Re: [LTP] [PATCH] kvm: Fix Nix build failure by moving -fno-stack-protector to CFLAGS

[Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>]

> Hello,

> Petr Vorel <petr.vorel@gmail.com> writes:

> > Hi all,

> > [I Cc Fabrice and Buildroot ML]

> > On Tue, 19 Sept 2023 at 14:51, Martin Doucha <mdoucha@suse.cz> wrote:

> >> Hi,
> >> pvorel should have a look whether it doesn't break the other systems
> >> where -fno-stack-protector is needed, but otherwise:

> > Yesterday night I tested the current LTP master with ./utils/test-pkg. Some
> > Bootlin toolchains keep failing (bootlin-x86-64-musl, bootlin-x86-64-glibc):

> > CC testcases/kernel/kvm/lib_x86.o
> > gbr-test-pkg/bootlin-x86-64-musl/host/opt/ext-toolchain/bin/../lib/gcc/x86_64-buildroot-linux-musl/11.3.0/../../../../x86_64-buildroot-linux-musl/bin/ld:
> > lib_x86.o: in function `kvm_init_guest_vmcb':
> > lib_x86.c:(.text+0x7c8): undefined reference to `__stack_chk_fail'
> > collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status

> > Problems are only on x86_64, other archs (aarch64, riscv64, mipsel, amv7r)
> > are OK.

> I think only x86_64 is supported.

Yes (+ i386). Thanks, I forgot on it.


> > NOTE: In Buildroot LTP is currently disabled when musl is used due  5.11
> > headers requirement for musl toolchain [1], but I temporarily remove this
> > requirement to get more testing. That's why there are also musl results.

> > It looks like this patch actually fixes it, thus:
> > Acked-by: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>

> Right, it's not just Nix then. I will merge it.

+1


> > There are even more kvm test related results [2], but I suspect they are more
> > related to the Buildroot toolchain than LTP itself:

> > CC testcases/kernel/kvm/lib_guest.o
> > bootstrap_x86_64.S: Assembler messages:
> > bootstrap_x86_64.S:16: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.code16'
> > bootstrap_x86_64.S:19: Error: unknown mnemonic `cli' -- `cli'
> > bootstrap_x86_64.S:21: Error: unknown mnemonic `lgdt' -- `lgdt kvm_gdt32_desc'
> > bootstrap_x86_64.S:23: Error: operand 1 must be an integer register --
> > `mov $0x11,%eax'
> > bootstrap_x86_64.S:24: Error: operand 1 must be an integer register --
> > `mov %eax,%cr0'
> > bootstrap_x86_64.S:26: Error: unknown mnemonic `jmp' -- `jmp
> > $3*8,$protected_mode_entry'
> > bootstrap_x86_64.S:28: Error: unknown pseudo-op: `.code32'

> For me I would at the least we need V=1 enabled or the names and
> versions of the tools being used to guess what is wrong here.

I'm not sure if I find some spare time in my after-work time.
If yes, I'll post logs.

Kind regards,
Petr

> mov $0x11,%eax looks like a really simple op to put 11 in EAX using
> AT&T/GAS syntax. If that goes wrong then possibly the wrong syntax is
> expected by the assembler or else a previous line is confusing it.

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