linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v7 15/17] KVM: arm64: disable LTO for the nVHE directory

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Message-ID: <20201123102149.ogl642tw234qod62@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 23 Nov 2020 10:21:49 +0000
From:   David Brazdil <dbrazdil@...gle.com>
To:     Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Steven Rostedt <rostedt@...dmis.org>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com,
        kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-arch@...r.kernel.org,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v7 15/17] KVM: arm64: disable LTO for the nVHE directory

Hey Sami,

On Wed, Nov 18, 2020 at 02:07:29PM -0800, Sami Tolvanen wrote:
> We use objcopy to manipulate ELF binaries for the nVHE code,
> which fails with LTO as the compiler produces LLVM bitcode
> instead. Disable LTO for this code to allow objcopy to be used.

We now partially link the nVHE code (generating machine code) before objcopy,
so I think you should be able to drop this patch now. Tried building your
branch without it, ran a couple of unit tests and all seems fine.

David