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* [PATCH v2] x86/efi: Fix 3DNow optimization build failure in EFI stub
@ 2014-08-04 23:12 Matt Fleming
  2014-08-04 23:31 ` [tip:x86/efi] " tip-bot for Matt Fleming
  0 siblings, 1 reply; 2+ messages in thread
From: Matt Fleming @ 2014-08-04 23:12 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: H. Peter Anvin
  Cc: Ingo Molnar, linux-efi, linux-kernel, Matt Fleming,
	Borislav Petkov, Thomas Gleixner

From: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>

Building a 32-bit kernel with CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW and CONFIG_EFI_STUB
leads to the following build error,

  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a(efi-stub-helper.o): In function `efi_relocate_kernel':
  efi-stub-helper.c:(.text+0xda5): undefined reference to `_mmx_memcpy'

This is due to the fact that the EFI boot stub pulls in the 3DNow
optimized versions of the memcpy() prototype from
arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h, even though the _mmx_memcpy()
implementation isn't available in the EFI stub.

For now, predicate CONFIG_EFI_STUB on !CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW. This is
most definitely a temporary fix. A complete solution will involve
selectively including kernel headers/symbols into the early-boot
execution environment of the EFI boot stub, i.e. something analogous to
the way that the _SETUP symbol is used.

Previous attempts have been made to fix this kind of problem, though
none seem to have ever been merged,

  http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120329104822.GA17233@x1.osrc.amd.com

Clearly, this problem has been around for a long time.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>

---

v2: Only disallow CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW for EFI_STUB, not for the EFI
runtime services.
 
diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 801ed36c2e49..7ea8aaaab7fc 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ config EFI
 
 config EFI_STUB
        bool "EFI stub support"
-       depends on EFI
+       depends on EFI && !X86_USE_3DNOW
        ---help---
           This kernel feature allows a bzImage to be loaded directly
 	  by EFI firmware without the use of a bootloader.
-- 
1.9.0


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* [tip:x86/efi] x86/efi: Fix 3DNow optimization build failure in EFI stub
  2014-08-04 23:12 [PATCH v2] x86/efi: Fix 3DNow optimization build failure in EFI stub Matt Fleming
@ 2014-08-04 23:31 ` tip-bot for Matt Fleming
  0 siblings, 0 replies; 2+ messages in thread
From: tip-bot for Matt Fleming @ 2014-08-04 23:31 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: linux-tip-commits; +Cc: linux-kernel, hpa, mingo, tglx, hpa, bp, matt.fleming

Commit-ID:  b16d8c231e4d03fefc7de1b8b62bad5659ee8070
Gitweb:     http://git.kernel.org/tip/b16d8c231e4d03fefc7de1b8b62bad5659ee8070
Author:     Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
AuthorDate: Tue, 5 Aug 2014 00:12:19 +0100
Committer:  H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
CommitDate: Mon, 4 Aug 2014 16:26:46 -0700

x86/efi: Fix 3DNow optimization build failure in EFI stub

Building a 32-bit kernel with CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW and CONFIG_EFI_STUB
leads to the following build error,

  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib.a(efi-stub-helper.o): In function `efi_relocate_kernel':
  efi-stub-helper.c:(.text+0xda5): undefined reference to `_mmx_memcpy'

This is due to the fact that the EFI boot stub pulls in the 3DNow
optimized versions of the memcpy() prototype from
arch/x86/include/asm/string_32.h, even though the _mmx_memcpy()
implementation isn't available in the EFI stub.

For now, predicate CONFIG_EFI_STUB on !CONFIG_X86_USE_3DNOW. This is
most definitely a temporary fix. A complete solution will involve
selectively including kernel headers/symbols into the early-boot
execution environment of the EFI boot stub, i.e. something analogous to
the way that the _SETUP symbol is used.

Previous attempts have been made to fix this kind of problem, though
none seem to have ever been merged,

  http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20120329104822.GA17233@x1.osrc.amd.com

Clearly, this problem has been around for a long time.

Reported-by: Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org>
Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Signed-off-by: Matt Fleming <matt.fleming@intel.com>
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/1407193939-27813-1-git-send-email-matt@console-pimps.org
Signed-off-by: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@linux.intel.com>
---
 arch/x86/Kconfig | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/arch/x86/Kconfig b/arch/x86/Kconfig
index 801ed36..7ea8aaa 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/x86/Kconfig
@@ -1536,7 +1536,7 @@ config EFI
 
 config EFI_STUB
        bool "EFI stub support"
-       depends on EFI
+       depends on EFI && !X86_USE_3DNOW
        ---help---
           This kernel feature allows a bzImage to be loaded directly
 	  by EFI firmware without the use of a bootloader.

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