From: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
To: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@kernel.org>
Cc: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>,
Mike Lothian <mike@fireburn.co.uk>,
linux-efi <linux-efi@vger.kernel.org>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>,
X86 ML <x86@kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 4/5] efi/x86: Remove extra headroom for setup block
Date: Mon, 11 May 2020 18:53:24 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20200511225324.GA1307788@rani.riverdale.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAMj1kXEmJRpVyWDVkBn9eL0y0J4iVrUkYZd_pk_oKOeQPH661g@mail.gmail.com>
On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 11:13:00PM +0200, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
> On Mon, 11 May 2020 at 20:36, Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> >
> > On Mon, May 11, 2020 at 06:01:49PM +0100, Mike Lothian wrote:
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > This patch has been causing issues for me since switching to GCC 10.1:
> > >
> > > CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> > > CALL scripts/atomic/check-atomics.sh
> > > DESCEND objtool
> > > CHK include/generated/compile.h
> > > HOSTCC arch/x86/boot/tools/build
> > > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.1.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: error: linker defined: multiple definition of '_end'
> > > /usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/10.1.0/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: /tmp/ccEkW0jM.o: previous definition here
> > > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
> > > make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.host:103: arch/x86/boot/tools/build] Error 1
> > > make: *** [arch/x86/Makefile:303: bzImage] Error 2
> > >
> > > Cheers
> > >
> > > Mike
> >
> > I'm not getting an error even with gcc 10 for some reason, but I can see
> > that it is busted. It's using the linker-defined _end symbol which is
> > just pass the end of the .bss.
> >
> > Does adding "static" to the declaration of _end fix your error?
>
> This is in a host tool, so it depends on the builtin linker script the
> toolchain decides to use. This is risky, though, as it may be using
> PROVIDE() for _end, which means that in cases where it doesn't break,
> other references to _end that may exist will be linked to the wrong
> symbol. I don't think 'build' should be expected to do anything
> interesting with its own representation in memory, but better fix it
> nonetheless.
Right, _end _is_ getting redefined in my system linker script too: I can
see with objdump that the final _end symbol in my version of build is
actually pointing beyond the .bss. But my toolchain doesn't report an
error for some reason.
>
> Arvind: mind sending a fix for this, please?
Yeah, I have one ready -- was just waiting to hear back if "static" did
fix it, but I can send it out now.
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2020-05-11 22:53 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 31+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2020-03-01 23:05 [PATCH 0/5] Minimize the need to move the kernel in the EFI stub Arvind Sankar
2020-03-01 23:05 ` [PATCH 1/5] x86/boot/compressed/32: Save the output address instead of recalculating it Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 19:10 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-01 23:05 ` [PATCH 2/5] efi/x86: Decompress at start of PE image load address Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 6:28 ` Mika Penttilä
2020-03-03 13:45 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 19:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-01 23:05 ` [PATCH 3/5] efi/x86: Add kernel preferred address to PE header Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 19:11 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-01 23:05 ` [PATCH 4/5] efi/x86: Remove extra headroom for setup block Arvind Sankar
2020-03-02 4:21 ` Mika Penttilä
2020-03-03 4:14 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-03-01 23:05 ` [PATCH 5/5] efi/x86: Don't relocate the kernel unless necessary Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 19:15 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-03 22:12 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Minimize the need to move the kernel in the EFI stub Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 22:12 ` [PATCH v2 1/5] x86/boot/compressed/32: Save the output address instead of recalculating it Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 22:12 ` [PATCH v2 2/5] efi/x86: Decompress at start of PE image load address Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 22:12 ` [PATCH v2 3/5] efi/x86: Add kernel preferred address to PE header Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 22:12 ` [PATCH v2 4/5] efi/x86: Remove extra headroom for setup block Arvind Sankar
2020-05-11 17:01 ` Mike Lothian
2020-05-11 18:36 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-05-11 21:13 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-05-11 22:53 ` Arvind Sankar [this message]
2020-05-11 22:58 ` [PATCH] x86/boot: Mark global variables as static Arvind Sankar
2020-05-11 23:12 ` Mike Lothian
2020-05-12 11:05 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-03 22:12 ` [PATCH v2 5/5] efi/x86: Don't relocate the kernel unless necessary Arvind Sankar
2020-03-03 23:08 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-03 23:34 ` Arvind Sankar
2020-03-04 7:30 ` Ard Biesheuvel
2020-03-03 22:26 ` [PATCH v2 0/5] Minimize the need to move the kernel in the EFI stub Ard Biesheuvel
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