linux-kernel - [PATCH] x86/boot/64: Fix spurious undefined reference when CONFIG_X86

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Message-ID: <20241209094105.762857-2-ardb+git@google.com>
Date: Mon,  9 Dec 2024 10:41:06 +0100
From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb+git@...gle.com>
To: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Cc: x86@...nel.org, Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>, 
	Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>, kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Subject: [PATCH] x86/boot/64: Fix spurious undefined reference when CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL=n

From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>

In __startup_64(), the bool 'la57' can only assume the 'true' value if
CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL is enabled in the build, and generally, the compiler
can make this inference at build time, and elide any references to the
symbol 'level4_kernel_pgt', which may be undefined if 'la57' is false.

As it turns out, GCC 12 gets this wrong sometimes, and gives up with a
build error

   ld: arch/x86/kernel/head64.o: in function `__startup_64':
   head64.c:(.head.text+0xbd): undefined reference to `level4_kernel_pgt'

even though the reference is in unreachable code. Fix this by
duplicating the IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) in the conditional that
tests the value of 'la57'.

Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202412060403.efD8Kgb7-lkp@intel.com/
Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@...nel.org>
---
 arch/x86/kernel/head64.c | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
index 54f9a8faf212..22c9ba305ac1 100644
--- a/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
+++ b/arch/x86/kernel/head64.c
@@ -186,7 +186,7 @@ unsigned long __head __startup_64(unsigned long p2v_offset,
 	pgd = &RIP_REL_REF(early_top_pgt)->pgd;
 	pgd[pgd_index(__START_KERNEL_map)] += load_delta;
 
-	if (la57) {
+	if (IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_X86_5LEVEL) && la57) {
 		p4d = (p4dval_t *)&RIP_REL_REF(level4_kernel_pgt);
 		p4d[MAX_PTRS_PER_P4D - 1] += load_delta;
 
-- 
2.47.0.338.g60cca15819-goog