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ARM: Kconfig: default to AEABI w/ Clang

Message ID 20190625210441.199514-1-ndesaulniers@google.com
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Series ARM: Kconfig: default to AEABI w/ Clang | expand

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Nick Desaulniers June 25, 2019, 9:04 p.m. UTC
Clang produces references to __aeabi_uidivmod and __aeabi_idivmod for
arm-linux-gnueabi and arm-linux-gnueabihf targets incorrectly when AEABI
is not selected (such as when OABI_COMPAT is selected).

While this means that OABI userspaces wont be able to upgraded to
kernels built with Clang, it means that boards that don't enable AEABI
like s3c2410_defconfig will stop failing to link in KernelCI when built
with Clang.

Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/482
Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/clang-built-linux/yydsAAux5hk/GxjqJSW-AQAJ
Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

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 arch/arm/Kconfig | 5 +++--
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

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2.22.0.410.gd8fdbe21b5-goog

Comments

Arnd Bergmann July 4, 2019, 7:24 a.m. UTC | #1
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:04 PM 'Nick Desaulniers' via Clang Built
Linux <clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com> wrote:
>

> Clang produces references to __aeabi_uidivmod and __aeabi_idivmod for

> arm-linux-gnueabi and arm-linux-gnueabihf targets incorrectly when AEABI

> is not selected (such as when OABI_COMPAT is selected).

>

> While this means that OABI userspaces wont be able to upgraded to

> kernels built with Clang, it means that boards that don't enable AEABI

> like s3c2410_defconfig will stop failing to link in KernelCI when built

> with Clang.

>

> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/482

> Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/clang-built-linux/yydsAAux5hk/GxjqJSW-AQAJ

> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>


Looks good to me,

Reviewed-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>


Please add it to Russell's patch tracker if you haven't already.

Most of the .config files that don't set AEABI (and a lot of the others
as well) have likely never been booted on real hardware with a modern
kernel in a long time. There have not been any distros using OABI in
a long time (Debian Lenny was released in 2009), and gcc dropped
support for it a few years later.

We could probably change most of these to use OABI_COMPAT
instead, aside from any ones that Russell wants to keep building as
OABI for his own machines.

       Arnd
Linus Walleij July 4, 2019, 8:13 a.m. UTC | #2
On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:04 PM Nick Desaulniers
<ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:

> Clang produces references to __aeabi_uidivmod and __aeabi_idivmod for

> arm-linux-gnueabi and arm-linux-gnueabihf targets incorrectly when AEABI

> is not selected (such as when OABI_COMPAT is selected).

>

> While this means that OABI userspaces wont be able to upgraded to

> kernels built with Clang, it means that boards that don't enable AEABI

> like s3c2410_defconfig will stop failing to link in KernelCI when built

> with Clang.

>

> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/482

> Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/clang-built-linux/yydsAAux5hk/GxjqJSW-AQAJ

> Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>


As reflecting the state of things with CLANG it's:
Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>


But I think we in general need to have some discussion on how to
proceed with OABI userspaces.

I am well aware of distributions like OpenWrt using EABI even
on ARMv4 with "tricks" like this:
https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/master/toolchain/gcc/patches/9.1.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch

I have one OABI that I can think of would be nice to live on
and it's the RedHat derivative on my Foorbridge NetWinder.
OK I wouldn't cry if we have to kill it because it is too hard to
keep supporting it, but it has been running the latest kernels
all along so if it's not a huge effort I'd be interested in knowing
the options.

Yours,
Linus Walleij
Arnd Bergmann July 4, 2019, 8:29 a.m. UTC | #3
On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 10:13 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:04 PM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:

>

> > Clang produces references to __aeabi_uidivmod and __aeabi_idivmod for

> > arm-linux-gnueabi and arm-linux-gnueabihf targets incorrectly when AEABI

> > is not selected (such as when OABI_COMPAT is selected).

> >

> > While this means that OABI userspaces wont be able to upgraded to

> > kernels built with Clang, it means that boards that don't enable AEABI

> > like s3c2410_defconfig will stop failing to link in KernelCI when built

> > with Clang.

