From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-17.7 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIMWL_WL_HIGH, DKIM_SIGNED,DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,INCLUDES_CR_TRAILER,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, MENTIONS_GIT_HOSTING,SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,USER_AGENT_SANE_1 autolearn=unavailable autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 61F48C43381 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:28:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [23.128.96.18]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2044E229C7 for ; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:28:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S2389443AbhARK0u (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2021 05:26:50 -0500 Received: from mail.kernel.org ([198.145.29.99]:43076 "EHLO mail.kernel.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S2389994AbhARKWC (ORCPT ); Mon, 18 Jan 2021 05:22:02 -0500 Received: by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 95ACF221EC; Mon, 18 Jan 2021 10:14:58 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1610964900; bh=pZtusNSwr8zLipjPyphuZCumKLM1QFJMlQeqzkZy1jo=; h=Date:From:To:Cc:Subject:References:In-Reply-To:From; b=IiAscpFgeBXShOTNWRHYmKtpr+P25XRcMQUaNsEmFP8CghbRLyLCw9SjKRij8VvXq KUnE07fZSGlUttsZfrCC2wYenvq4XOshi0H/7a4CuF08FBIVNtI8PbJ5z8J6NK1xtD gRcL/eqrz8gl5N7fZ9rh3Nint6G63vxmYSq4/ASvNgypDrekhSm75zVnMD/aFK6F83 5kiZsD2Ah28QldFoRd+H5aGfTneBvnvNCKypIQsoNzf+gn3ILWN7ed7Y4T5/Y1svTJ 0Qyc7CHmbJuLz8xEF2SbGQvd3eJoEOwZNuLrI9MSBmqE6EGp2AXv9P6qcz0RwivSMX 6ZlrX31v0JHyQ== Date: Mon, 18 Jan 2021 11:14:55 +0100 From: Jessica Yu To: Fangrui Song Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com, Sam Ravnborg , Marco Elver , Nick Desaulniers , stable@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH v3] module: Ignore _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ when warning for undefined symbols Message-ID: <20210118101453.GA13910@linux-8ccs> References: <20210114211840.GA5617@linux-8ccs> <20210115195222.3453262-1-maskray@google.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20210115195222.3453262-1-maskray@google.com> X-OS: Linux linux-8ccs 5.8.0-rc6-lp150.12.61-default+ x86_64 User-Agent: Mutt/1.10.1 (2018-07-13) Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: stable@vger.kernel.org +++ Fangrui Song [15/01/21 11:52 -0800]: >clang-12 -fno-pic (since >https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/a084c0388e2a59b9556f2de0083333232da3f1d6) >can emit `call __stack_chk_fail@PLT` instead of `call __stack_chk_fail` >on x86. The two forms should have identical behaviors on x86-64 but the >former causes GNU as<2.37 to produce an unreferenced undefined symbol >_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_. > >(On x86-32, there is an R_386_PC32 vs R_386_PLT32 difference but the >linker behavior is identical as far as Linux kernel is concerned.) > >Simply ignore _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ for now, like what >scripts/mod/modpost.c:ignore_undef_symbol does. This also fixes the >problem for gcc/clang -fpie and -fpic, which may emit `call foo@PLT` for >external function calls on x86. > >Note: ld -z defs and dynamic loaders do not error for unreferenced >undefined symbols so the module loader is reading too much. If we ever >need to ignore more symbols, the code should be refactored to ignore >unreferenced symbols. > >Reported-by: Marco Elver >Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/1250 >Signed-off-by: Fangrui Song >Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers >Tested-by: Marco Elver >Cc: > >--- >Changes in v2: >* Fix Marco's email address >* Add a function ignore_undef_symbol similar to scripts/mod/modpost.c:ignore_undef_symbol >--- >Changes in v3: >* Fix the style of a multi-line comment. >* Use static bool ignore_undef_symbol. Patch has been queued up on modules-next: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/jeyu/linux.git/commit/?h=modules-next&id=ebfac7b778fac8b0e8e92ec91d0b055f046b4604 Thanks! Jessica