Re: [PATCH/RFC] m68k: Add -ffreestanding to KBUILD_CFLAGS

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On Wed, Apr 10, 2013 at 12:18 PM, Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxx> wrote:
(Added Andi to CC)

On 10.4.2013 11:24, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
[...]
E.g. gcc turned

    strncat(name, "%d", 2);

into a call to strlen() and a 16-bit store, causing a link failure, as
arch/m68k/include/asm/string.h provides strlen() using a macro:

    ERROR: "strlen" [net/ipv4/ip_tunnel.ko] undefined!
[...]
QUESTION: Should we re-enable -ffreestanding in the main Makefile instead?

It was removed in

commit 6edfba1b33c701108717f4e036320fc39abe1912
Author: Andi Kleen <ak@xxxxxxx>
Date:   Sat Mar 25 16:29:49 2006 +0100

    [PATCH] x86_64: Don't define string functions to builtin

My understanding is, that with -fnobuiltin, the compiler is not allowed
to make assumptions about functions if it does not see their definition,
even if they resemble standard functions. E.g. on x86_64, strlen() is
out-of-line, so gcc would have to assume, that strcmp() has side
effects. How about just naming the m68k inline function 'strlen'?

Having an inline function named "strlen" is not sufficient, as it needs an
(exported) symbol named "strlen" at link time or module load time.

Gr{oetje,eeting}s,

                        Geert

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