Re: [PATCH] arm64: Disable LLD linker ASSERT()s for the time being

[Will Deacon <will@kernel.org>]

On Thu, May 29, 2025 at 09:35:08AM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> From: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> 
> It turns out that the way LLD handles ASSERT()s in the linker script can
> result in spurious failures, so disable them for the newly introduced
> BSS symbol export checks.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/2094
> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
> ---
>  arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h | 6 ++++++
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> index c5266430284b..86f088a16147 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/image-vars.h
> @@ -10,6 +10,10 @@
>  #error This file should only be included in vmlinux.lds.S
>  #endif
>  
> +#if defined(CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD) && CONFIG_LLD_VERSION < 210000
> +#define ASSERT(...)
> +#endif
> +
>  #define PI_EXPORT_SYM(sym)		\
>  	__PI_EXPORT_SYM(sym, __pi_ ## sym, Cannot export BSS symbol sym to startup code)
>  #define __PI_EXPORT_SYM(sym, pisym, msg)\
> @@ -142,4 +146,6 @@ KVM_NVHE_ALIAS(kvm_protected_mode_initialized);
>  _kernel_codesize = ABSOLUTE(__inittext_end - _text);
>  #endif
>  
> +#undef ASSERT

What about the ASSERT()s at the end of vmlinux.lds.S? Are they not
affected by the bug, for some reason?

Also, even with this patch applied, I still see a link failure:

  | ld.lld: error: assignment to symbol __init_end does not converge

with the .config you sent me off-list.

Will