This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
powerpc: Fix build failure with clang due to BUILD_BUG_ON()
to the 4.9-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:
powerpc-fix-build-failure-with-clang-due-to-build_bug_on.patch
and it can be found in the queue-4.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From b5fa0f7f88edcde37df1807fdf9ff10ec787a60e Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 24 Jan 2017 16:36:57 +1100
Subject: powerpc: Fix build failure with clang due to BUILD_BUG_ON()
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
commit b5fa0f7f88edcde37df1807fdf9ff10ec787a60e upstream.
Anton says: In commit 4db7327194db ("powerpc: Add option to use jump
label for cpu_has_feature()") and commit c12e6f24d413 ("powerpc: Add
option to use jump label for mmu_has_feature()") we added:
BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(feature))
to cpu_has_feature() and mmu_has_feature() in order to catch usage
issues (such as cpu_has_feature(cpu_has_feature(X), which has happened
once in the past). Unfortunately LLVM isn't smart enough to resolve
this, and it errors out.
I work around it in my clang/LLVM builds of the kernel, but I have just
discovered that it causes a lot of issues for the bcc (eBPF) trace tool
(which uses LLVM).
For now just #ifdef it away for clang builds.
Fixes: 4db7327194db ("powerpc: Add option to use jump label for cpu_has_feature()")
Fixes: c12e6f24d413 ("powerpc: Add option to use jump label for mmu_has_feature()")
Reported-by: Anton Blanchard <anton@xxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpu_has_feature.h | 2 ++
arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h | 2 ++
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+)
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpu_has_feature.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/cpu_has_feature.h
@@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ static __always_inline bool cpu_has_feat
{
int i;
+#ifndef __clang__ /* clang can't cope with this */
BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(feature));
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL_FEATURE_CHECK_DEBUG
if (!static_key_initialized) {
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/mmu.h
@@ -160,7 +160,9 @@ static __always_inline bool mmu_has_feat
{
int i;
+#ifndef __clang__ /* clang can't cope with this */
BUILD_BUG_ON(!__builtin_constant_p(feature));
+#endif
#ifdef CONFIG_JUMP_LABEL_FEATURE_CHECK_DEBUG
if (!static_key_initialized) {
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-4.9/powerpc-fix-build-failure-with-clang-due-to-build_bug_on.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-mm-use-the-correct-pointer-when-setting-a-2mb-pte.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-eeh-fix-wrong-flag-passed-to-eeh_unfreeze_pe.patch
queue-4.9/powerpc-add-missing-error-check-to-prom_find_boot_cpu.patch
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