This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
RISC-V: Stop emitting attributes
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
risc-v-stop-emitting-attributes.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From e18048da9bc3f87acef4eb67a11b4fc55fe15424 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 14:46:05 -0800
Subject: RISC-V: Stop emitting attributes
From: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit e18048da9bc3f87acef4eb67a11b4fc55fe15424 upstream.
The RISC-V ELF attributes don't contain any useful information. New
toolchains ignore them, but they frequently trip up various older/mixed
toolchains. So just turn them off.
Tested-by: Conor Dooley <conor.dooley@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230223224605.6995-1-palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/riscv/Makefile | 7 +++++++
arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/Makefile | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 11 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile
@@ -87,6 +87,13 @@ endif
# Avoid generating .eh_frame sections.
KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-unwind-tables
+# The RISC-V attributes frequently cause compatibility issues and provide no
+# information, so just turn them off.
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-riscv-attribute)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-riscv-attribute)
+KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-arch-attr)
+KBUILD_AFLAGS += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-arch-attr)
+
KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE += $(call cc-option,-mno-relax)
KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-relax)
--- a/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/Makefile
+++ b/arch/riscv/kernel/compat_vdso/Makefile
@@ -14,6 +14,10 @@ COMPAT_LD := $(LD)
COMPAT_CC_FLAGS := -march=rv32g -mabi=ilp32
COMPAT_LD_FLAGS := -melf32lriscv
+# Disable attributes, as they're useless and break the build.
+COMPAT_CC_FLAGS += $(call cc-option,-mno-riscv-attribute)
+COMPAT_CC_FLAGS += $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-mno-arch-attr)
+
# Files to link into the compat_vdso
obj-compat_vdso = $(patsubst %, %.o, $(compat_vdso-syms)) note.o
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from palmer@xxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.1/risc-v-stop-emitting-attributes.patch
