This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled selftests: x86: sysret_ss_attrs doesn't build on a PIE build 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: selftests-x86-sysret_ss_attrs-doesn-t-build-on-a-pie-build.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 3346a6a4e5ba8c040360f753b26938cec31a4bdc Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Date: Mon, 2 Oct 2017 16:16:13 -0600 Subject: selftests: x86: sysret_ss_attrs doesn't build on a PIE build From: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> commit 3346a6a4e5ba8c040360f753b26938cec31a4bdc upstream. sysret_ss_attrs fails to compile leading x86 test run to fail on systems configured to build using PIE by default. Add -no-pie fix it. Relocation might still fail if relocated above 4G. For now this change fixes the build and runs x86 tests. tools/testing/selftests/x86$ make gcc -m64 -o .../tools/testing/selftests/x86/single_step_syscall_64 -O2 -g -std=gnu99 -pthread -Wall single_step_syscall.c -lrt -ldl gcc -m64 -o .../tools/testing/selftests/x86/sysret_ss_attrs_64 -O2 -g -std=gnu99 -pthread -Wall sysret_ss_attrs.c thunks.S -lrt -ldl /usr/bin/ld: /tmp/ccS6pvIh.o: relocation R_X86_64_32S against `.text' can not be used when making a shared object; recompile with -fPIC /usr/bin/ld: final link failed: Nonrepresentable section on output collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status Makefile:49: recipe for target '.../tools/testing/selftests/x86/sysret_ss_attrs_64' failed make: *** [.../tools/testing/selftests/x86/sysret_ss_attrs_64] Error 1 Suggested-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) --- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile @@ -17,7 +17,7 @@ TARGETS_C_64BIT_ALL := $(TARGETS_C_BOTHB BINARIES_32 := $(TARGETS_C_32BIT_ALL:%=%_32) BINARIES_64 := $(TARGETS_C_64BIT_ALL:%=%_64) -CFLAGS := -O2 -g -std=gnu99 -pthread -Wall +CFLAGS := -O2 -g -std=gnu99 -pthread -Wall -no-pie UNAME_M := $(shell uname -m) CAN_BUILD_I386 := $(shell ./check_cc.sh $(CC) trivial_32bit_program.c -m32) Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from shuahkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are queue-4.9/selftests-x86-sysret_ss_attrs-doesn-t-build-on-a-pie-build.patch queue-4.9/selftests-x86-protection_keys-fix-wrong-offset-in-siginfo.patch