Messages in this thread | | | Date | Thu, 8 Mar 2018 09:17:54 -0600 | From | Josh Poimboeuf <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] fix compilation of 64-bit kernel with 32-bit compiler |
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On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 10:39:44AM +0100, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 04:09:30AM -0500, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > > > > > On Thu, 8 Mar 2018, Peter Zijlstra wrote: > > > > > On Thu, Mar 08, 2018 at 01:11:26AM -0500, Mikulas Patocka wrote: > > > > The patch b5bc2231b8ad4387c9641f235ca0ad8cd300b6df ("objtool: Add > > > > retpoline validation") broke compiling 64-bit kernel with 32-bit compiler. > > > > > > > > This patch fixes the following error and a large number of "can't find > > > > rela for retpoline_safe" errors that occur when using x32 or i386 gcc. > > > > > > > > You shouldn't use the type 'unsigned long' in objtool at all - because its > > > > size depends on the compiler and not on the kernel you are compiling. > > > > > > Your patch is wrong because the data field is actually a long. A correct > > > patch is already in merged in tip. > > > > I'm wondering, why is objtool using 'unsigned long' at all? Why not > > uint32_t and uint64_t? The size of 'unsigned long' is dependent on the > > compiler, so it will lead to different behavior. > > Because pointers... As Josh said, I should've used the right ELF methods > which use the object's ABI.
But there are still a few other places where objtool uses longs unnecessarily. Those should probably be converted. Patches welcome...
-- Josh
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