linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/6] tools/nolibc: Make the entry point not weak for clang

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Date:   Sun, 20 Mar 2022 20:16:19 +0100
From:   Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
To:     Ammar Faizi <ammarfaizi2@...weeb.org>
Cc:     "Paul E. McKenney" <paulmck@...nel.org>,
        Alviro Iskandar Setiawan <alviro.iskandar@...weeb.org>,
        Nugraha <richiisei@...il.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        GNU/Weeb Mailing List <gwml@...r.gnuweeb.org>,
        llvm@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH v1 2/6] tools/nolibc: Make the entry point not weak
 for clang

Hi Ammar,

I've had a look at this one.

On Sun, Mar 20, 2022 at 04:37:46PM +0700, Ammar Faizi wrote:
> Budilig with clang yields the following error:
  ^^^^^^^
BTW please fix the typo in the final commit message.

> @@ -183,7 +183,9 @@ struct sys_stat_struct {
>  
>  /* startup code */
>  asm(".section .text\n"
> +#if !defined(__clang__)
>      ".weak _start\n"
> +#endif
>      ".global _start\n"
>      "_start:\n"

So it seems that I was wrong and that .weak is an alternate for .global
and not a complement. As such, instead of adding all these #if, please
simply remove all .global.

Thanks!
Willy