> >

> > Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/482

> > Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/clang-built-linux/yydsAAux5hk/GxjqJSW-AQAJ

> > Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

>

> As reflecting the state of things with CLANG it's:

> Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

>

> But I think we in general need to have some discussion on how to

> proceed with OABI userspaces.

>

> I am well aware of distributions like OpenWrt using EABI even

> on ARMv4 with "tricks" like this:

> https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/master/toolchain/gcc/patches/9.1.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch


I did not expect that to be necessary in gcc as long as it supports
building for armv4 (non-t), but I might be missing something here.

> I have one OABI that I can think of would be nice to live on

> and it's the RedHat derivative on my Foorbridge NetWinder.

> OK I wouldn't cry if we have to kill it because it is too hard to

> keep supporting it, but it has been running the latest kernels

> all along so if it's not a huge effort I'd be interested in knowing

> the options.


But do you see any problems with cross-compiling kernels to
EABI with CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT for machines like that?

I would guess that you can't actually build modern kernels
on the RedHat OABI compiler any more as they presumably
predate the current minimum gcc-4.6.

      Arnd
Russell King (Oracle) July 4, 2019, 8:56 a.m. UTC | #4
On Thu, Jul 04, 2019 at 10:29:35AM +0200, Arnd Bergmann wrote:
> On Thu, Jul 4, 2019 at 10:13 AM Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org> wrote:

> > On Tue, Jun 25, 2019 at 11:04 PM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote:

> >

> > > Clang produces references to __aeabi_uidivmod and __aeabi_idivmod for

> > > arm-linux-gnueabi and arm-linux-gnueabihf targets incorrectly when AEABI

> > > is not selected (such as when OABI_COMPAT is selected).

> > >

> > > While this means that OABI userspaces wont be able to upgraded to

> > > kernels built with Clang, it means that boards that don't enable AEABI

> > > like s3c2410_defconfig will stop failing to link in KernelCI when built

> > > with Clang.

> > >

> > > Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/482

> > > Link: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!msg/clang-built-linux/yydsAAux5hk/GxjqJSW-AQAJ

> > > Suggested-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>

> > > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

> >

> > As reflecting the state of things with CLANG it's:

> > Reviewed-by: Linus Walleij <linus.walleij@linaro.org>

> >

> > But I think we in general need to have some discussion on how to

> > proceed with OABI userspaces.

> >

> > I am well aware of distributions like OpenWrt using EABI even

> > on ARMv4 with "tricks" like this:

> > https://github.com/openwrt/openwrt/blob/master/toolchain/gcc/patches/9.1.0/840-armv4_pass_fix-v4bx_to_ld.patch

> 

> I did not expect that to be necessary in gcc as long as it supports

> building for armv4 (non-t), but I might be missing something here.

> 

> > I have one OABI that I can think of would be nice to live on

> > and it's the RedHat derivative on my Foorbridge NetWinder.

> > OK I wouldn't cry if we have to kill it because it is too hard to

> > keep supporting it, but it has been running the latest kernels

> > all along so if it's not a huge effort I'd be interested in knowing

> > the options.

> 

> But do you see any problems with cross-compiling kernels to

> EABI with CONFIG_OABI_COMPAT for machines like that?


Yes, there are a few ioctls that break.

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diff --git a/arch/arm/Kconfig b/arch/arm/Kconfig
index 8869742a85df..3539be870055 100644
--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -1545,8 +1545,9 @@  config ARM_PATCH_IDIV
 	  code to do integer division.
 
 config AEABI
-	bool "Use the ARM EABI to compile the kernel" if !CPU_V7 && !CPU_V7M && !CPU_V6 && !CPU_V6K
-	default CPU_V7 || CPU_V7M || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K
+	bool "Use the ARM EABI to compile the kernel" if !CPU_V7 && \
+		!CPU_V7M && !CPU_V6 && !CPU_V6K && !CC_IS_CLANG
+	default CPU_V7 || CPU_V7M || CPU_V6 || CPU_V6K || CC_IS_CLANG
 	help
 	  This option allows for the kernel to be compiled using the latest
 	  ARM ABI (aka EABI).  This is only useful if you are using a user