Re: [PATCH] x86: Fix build of UML with KASAN

[Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>]

On Fri, Jun 09, 2023 at 01:18:54PM +0200, Vincent Whitchurch wrote:
> Building UML with KASAN fails since commit 69d4c0d32186 ("entry, kasan,
> x86: Disallow overriding mem*() functions") with the following errors:
> 
>  $ tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kconfig_add CONFIG_KASAN=y
>  ...
>  ld: mm/kasan/shadow.o: in function `memset':
>  shadow.c:(.text+0x40): multiple definition of `memset';
>  arch/x86/lib/memset_64.o:(.noinstr.text+0x0): first defined here
>  ld: mm/kasan/shadow.o: in function `memmove':
>  shadow.c:(.text+0x90): multiple definition of `memmove';
>  arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.o:(.noinstr.text+0x0): first defined here
>  ld: mm/kasan/shadow.o: in function `memcpy':
>  shadow.c:(.text+0x110): multiple definition of `memcpy';
>  arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.o:(.noinstr.text+0x0): first defined here
> 
> If I'm reading that commit right, the !GENERIC_ENTRY case is still
> supposed to be allowed to override the mem*() functions, so use weak
> aliases in that case.
> 
> Fixes: 69d4c0d32186 ("entry, kasan, x86: Disallow overriding mem*() functions")
> Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch@axis.com>
> ---
>  arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S  | 4 ++++
>  arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.S | 4 ++++
>  arch/x86/lib/memset_64.S  | 4 ++++
>  3 files changed, 12 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S b/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
> index 8f95fb267caa7..5dc265b36ef0b 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
> +++ b/arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.S
> @@ -40,7 +40,11 @@ SYM_TYPED_FUNC_START(__memcpy)
>  SYM_FUNC_END(__memcpy)
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(__memcpy)
>  
> +#ifdef CONFIG_GENERIC_ENTRY
>  SYM_FUNC_ALIAS(memcpy, __memcpy)
> +#else
> +SYM_FUNC_ALIAS_WEAK(memcpy, __memcpy)
> +#endif
>  EXPORT_SYMBOL(memcpy)
>  
>  SYM_FUNC_START_LOCAL(memcpy_orig)

Urgh... 

Can we use CONFIG_UML here to clarify things? It's a bit of a bother UML
is diverging to much, but oh well.