Re: [yyu168-linux_cet:cet 55/58] powerpc64le-linux-ld: warning: discarding dynamic section .rela___ksymtab+jiffies_to_timeval

["H.J. Lu" <hjl.tools@gmail.com>]

On Tue, Feb 4, 2020 at 3:37 PM kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
>
> tree:   https://github.com/yyu168/linux_cet.git cet
> head:   bba707cc4715c1036b6561ab38b16747f9c49cfa
> commit: 71bb971dd76eeacd351690f28864ad5c5bec3691 [55/58] Discard .note.gnu.property sections in generic NOTES
> config: powerpc-rhel-kconfig (attached as .config)
> compiler: powerpc64le-linux-gcc (GCC) 7.5.0
> reproduce:
>         wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross -O ~/bin/make.cross
>         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
>         git checkout 71bb971dd76eeacd351690f28864ad5c5bec3691
>         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
>         GCC_VERSION=7.5.0 make.cross ARCH=powerpc
>
> If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@intel.com>
>
> All warnings (new ones prefixed by >>):
>
>    powerpc64le-linux-ld: warning: discarding dynamic section .rela___ksymtab_gpl+__wait_rcu_gp

arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds.S has

 .rela.dyn : AT(ADDR(.rela.dyn) - (0xc000000000000000 -0x00000000))
 {
  __rela_dyn_start = .;
  *(.rela*) <<<<<<<< Keep .rela* sections
 }
...
 /DISCARD/ : {
  *(*.EMB.apuinfo)
  *(.glink .iplt .plt .rela* .comment)
                           ^^^^ Discard  .rela* sections.  But it is ignored.
  *(.gnu.version*)
  *(.gnu.attributes)
  *(.eh_frame)
 }

With my

ommit 71bb971dd76eeacd351690f28864ad5c5bec3691
Author: H.J. Lu <hjl.tools@gmail.com>
Date:   Thu Jan 30 12:39:09 2020 -0800

    Discard .note.gnu.property sections in generic NOTES

    With the command-line option, -mx86-used-note=yes, the x86 assembler
    in binutils 2.32 and above generates a program property note in a note
    section, .note.gnu.property, to encode used x86 ISAs and features.  But
    kernel linker script only contains a single NOTE segment:

/DISCARD/ : { *(.note.gnu.property) }

is placed before

.rela.dyn : AT(ADDR(.rela.dyn) - (0xc000000000000000 -0x00000000))
 {
  __rela_dyn_start = .;
  *(.rela*) <<<<<<<< Keep .rela* sections
 }

Then .rela* in

 /DISCARD/ : {
  *(*.EMB.apuinfo)
  *(.glink .iplt .plt .rela* .comment)
  *(.gnu.version*)
  *(.gnu.attributes)
  *(.eh_frame)
 }

is honored.  Can someone from POWERPC comment on it?


-- 
H.J.