linux-kernel - [PATCH] kbuild: avoid static

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Date:   Fri,  4 Dec 2020 00:09:44 +0100
From:   Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...nel.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Cc:     Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>, stable@...r.kernel.org,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Rikard Falkeborn <rikard.falkeborn@...il.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: avoid static_assert for genksyms

From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>

genksyms does not know or care about the _Static_assert() built-in,
and sometimes falls back to ignoring the later symbols, which causes
undefined behavior such as

WARNING: modpost: EXPORT symbol "ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops" [vmlinux] version generation failed, symbol will not be versioned.
ld: net/ethtool/common.o: relocation R_AARCH64_ABS32 against `__crc_ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops' can not be used when making a shared object
net/ethtool/common.o:(_ftrace_annotated_branch+0x0): dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation

Redefine static_assert for genksyms to avoid that.

Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>
---
 include/linux/build_bug.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

diff --git a/include/linux/build_bug.h b/include/linux/build_bug.h
index e3a0be2c90ad..7bb66e15b481 100644
--- a/include/linux/build_bug.h
+++ b/include/linux/build_bug.h
@@ -77,4 +77,9 @@
 #define static_assert(expr, ...) __static_assert(expr, ##__VA_ARGS__, #expr)
 #define __static_assert(expr, msg, ...) _Static_assert(expr, msg)
 
+#ifdef __GENKSYMS__
+/* genksyms gets confused by _Static_assert */
+#define _Static_assert(expr, ...)
+#endif
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_BUILD_BUG_H */
-- 
2.27.0