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Message-ID: <74552090-c654-5356-773d-47ead2d63ab2@linux.ibm.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Nov 2022 17:21:06 +0530
From: Sathvika Vasireddy <sv@...ux.ibm.com>
To: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
PowerPC <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>,
"peterz@...radead.org" <peterz@...radead.org>
Cc: Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
Linux Next Mailing List <linux-next@...r.kernel.org>,
"Naveen N. Rao" <naveen.n.rao@...ux.vnet.ibm.com>
Subject: Re: linux-next: build warnings after merge of the powerpc-objtool
tree
On 29/11/22 20:58, Christophe Leroy wrote:
>
> Le 29/11/2022 à 16:13, Sathvika Vasireddy a écrit :
>> Hi all,
>>
>> On 25/11/22 09:00, Stephen Rothwell wrote:
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> After merging the powerpc-objtool tree, today's linux-next build (powerpc
>>> pseries_le_defconfig) produced these warnings:
>>>
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o: warning: objtool: end_first_256B():
>>> can't find starting instruction
>>> arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes_head.o: warning: objtool:
>>> optprobe_template_end(): can't find starting instruction
>>>
>>> I have no idea what started this (they may have been there yesterday).
>> I was able to recreate the above mentioned warnings with
>> pseries_le_defconfig and powernv_defconfig. The regression report also
>> mentions a warning
>> (https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202211282102.QUr7HHrW-lkp@intel.com/) seen with arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm_emul.S assembly file.
>>
>> [1] arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes_head.o: warning: objtool:
>> optprobe_template_end(): can't find starting instruction
>> [2] arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm_emul.o: warning: objtool:
>> kvm_template_end(): can't find starting instruction
>> [3] arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o: warning: objtool: end_first_256B():
>> can't find starting instruction
>>
>> The warnings [1] and [2] go away after adding 'nop' instruction. Below
>> diff fixes it for me:
> You have to add NOPs just because those labels are at the end of the
> files. That's a bit odd.
> I think either we are missing some kind of flagging for the symbols, or
> objtool has a bug. In both cases, I'm not sure adding an artificial
> 'nop' is the solution. At least there should be a big hammer warning
> explaining why.
I don't see these warnings with powerpc/topic/objtool branch. However,
they are seen with linux-next master branch.
Commit dbcdbdfdf137b49144204571f1a5e5dc01b8aaad objtool: Rework
instruction -> symbol mapping in linux-next is resulting in objtool
can't find starting instruction warnings on powerpc.
Reverting this particular hunk (pasted below), resolves it and we don't
see the problem anymore.
@@ -427,7 +427,10 @@ static int decode_instructions(struct objtool_file
*file)
}
list_for_each_entry(func, &sec->symbol_list, list) {
- if (func->type != STT_FUNC || func->alias != func)
+ if (func->type != STT_NOTYPE && func->type !=
STT_FUNC)
+ continue;
+
+ if (func->return_thunk || func->alias != func)
continue;
if (!find_insn(file, sec, func->offset)) {
Peterz, can we ignore STT_NOTYPE symbols?
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes_head.S
>> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes_head.S
>> index cd4e7bc32609..ea4e3bd82f4f 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes_head.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/optprobes_head.S
>> @@ -134,3 +134,4 @@ optprobe_template_ret:
>>
>> .global optprobe_template_end
>> optprobe_template_end:
>> + nop
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm_emul.S
>> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm_emul.S
>> index 7af6f8b50c5d..41fd664e3ba0 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm_emul.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/kvm_emul.S
>> @@ -352,3 +352,4 @@ kvm_tmp_end:
>>
>> .global kvm_template_end
>> kvm_template_end:
>> + nop
>>
>> For warning [3], objtool is throwing can't find starting instruction
>> warning because it finds that the symbol (end_first_256B) is zero sized,
>> and such symbols are not added to the rbtree. I tried to fix it by
>> adding a 'nop' instruction (pasted diff below), but that resulted in a
>> kernel build failure.
> What's the failure ?
>
>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
>> index 874efd25cc45..d48850fe159f 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.S
>> @@ -192,6 +192,7 @@ __secondary_hold:
>> EMIT_BUG_ENTRY 0b, __FILE__, __LINE__, 0
>> #endif
>> CLOSE_FIXED_SECTION(first_256B)
>> +nop
>>
>> /*
>> * On server, we include the exception vectors code here as it
>>
>> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
>> b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
>> index 26f8fef53c72..f7517d443e9b 100644
>> --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
>> +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/exceptions-64s.S
>> @@ -3104,9 +3104,13 @@ __end_interrupts:
>> DEFINE_FIXED_SYMBOL(__end_interrupts, virt_trampolines)
>>
>> CLOSE_FIXED_SECTION(real_vectors);
>> +nop
>> CLOSE_FIXED_SECTION(real_trampolines);
>> +nop
>> CLOSE_FIXED_SECTION(virt_vectors);
>> +nop
>> CLOSE_FIXED_SECTION(virt_trampolines);
>> +nop
> What are the NOPs after the CLOSE_FIXED_SECTION() ? You don't explain
> them, and I can't see any related warning in the warnings you show.
>
>
After fixing arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o: warning: objtool:
end_first_256B(): can't find starting instruction warning, objtool
started showing more warnings in the same file.
Below is the list of warnings:
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o: warning: objtool: end_real_vectors():
can't find starting instruction
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o: warning: objtool:
end_real_trampolines(): can't find starting instruction
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o: warning: objtool: end_virt_vectors():
can't find starting instruction
arch/powerpc/kernel/head_64.o: warning: objtool:
end_virt_trampolines(): can't find starting instruction
Thanks,
Sathvika
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