Re: [PATCH v2 06/18] arm64: kvm: use -fno-jump-tables with clang

Sami Tolvanen
2017-11-16T16:25:22Z

On Thu, Nov 16, 2017 at 11:46:17AM +0000, Will Deacon wrote:
> Can you elaborate a bit more on exactly what you saw failing here,
> please?

Mark noticed that clang built kernels fail to boot when the kernel
starts at EL2:

http://lkml.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/1711.0/02817.html

Turns out starting with LLVM r308050, the compiler decides to use
a jump table in __init_stage2_translation, and generates code that
branches into an EL1 virtual address.

> Whilst it's obviously broken to jump to EL1 from EL2 w/o VHE, the
> commit message is a bit cryptic.

I agree, I'll add a more descriptive commit message for v3.

Sami