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kbuild: avoid static_assert for genksyms

Message ID 20201203230955.1482058-1-arnd@kernel.org
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Series kbuild: avoid static_assert for genksyms | expand

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Arnd Bergmann Dec. 3, 2020, 11:09 p.m. UTC
From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>


genksyms does not know or care about the _Static_assert() built-in,
and sometimes falls back to ignoring the later symbols, which causes
undefined behavior such as

WARNING: modpost: EXPORT symbol "ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops" [vmlinux] version generation failed, symbol will not be versioned.
ld: net/ethtool/common.o: relocation R_AARCH64_ABS32 against `__crc_ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops' can not be used when making a shared object
net/ethtool/common.o:(_ftrace_annotated_branch+0x0): dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation

Redefine static_assert for genksyms to avoid that.

Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org
Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

---
 include/linux/build_bug.h | 5 +++++
 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

-- 
2.27.0

Comments

Masahiro Yamada Dec. 6, 2020, 2:48 a.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 8:10 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:
>

> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

>

> genksyms does not know or care about the _Static_assert() built-in,

> and sometimes falls back to ignoring the later symbols, which causes

> undefined behavior such as

>

> WARNING: modpost: EXPORT symbol "ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops" [vmlinux] version generation failed, symbol will not be versioned.

> ld: net/ethtool/common.o: relocation R_AARCH64_ABS32 against `__crc_ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops' can not be used when making a shared object

> net/ethtool/common.o:(_ftrace_annotated_branch+0x0): dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation

>

> Redefine static_assert for genksyms to avoid that.



Please tell the CONFIG options needed to reproduce this.
I do not see it.


>

> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

> Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> ---

>  include/linux/build_bug.h | 5 +++++

>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

>

> diff --git a/include/linux/build_bug.h b/include/linux/build_bug.h

> index e3a0be2c90ad..7bb66e15b481 100644

> --- a/include/linux/build_bug.h

> +++ b/include/linux/build_bug.h

> @@ -77,4 +77,9 @@

>  #define static_assert(expr, ...) __static_assert(expr, ##__VA_ARGS__, #expr)

>  #define __static_assert(expr, msg, ...) _Static_assert(expr, msg)

>

> +#ifdef __GENKSYMS__

> +/* genksyms gets confused by _Static_assert */

> +#define _Static_assert(expr, ...)

> +#endif

> +

>  #endif /* _LINUX_BUILD_BUG_H */

> --

> 2.27.0

>



-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
Ard Biesheuvel Dec. 7, 2020, 8:53 a.m. UTC | #2
On Sun, 6 Dec 2020 at 03:49, Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
>

> On Fri, Dec 4, 2020 at 8:10 AM Arnd Bergmann <arnd@kernel.org> wrote:

> >

> > From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> >

> > genksyms does not know or care about the _Static_assert() built-in,

> > and sometimes falls back to ignoring the later symbols, which causes

> > undefined behavior such as

> >

> > WARNING: modpost: EXPORT symbol "ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops" [vmlinux] version generation failed, symbol will not be versioned.

> > ld: net/ethtool/common.o: relocation R_AARCH64_ABS32 against `__crc_ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops' can not be used when making a shared object

> > net/ethtool/common.o:(_ftrace_annotated_branch+0x0): dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation

> >

> > Redefine static_assert for genksyms to avoid that.

>

>

> Please tell the CONFIG options needed to reproduce this.

> I do not see it.

>


https://people.linaro.org/~ard.biesheuvel/randconfig-modversions-error
Marco Elver Dec. 10, 2020, 4:12 p.m. UTC | #3
On Fri, Dec 04, 2020 at 12:09AM +0100, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> 

> genksyms does not know or care about the _Static_assert() built-in,

> and sometimes falls back to ignoring the later symbols, which causes

> undefined behavior such as

> 

> WARNING: modpost: EXPORT symbol "ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops" [vmlinux] version generation failed, symbol will not be versioned.

> ld: net/ethtool/common.o: relocation R_AARCH64_ABS32 against `__crc_ethtool_set_ethtool_phy_ops' can not be used when making a shared object

> net/ethtool/common.o:(_ftrace_annotated_branch+0x0): dangerous relocation: unsupported relocation

> 

> Redefine static_assert for genksyms to avoid that.

> 

> Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org

> Suggested-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>

> Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> ---

>  include/linux/build_bug.h | 5 +++++

>  1 file changed, 5 insertions(+)

> 

> diff --git a/include/linux/build_bug.h b/include/linux/build_bug.h

> index e3a0be2c90ad..7bb66e15b481 100644

> --- a/include/linux/build_bug.h

> +++ b/include/linux/build_bug.h

> @@ -77,4 +77,9 @@

>  #define static_assert(expr, ...) __static_assert(expr, ##__VA_ARGS__, #expr)

>  #define __static_assert(expr, msg, ...) _Static_assert(expr, msg)

>  

> +#ifdef __GENKSYMS__

> +/* genksyms gets confused by _Static_assert */

> +#define _Static_assert(expr, ...)

> +#endif

> +


I had sent

	https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20201201152017.3576951-1-elver@google.com

3 days before your patch. :-)

I guess what you propose is simpler, but might still have corner cases
where we still get warnings. In particular, if some file (for whatever
reason) does not include build_bug.h and uses a raw _Static_assert(),
then we still get warnings. E.g. I see 1 user of raw _Static_assert()
(drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgv_sriovmsg.h ).

In the end I don't mind either way, as long as those warnings are fixed
in 5.11. :-)

Thanks,
-- Marco
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diff --git a/include/linux/build_bug.h b/include/linux/build_bug.h
index e3a0be2c90ad..7bb66e15b481 100644
--- a/include/linux/build_bug.h
+++ b/include/linux/build_bug.h
@@ -77,4 +77,9 @@ 
 #define static_assert(expr, ...) __static_assert(expr, ##__VA_ARGS__, #expr)
 #define __static_assert(expr, msg, ...) _Static_assert(expr, msg)
 
+#ifdef __GENKSYMS__
+/* genksyms gets confused by _Static_assert */
+#define _Static_assert(expr, ...)
+#endif
+
 #endif	/* _LINUX_BUILD_BUG_H */