linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] powerpc: add crtsavres.o to always-y instead of extra-y

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNAT-_07_h1_jG606VX0WjJq8dEW+C_4E0f28mjyqFnCWFw@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Wed, 22 Nov 2023 12:09:07 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     "Aneesh Kumar K.V" <aneesh.kumar@...nel.org>
Cc:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Tom Rix <trix@...hat.com>, llvm@...ts.linux.dev,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] powerpc: add crtsavres.o to always-y instead of extra-y

On Tue, Nov 21, 2023 at 6:55 PM Aneesh Kumar K.V
<aneesh.kumar@...nel.org> wrote:
>
> "Nicholas Piggin" <npiggin@...il.com> writes:
>
> > On Tue Nov 21, 2023 at 9:23 AM AEST, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> >> crtsavres.o is linked to modules. However, as explained in commit
> >> d0e628cd817f ("kbuild: doc: clarify the difference between extra-y
> >> and always-y"), 'make modules' does not build extra-y.
> >>
> >> For example, the following command fails:
> >>
> >>   $ make ARCH=powerpc LLVM=1 KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN=1 mrproper ps3_defconfig modules
> >>     [snip]
> >>     LD [M]  arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.ko
> >>   ld.lld: error: cannot open arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o: No such file or directory
> >>   make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.modfinal:56: arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/spufs.ko] Error 1
> >>   make[2]: *** [Makefile:1844: modules] Error 2
> >>   make[1]: *** [/home/masahiro/workspace/linux-kbuild/Makefile:350: __build_one_by_one] Error 2
> >>   make: *** [Makefile:234: __sub-make] Error 2
> >>
> >
> > Thanks. Is this the correct Fixes tag?
> >
> > Fixes: d0e628cd817f ("powerpc/64: Do not link crtsavres.o in vmlinux")
> >
>
> I am finding a different commit ID:
>
> commit baa25b571a168aff5a13bfdc973f1229e2b12b63
> Author: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>
> Date:   Fri May 12 01:56:49 2017 +1000
>
>     powerpc/64: Do not link crtsavres.o in vmlinux
>
>     The 64-bit linker creates save/restore functions on demand with final
>     links, so vmlinux does not require crtsavres.o.
>
>
> -aneesh



Yeah, I think the correct tag is:


Fixes: baa25b571a16 ("powerpc/64: Do not link crtsavres.o in vmlinux")


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada