kbuild: link vmlinux only once for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS (2nd attempt)

If CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is enabled and the kernel is built from
a pristine state, the vmlinux is linked twice.

Commit 3

kbuild: link vmlinux only once for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS (2nd attempt)

If CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is enabled and the kernel is built from
a pristine state, the vmlinux is linked twice.

Commit 3fdc7d3fe4c0 ("kbuild: link vmlinux only once for
CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS") explains why this happens, but it did not fix
the issue at all.

Now I realized I had applied a wrong patch.

In v1 patch [1], the autoksyms_recursive target correctly recurses to
"$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile autoksyms_recursive".

In v2 patch [2], I accidentally dropped the diff line, and it recurses to
"$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile vmlinux".

Restore the code I intended in v1.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/1521045861-22418-8-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com/
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/1521166725-24157-8-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com/

Fixes: 3fdc7d3fe4c0 ("kbuild: link vmlinux only once for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

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Linux 5.19-rc3

Linux 5.19-rc2

gcc-12: disable '-Warray-bounds' universally for now

In commit 8b202ee21839 ("s390: disable -Warray-bounds") the s390 people
disabled the '-Warray-bounds' warning for gcc-12, because the new logic
i

gcc-12: disable '-Warray-bounds' universally for now

In commit 8b202ee21839 ("s390: disable -Warray-bounds") the s390 people
disabled the '-Warray-bounds' warning for gcc-12, because the new logic
in gcc would cause warnings for their use of the S390_lowcore macro,
which accesses absolute pointers.

It turns out gcc-12 has many other issues in this area, so this takes
that s390 warning disable logic, and turns it into a kernel build config
entry instead.

Part of the intent is that we can make this all much more targeted, and
use this conflig flag to disable it in only particular configurations
that cause problems, with the s390 case as an example:

select GCC12_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS

and we could do that for other configuration cases that cause issues.

Or we could possibly use the CONFIG_CC_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS thing in a more
targeted way, and disable the warning only for particular uses: again
the s390 case as an example:

KBUILD_CFLAGS_DECOMPRESSOR += $(if $(CONFIG_CC_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS),-Wno-array-bounds)

but this ends up just doing it globally in the top-level Makefile, since
the current issues are spread fairly widely all over:

KBUILD_CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_CC_NO_ARRAY_BOUNDS) += -Wno-array-bounds

We'll try to limit this later, since the gcc-12 problems are rare enough
that *much* of the kernel can be built with it without disabling this
warning.

Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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gcc-12: disable '-Wdangling-pointer' warning for now

While the concept of checking for dangling pointers to local variables
at function exit is really interesting, the gcc-12 implementation is not
c

gcc-12: disable '-Wdangling-pointer' warning for now

While the concept of checking for dangling pointers to local variables
at function exit is really interesting, the gcc-12 implementation is not
compatible with reality, and results in false positives.

For example, gcc sees us putting things on a local list head allocated
on the stack, which involves exactly those kinds of pointers to the
local stack entry:

In function ‘__list_add’,
inlined from ‘list_add_tail’ at include/linux/list.h:102:2,
inlined from ‘rebuild_snap_realms’ at fs/ceph/snap.c:434:2:
include/linux/list.h:74:19: warning: storing the address of local variable ‘realm_queue’ in ‘*&realm_27(D)->rebuild_item.prev’ [-Wdangling-pointer=]
74 | new->prev = prev;
| ~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~

But then gcc - understandably - doesn't really understand the big
picture how the doubly linked list works, so doesn't see how we then end
up emptying said list head in a loop and the pointer we added has been
removed.

Gcc also complains about us (intentionally) using this as a way to store
a kind of fake stack trace, eg

drivers/acpi/acpica/utdebug.c:40:38: warning: storing the address of local variable ‘current_sp’ in ‘acpi_gbl_entry_stack_pointer’ [-Wdangling-pointer=]
40 | acpi_gbl_entry_stack_pointer = &current_sp;
| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^~~~~~~~~~~~~

which is entirely reasonable from a compiler standpoint, and we may want
to change those kinds of patterns, but not not.

So this is one of those "it would be lovely if the compiler were to
complain about us leaving dangling pointers to the stack", but not this
way.

Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>

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Linux 5.19-rc1

kbuild: clean .tmp_* pattern by make clean

Change the "make clean" rule to remove all the .tmp_* files.

.tmp_objdiff is the only exception, which should be removed by
"make mrproper".

Rename the r

kbuild: clean .tmp_* pattern by make clean

Change the "make clean" rule to remove all the .tmp_* files.

.tmp_objdiff is the only exception, which should be removed by
"make mrproper".

Rename the record directory of objdiff, .tmp_objdiff to .objdiff to
avoid the removal by "make clean".

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com> # LLVM-14 (x86-64)

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Linux 5.18

Linux 5.18-rc7

kbuild: factor out the common installation code into scripts/install.sh

Many architectures have similar install.sh scripts.

The first half is really generic; it verifies that the kernel image
and S

kbuild: factor out the common installation code into scripts/install.sh

Many architectures have similar install.sh scripts.

The first half is really generic; it verifies that the kernel image
and System.map exist, then executes ~/bin/${INSTALLKERNEL} or
/sbin/${INSTALLKERNEL} if available.

The second half is kind of arch-specific; it copies the kernel image
and System.map to the destination, but the code is slightly different.

Factor out the generic part into scripts/install.sh.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@avm.de>

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Linux 5.18-rc6

randstruct: Split randstruct Makefile and CFLAGS

To enable the new Clang randstruct implementation[1], move
randstruct into its own Makefile and split the CFLAGS from
GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS into RANDSTR

randstruct: Split randstruct Makefile and CFLAGS

To enable the new Clang randstruct implementation[1], move
randstruct into its own Makefile and split the CFLAGS from
GCC_PLUGINS_CFLAGS into RANDSTRUCT_CFLAGS.

[1] https://reviews.llvm.org/D121556

Cc: linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220503205503.3054173-5-keescook@chromium.org

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Makefile: fix 2 typos

Fix typos in comments so that they make sense.

Signed-off-by: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

kbuild: support W=e to make build abort in case of warning

When developing new code/feature, CONFIG_WERROR is most
often turned off, especially for people using make W=12 to
get more warnings.

In s

kbuild: support W=e to make build abort in case of warning

When developing new code/feature, CONFIG_WERROR is most
often turned off, especially for people using make W=12 to
get more warnings.

In such case, turning on -Werror temporarily would require
switching on CONFIG_WERROR in the configuration, building,
then switching off CONFIG_WERROR.

For this use case, this patch introduces a new 'e' modifier
to W= as a short hand for KCFLAGS+=-Werror" so that -Werror
got added to the kernel (built-in) and modules' CFLAGS.

Signed-off-by: Yann Droneaud <ydroneaud@opteya.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

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kbuild: make *.mod not depend on *.o

The dependency

$(obj)/%.mod: $(obj)/%$(mod-prelink-ext).o

... exists because *.mod files previously contained undefined symbols,
which are computed from *.

kbuild: make *.mod not depend on *.o

The dependency

$(obj)/%.mod: $(obj)/%$(mod-prelink-ext).o

... exists because *.mod files previously contained undefined symbols,
which are computed from *.o files when CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y.

Now that the undefined symbols are put into separate *.usyms files,
there is no reason to make *.mod depend on *.o files.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

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kbuild: split the second line of *.mod into *.usyms

The *.mod files have two lines; the first line lists the member objects
of the module, and the second line, if CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y, lists
t

kbuild: split the second line of *.mod into *.usyms

The *.mod files have two lines; the first line lists the member objects
of the module, and the second line, if CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y, lists
the undefined symbols.

Currently, we generate *.mod after constructing composite modules,
otherwise, we cannot compute the second line. No prerequisite is
required to print the first line.

They are orthogonal. Splitting them into separate commands will ease
further cleanups.

This commit splits the list of undefined symbols out to *.usyms files.

Previously, the list of undefined symbols ended up with a very long
line, but now it has one symbol per line.

Use sed like we did before commit 7d32358be8ac ("kbuild: avoid split
lines in .mod files").

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>

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Linux 5.18-rc5

Linux 5.18-rc4

objtool: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL

Now that stack validation is an optional feature of objtool, add
CONFIG_OBJTOOL and replace most usages of CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION with
it.

CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION can n

objtool: Add CONFIG_OBJTOOL

Now that stack validation is an optional feature of objtool, add
CONFIG_OBJTOOL and replace most usages of CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION with
it.

CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION can now be considered to be frame-pointer
specific. CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC is already inherently valid for live
patching, so no need to "validate" it.

Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com>
Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@suse.cz>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/939bf3d85604b2a126412bf11af6e3bd3b872bcb.1650300597.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com

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Linux 5.18-rc3

Linux 5.18-rc2

kbuild: Allow kernel installation packaging to override pkg-config

Add HOSTPKG_CONFIG to allow tooling that builds the kernel to override
what pkg-config and parameters are used.

Signed-off-by: Chu

kbuild: Allow kernel installation packaging to override pkg-config

Add HOSTPKG_CONFIG to allow tooling that builds the kernel to override
what pkg-config and parameters are used.

Signed-off-by: Chun-Tse Shao <ctshao@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

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Linux 5.18-rc1

kbuild: Remove '-mno-global-merge'

This flag is specific to clang, where it is only used by the 32-bit and
64-bit ARM backends. In certain situations, the presence of this flag
will cause a warning,

kbuild: Remove '-mno-global-merge'

This flag is specific to clang, where it is only used by the 32-bit and
64-bit ARM backends. In certain situations, the presence of this flag
will cause a warning, as shown by commit 6580c5c18fb3 ("um: clang: Strip
out -mno-global-merge from USER_CFLAGS").

Since commit 61163efae020 ("kbuild: LLVMLinux: Add Kbuild support for
building kernel with Clang") that added this flag back in 2014, there
have been quite a few changes to the GlobalMerge pass in LLVM. Building
several different ARCH=arm and ARCH=arm64 configurations with LLVM 11
(minimum) and 15 (current main version) with this flag removed (i.e.,
with the default of '-mglobal-merge') reveals no modpost warnings, so it
is likely that the issue noted in the comment is no longer relevant due
to changes in LLVM or modpost, meaning this flag can be removed.

If any new warnings show up that are a result of the removal of this
flag, it can be added back under arch/arm{,64}/Makefile to avoid
warnings on other architectures.

Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Tested-by: David Gow <davidgow@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
Reviewed-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

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kbuild: Make $(LLVM) more flexible

The LLVM make variable allows a developer to quickly switch between the
GNU and LLVM tools. However, it does not handle versioned binaries, such
as the ones shippe

kbuild: Make $(LLVM) more flexible

The LLVM make variable allows a developer to quickly switch between the
GNU and LLVM tools. However, it does not handle versioned binaries, such
as the ones shipped by Debian, as LLVM=1 just defines the tool variables
with the unversioned binaries.

There was some discussion during the review of the patch that introduces
LLVM=1 around versioned binaries, ultimately coming to the conclusion
that developers can just add the folder that contains the unversioned
binaries to their PATH, as Debian's versioned suffixed binaries are
really just symlinks to the unversioned binaries in /usr/lib/llvm-#/bin:

$ realpath /usr/bin/clang-14
/usr/lib/llvm-14/bin/clang

$ PATH=/usr/lib/llvm-14/bin:$PATH make ... LLVM=1

However, that can be cumbersome to developers who are constantly testing
series with different toolchains and versions. It is simple enough to
support these versioned binaries directly in the Kbuild system by
allowing the developer to specify the version suffix with LLVM=, which
is shorter than the above suggestion:

$ make ... LLVM=-14

It does not change the meaning of LLVM=1 (which will continue to use
unversioned binaries) and it does not add too much additional complexity
to the existing $(LLVM) code, while allowing developers to quickly test
their series with different versions of the whole LLVM suite of tools.

Some developers may build LLVM from source but not add the binaries to
their PATH, as they may not want to use that toolchain systemwide.
Support those developers by allowing them to supply the directory that
the LLVM tools are available in, as it is no more complex to support
than the version suffix change above.

$ make ... LLVM=/path/to/llvm/

Update and reorder the documentation to reflect these new additions.
At the same time, notate that LLVM=0 is not the same as just omitting it
altogether, which has confused people in the past.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200317215515.226917-1-ndesaulniers@google.com/
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20220224151322.072632223@infradead.org/
Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <peterz@infradead.org>
Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

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