Re: [PATCH v2 07/14] powerpc/vdso: Improve linker flags

[Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>]

Hi Sedat,

On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 07:02:30PM +0100, Sedat Dilek wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 12, 2023 at 4:06 AM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > When clang's -Qunused-arguments is dropped from KBUILD_CPPFLAGS, there
> > are several warnings in the PowerPC vDSO:
> >
> >   clang-16: error: -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso32.so.1: 'linker' input unused [-Werror,-Wunused-command-line-argument]
> >   clang-16: error: -Wl,--hash-style=both: 'linker' input unused [-Werror,-Wunused-command-line-argument]
> >   clang-16: error: argument unused during compilation: '-shared' [-Werror,-Wunused-command-line-argument]
> >
> >   clang-16: error: argument unused during compilation: '-nostdinc' [-Werror,-Wunused-command-line-argument]
> >   clang-16: error: argument unused during compilation: '-Wa,-maltivec' [-Werror,-Wunused-command-line-argument]
> >
> > The first group of warnings point out that linker flags were being added
> > to all invocations of $(CC), even though they will only be used during
> > the final vDSO link. Move those flags to ldflags-y.
> >
> > The second group of warnings are compiler or assembler flags that will
> > be unused during linking. Filter them out from KBUILD_CFLAGS so that
> > they are not used during linking.
> >
> > Additionally, '-z noexecstack' was added directly to the ld_and_check
> > rule in commit 1d53c0192b15 ("powerpc/vdso: link with -z noexecstack")
> > but now that there is a common ldflags variable, it can be moved there.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> > Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> > ---
> > Cc: mpe@ellerman.id.au
> > Cc: npiggin@gmail.com
> > Cc: christophe.leroy@csgroup.eu
> > Cc: linuxppc-dev@lists.ozlabs.org
> > ---
> >  arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile | 18 +++++++++++-------
> >  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> > index 45c0cc5d34b6..4337b3aa9171 100644
> > --- a/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> > @@ -47,13 +47,17 @@ KCOV_INSTRUMENT := n
> >  UBSAN_SANITIZE := n
> >  KASAN_SANITIZE := n
> >
> > -ccflags-y := -shared -fno-common -fno-builtin -nostdlib -Wl,--hash-style=both
> > -ccflags-$(CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD) += $(call cc-option,--ld-path=$(LD),-fuse-ld=lld)
> > -
> > -CC32FLAGS := -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso32.so.1 -m32
> > +ccflags-y := -fno-common -fno-builtin
> > +ldflags-y := -Wl,--hash-style=both -nostdlib -shared -z noexecstack
> > +ldflags-$(CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD) += $(call cc-option,--ld-path=$(LD),-fuse-ld=lld)
> > +# Filter flags that clang will warn are unused for linking
> > +ldflags-y += $(filter-out $(CC_FLAGS_FTRACE) -Wa$(comma)%, $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
> > +
> > +CC32FLAGS := -m32
> > +LD32FLAGS := -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso32.so.1
> >  AS32FLAGS := -D__VDSO32__
> >
> > -CC64FLAGS := -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso64.so.1
> 
> Set CC64FLAGS := -m64 ?

I do not think it is necessary. ldflags-y is filtered from
KBUILD_CFLAGS, which should already include '-m64' (search for
'HAS_BIARCH' in arch/powerpc/Makefile). We would have seen a problem
with this already if a 32-bit target (powerpc-linux-gnu-) CROSS_COMPILE
value since $(c_flags) uses the main kernel's CROSS_COMPILE value.

> > +LD64FLAGS := -Wl,-soname=linux-vdso64.so.1
> >  AS64FLAGS := -D__VDSO64__
> >
> >  targets += vdso32.lds
> > @@ -92,14 +96,14 @@ include/generated/vdso64-offsets.h: $(obj)/vdso64.so.dbg FORCE
> >
> >  # actual build commands
> >  quiet_cmd_vdso32ld_and_check = VDSO32L $@
> > -      cmd_vdso32ld_and_check = $(VDSOCC) $(c_flags) $(CC32FLAGS) -o $@ -Wl,-T$(filter %.lds,$^) $(filter %.o,$^) -z noexecstack ; $(cmd_vdso_check)
> > +      cmd_vdso32ld_and_check = $(VDSOCC) $(ldflags-y) $(CC32FLAGS) $(LD32FLAGS) -o $@ -Wl,-T$(filter %.lds,$^) $(filter %.o,$^); $(cmd_vdso_check)
> >  quiet_cmd_vdso32as = VDSO32A $@
> >        cmd_vdso32as = $(VDSOCC) $(a_flags) $(CC32FLAGS) $(AS32FLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
> >  quiet_cmd_vdso32cc = VDSO32C $@
> >        cmd_vdso32cc = $(VDSOCC) $(c_flags) $(CC32FLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
> >
> >  quiet_cmd_vdso64ld_and_check = VDSO64L $@
> > -      cmd_vdso64ld_and_check = $(VDSOCC) $(c_flags) $(CC64FLAGS) -o $@ -Wl,-T$(filter %.lds,$^) $(filter %.o,$^) -z noexecstack ; $(cmd_vdso_check)
> > +      cmd_vdso64ld_and_check = $(VDSOCC) $(ldflags-y) $(CC64FLAGS) $(LD64FLAGS) -o $@ -Wl,-T$(filter %.lds,$^) $(filter %.o,$^); $(cmd_vdso_check)
> 
> If no CC64FLAGS := xxx is set, this can go?

Good catch! CC64FLAGS can be removed. Masahiro, I am happy to send a v3
when I am back online next week but if you are able to fix it up during
application, please feel free to do so (once the PowerPC folks give
their Acks of course).

> >  quiet_cmd_vdso64as = VDSO64A $@
> >        cmd_vdso64as = $(VDSOCC) $(a_flags) $(CC64FLAGS) $(AS64FLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
> >
> >
> > --
> > 2.39.0
> >

Thanks for the review, cheers!
Nathan