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From: Andreas Schwab <schwab@linux-m68k.org>
To: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
	clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-riscv@lists.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] compiler.h: Fix barrier_data() on clang
Date: Mon, 16 Nov 2020 18:47:23 +0100	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <87sg999ot0.fsf@igel.home> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20201014212631.207844-1-nivedita@alum.mit.edu> (Arvind Sankar's message of "Wed, 14 Oct 2020 17:26:31 -0400")

On Okt 14 2020, Arvind Sankar wrote:

> Commit
>   815f0ddb346c ("include/linux/compiler*.h: make compiler-*.h mutually exclusive")
>
> neglected to copy barrier_data() from compiler-gcc.h into
> compiler-clang.h. The definition in compiler-gcc.h was really to work
> around clang's more aggressive optimization, so this broke
> barrier_data() on clang, and consequently memzero_explicit() as well.
>
> For example, this results in at least the memzero_explicit() call in
> lib/crypto/sha256.c:sha256_transform() being optimized away by clang.
>
> Fix this by moving the definition of barrier_data() into compiler.h.
>
> Also move the gcc/clang definition of barrier() into compiler.h,
> __memory_barrier() is icc-specific (and barrier() is already defined
> using it in compiler-intel.h) and doesn't belong in compiler.h.
>
> Signed-off-by: Arvind Sankar <nivedita@alum.mit.edu>
> Fixes: 815f0ddb346c ("include/linux/compiler*.h: make compiler-*.h mutually exclusive")

This breaks build on riscv:

  CC [M]  drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.o
In file included from ./include/vdso/processor.h:10,
                 from ./arch/riscv/include/asm/processor.h:11,
                 from ./include/linux/prefetch.h:15,
                 from drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.c:14:
./arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h: In function 'cpu_relax':
./arch/riscv/include/asm/vdso/processor.h:14:2: error: implicit declaration of function 'barrier' [-Werror=implicit-function-declaration]
   14 |  barrier();
      |  ^~~~~~~
cc1: some warnings being treated as errors
make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:283: drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet/be_main.o] Error 1
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: drivers/net/ethernet/emulex/benet] Error 2
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: drivers/net/ethernet/emulex] Error 2
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: drivers/net/ethernet] Error 2
make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:500: drivers/net] Error 2
make: *** [Makefile:1799: drivers] Error 2

Andreas.

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2020-11-16 17:47 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 21+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2020-10-14 21:26 [PATCH] compiler.h: Fix barrier_data() on clang Arvind Sankar
2020-10-14 22:51 ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-10-15  8:50 ` David Laight
2020-10-15 14:45   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-10-15 15:24     ` David Laight
2020-10-15 15:39       ` Arvind Sankar
2020-10-15 17:39         ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-10-15 18:13           ` [PATCH] compiler.h: Clarify comment about the need for barrier_data() Arvind Sankar
2020-10-15 18:25             ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-10-15 21:09             ` David Laight
2020-10-15 22:01               ` Arvind Sankar
2020-10-16  8:13                 ` David Laight
2020-10-16 13:09                   ` Arvind Sankar
2020-10-21 19:46 ` [PATCH] compiler.h: Fix barrier_data() on clang Kees Cook
2020-11-16 17:47 ` Andreas Schwab [this message]
2020-11-16 17:53   ` Randy Dunlap
2020-11-16 18:30     ` Andreas Schwab
2020-11-16 19:28       ` Randy Dunlap
2020-11-16 22:19         ` Randy Dunlap
2020-11-16 19:31   ` Nick Desaulniers
2020-11-16 21:07     ` Andreas Schwab

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