From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-10.0 required=3.0 tests=DKIMWL_WL_HIGH,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,INCLUDES_PATCH,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SIGNED_OFF_BY,SPF_HELO_NONE, SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED,USER_AGENT_GIT autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86A2EC38A24 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 09:34:01 +0000 (UTC) Received: from bombadil.infradead.org (bombadil.infradead.org [198.137.202.133]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 52153208E4 for ; Thu, 7 May 2020 09:34:01 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=lists.infradead.org header.i=@lists.infradead.org header.b="a088uffd"; dkim=fail reason="signature verification failed" (1024-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="OKQPT3J2" DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 52153208E4 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=fail (p=none dis=none) header.from=kernel.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=lists.infradead.org; s=bombadil.20170209; h=Sender: Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:Cc:List-Subscribe: List-Help:List-Post:List-Archive:List-Unsubscribe:List-Id:Message-Id:Date: Subject:To:From:Reply-To:Content-ID:Content-Description:Resent-Date: Resent-From:Resent-Sender:Resent-To:Resent-Cc:Resent-Message-ID:In-Reply-To: References:List-Owner; bh=cmHw9Zx98lGdt4s/KsSPOSzxAOyevxe96ckgahjao24=; b=a08 8uffdetlsFJUKxd7gA/cRJyeRP1K2pJpOvokJJci+WNWcGkdDztTsHBTfCn1jEFWBQEjggHICEEoB X6RUgZ0uyh+PpcR8E5zfV9A6ApUPIE+o6M9l00ZEx166Lhu0U8oo7WQg2KUasmSSjp/vuLEJYf05a 9x84w0GrSuAHgpicTkiHUXzZdvRdKLpYF4VqSzfBSPlwojjSlBPNO2x/zAyL2EaUPR9TryYvM2VqN BlRvDN+kMqKneyEQGEtdz6siKYwV9Borzg2ezD60mwI/MWIxTSOFYwhlNmLkWHe+hNkR1G640tnKk JGUpQLSuYCYrUHJ65Az/JqApZbD5YgQ==; Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=bombadil.infradead.org) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1jWcum-0004IL-Hq; Thu, 07 May 2020 09:34:00 +0000 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]) by bombadil.infradead.org with esmtps (Exim 4.92.3 #3 (Red Hat Linux)) id 1jWcuj-0004Hv-8O for linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org; Thu, 07 May 2020 09:33:58 +0000 Received: from e123331-lin.nice.arm.com (amontpellier-657-1-18-247.w109-210.abo.wanadoo.fr [109.210.65.247]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5AE112083B; Thu, 7 May 2020 09:33:54 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=default; t=1588844035; bh=o+xx+BvniOem0w64cXpK4vCna7i++t0+cPEdoSgezxI=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:Date:From; b=OKQPT3J23uhNPTiVPe+B6T8JzxNg89+mHKZquAnaqGK/LN4nPTOhIVWiCB77vV4+1 91Xd6k/9vzs3jOBaUH3+kTOwBCbgAnRPjGiEPKOTtz3uDatXauI7d3IpTSert7TEe4 nXBSCFZbunnHM/+nc4utogAKEN/4ef1/vXRCfuUA= From: Ard Biesheuvel To: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org Subject: [PATCH] ARM: drop Thumb-2 workaround for ancient binutils Date: Thu, 7 May 2020 11:33:49 +0200 Message-Id: <20200507093349.25313-1-ardb@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.17.1 X-CRM114-Version: 20100106-BlameMichelson ( TRE 0.8.0 (BSD) ) MR-646709E3 X-CRM114-CacheID: sfid-20200507_023357_317887_8FE8E623 X-CRM114-Status: GOOD ( 12.89 ) X-BeenThere: linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Cc: Dave Martin , linus.walleij@linaro.org, linux@armlinux.org.uk, arnd@arndb.de, Ard Biesheuvel MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: "linux-arm-kernel" Errors-To: linux-arm-kernel-bounces+infradead-linux-arm-kernel=archiver.kernel.org@lists.infradead.org The CONFIG_THUMB2_AVOID_R_ARM_THM_JUMP11 workaround addresses an issue which was fixed before the oldest supported binutils (2.23 at this time) were released. So we can remove it now. Cc: Dave Martin Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel --- arch/arm/Kconfig | 31 ------------------------------- arch/arm/Makefile | 4 ---- 2 files changed, 35 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig index 165987aa5bcd..9a4d4c14fbde 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Kconfig +++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig @@ -1425,37 +1425,6 @@ config THUMB2_KERNEL If unsure, say N. -config THUMB2_AVOID_R_ARM_THM_JUMP11 - bool "Work around buggy Thumb-2 short branch relocations in gas" - depends on THUMB2_KERNEL && MODULES - default y - help - Various binutils versions can resolve Thumb-2 branches to - locally-defined, preemptible global symbols as short-range "b.n" - branch instructions. - - This is a problem, because there's no guarantee the final - destination of the symbol, or any candidate locations for a - trampoline, are within range of the branch. For this reason, the - kernel does not support fixing up the R_ARM_THM_JUMP11 (102) - relocation in modules at all, and it makes little sense to add - support. - - The symptom is that the kernel fails with an "unsupported - relocation" error when loading some modules. - - Until fixed tools are available, passing - -fno-optimize-sibling-calls to gcc should prevent gcc generating - code which hits this problem, at the cost of a bit of extra runtime - stack usage in some cases. - - The problem is described in more detail at: - https://bugs.launchpad.net/binutils-linaro/+bug/725126 - - Only Thumb-2 kernels are affected. - - Unless you are sure your tools don't have this problem, say Y. - config ARM_PATCH_IDIV bool "Runtime patch udiv/sdiv instructions into __aeabi_{u}idiv()" depends on CPU_32v7 && !XIP_KERNEL diff --git a/arch/arm/Makefile b/arch/arm/Makefile index 7d5cd0f85461..ba65205ab609 100644 --- a/arch/arm/Makefile +++ b/arch/arm/Makefile @@ -125,10 +125,6 @@ AFLAGS_NOWARN :=$(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-warn-deprecated,-Wa$(comma)-W) ifeq ($(CONFIG_THUMB2_KERNEL),y) CFLAGS_ISA :=-mthumb -Wa,-mimplicit-it=always $(AFLAGS_NOWARN) AFLAGS_ISA :=$(CFLAGS_ISA) -Wa$(comma)-mthumb -# Work around buggy relocation from gas if requested: -ifeq ($(CONFIG_THUMB2_AVOID_R_ARM_THM_JUMP11),y) -KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE +=-fno-optimize-sibling-calls -endif else CFLAGS_ISA :=$(call cc-option,-marm,) $(AFLAGS_NOWARN) AFLAGS_ISA :=$(CFLAGS_ISA) -- 2.17.1 _______________________________________________ linux-arm-kernel mailing list linux-arm-kernel@lists.infradead.org http://lists.infradead.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-arm-kernel