linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/entry: build thunk_$(BITS) only if CONFIG

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Date:   Thu, 14 Jan 2021 12:48:35 +0100
From:   Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com>
To:     Andy Lutomirski <luto@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Cc:     "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, x86@...nel.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH] x86/entry: build thunk_$(BITS) only if CONFIG_PREEMPTION=y

With CONFIG_PREEMPTION disabled, arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.o is just an
empty object file.

With the newer binutils (tested with 2.35.90.20210113-1ubuntu1) the GNU
assembler doesn't generate a symbol table for empty object files and
objtool fails with the following error when a valid symbol table cannot
be found:

  arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.o: warning: objtool: missing symbol table

To prevent this from happening, build thunk_$(BITS).o only if
CONFIG_PREEMPTION is enabled.

BugLink: https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1911359
Fixes: 320100a5ffe5 ("x86/entry: Remove the TRACE_IRQS cruft")
Signed-off-by: Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@...onical.com>
---
 arch/x86/entry/Makefile   | 3 ++-
 arch/x86/entry/thunk_32.S | 2 --
 arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S | 4 ----
 3 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/Makefile b/arch/x86/entry/Makefile
index 08bf95dbc911..83c98dae74a6 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/Makefile
@@ -21,12 +21,13 @@ CFLAGS_syscall_64.o		+= $(call cc-option,-Wno-override-init,)
 CFLAGS_syscall_32.o		+= $(call cc-option,-Wno-override-init,)
 CFLAGS_syscall_x32.o		+= $(call cc-option,-Wno-override-init,)
 
-obj-y				:= entry_$(BITS).o thunk_$(BITS).o syscall_$(BITS).o
+obj-y				:= entry_$(BITS).o syscall_$(BITS).o
 obj-y				+= common.o
 
 obj-y				+= vdso/
 obj-y				+= vsyscall/
 
+obj-$(CONFIG_PREEMPTION)	+= thunk_$(BITS).o
 obj-$(CONFIG_IA32_EMULATION)	+= entry_64_compat.o syscall_32.o
 obj-$(CONFIG_X86_X32_ABI)	+= syscall_x32.o
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/thunk_32.S b/arch/x86/entry/thunk_32.S
index f1f96d4d8cd6..5997ec0b4b17 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/thunk_32.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/thunk_32.S
@@ -29,10 +29,8 @@ SYM_CODE_START_NOALIGN(\name)
 SYM_CODE_END(\name)
 	.endm
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
 	THUNK preempt_schedule_thunk, preempt_schedule
 	THUNK preempt_schedule_notrace_thunk, preempt_schedule_notrace
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(preempt_schedule_thunk)
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(preempt_schedule_notrace_thunk)
-#endif
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S b/arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S
index ccd32877a3c4..c7cf79be7231 100644
--- a/arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S
+++ b/arch/x86/entry/thunk_64.S
@@ -36,14 +36,11 @@ SYM_FUNC_END(\name)
 	_ASM_NOKPROBE(\name)
 	.endm
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
 	THUNK preempt_schedule_thunk, preempt_schedule
 	THUNK preempt_schedule_notrace_thunk, preempt_schedule_notrace
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(preempt_schedule_thunk)
 	EXPORT_SYMBOL(preempt_schedule_notrace_thunk)
-#endif
 
-#ifdef CONFIG_PREEMPTION
 SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.L_restore)
 	popq %r11
 	popq %r10
@@ -58,4 +55,3 @@ SYM_CODE_START_LOCAL_NOALIGN(.L_restore)
 	ret
 	_ASM_NOKPROBE(.L_restore)
 SYM_CODE_END(.L_restore)
-#endif
-- 
2.29.2