Re: [PATCH] jump label: fix passing kbuild_cflags when checking for asm goto support

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On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 20:39:52 +0300
Gleb Fotengauer-Malinovskiy <glebfm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 12:04:22PM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> > On Fri, 10 Mar 2017 19:24:18 +0300
> > Gleb Fotengauer-Malinovskiy <glebfm@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >   
> > > The latest change of asm goto support check added passing of
> > > KBUILD_CFLAGS to compiler.  When these flags reference gcc plugins,
> > > there is a race condition between the build of these plugins and their
> > > use in this asm goto support check.
> > > 
> > > This change moves the check before all these references are added
> > > to KBUILD_CFLAGS.  This is correct because subsequent KBUILD_CFLAGS
> > > modifications are not relevant to this check.  
> > 
> > What exactly breaks when the race happens?  
> 
> Actually, this is not quite a race.  When you run "make bzImage" followed
> by "make modules", the kernel is always built with HAVE_JUMP_LABEL
> disabled, while the modules are built depending on CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL.
> If HAVE_JUMP_LABEL macro happens to be different, modules are built
> with undefined references:
> 
> ERROR: "static_key_slow_inc" [net/netfilter/xt_TEE.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "static_key_slow_dec" [net/netfilter/xt_TEE.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "static_key_slow_dec" [net/netfilter/nft_meta.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "static_key_slow_inc" [net/netfilter/nft_meta.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "nf_hooks_needed" [net/netfilter/ipvs/ip_vs.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "nf_hooks_needed" [net/ipv6/ipv6.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "static_key_count" [net/ipv6/ipv6.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "static_key_slow_inc" [net/ipv6/ipv6.ko] undefined!
> ERROR: "nf_hooks_needed" [net/decnet/decnet.ko] undefined!
> 

Can you add the above info in the change log and repost?

Thanks,

-- Steve
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