit breaks the x86 build with CONFIG_X86_DECODER_SELFTEST=y.
> > > > > 
> > > > > I've asked Boris to truncate tip/objtool/core.
> > > > 
> > > > Yeah, top 4 are gone until this is resolved.
> > > 
> > > Masami, I wonder if we even need these selftests anymore?  Objtool
> > > already decodes the entire kernel.
> > 
> > No, they have different roles. The selftest checks if the decoder
> > works correctly by comparing with the output of objdump.
> > 
> > As far as I can see, the objtool relies on the sanity of the decoder
> > (it trusts the output of the decoder).
> 
> Ok.  I wonder if we should move the decoder selftest to the 'tools'
> subdirectory.

It is in the arch/x86/tools, so it is already in a kind of tools :)
But yeah, it was considered to be used only on x86. But if someone
start trying to run it on non-x86, cross compiling, we need to
reconsider that.

Thank you,

-- 
Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@...nel.org>