Thread (28 messages) 28 messages, 4 authors, 2017-12-01

[PATCH 6/7] arm64: explicitly pass --no-fix-cortex-a53-843419 to GNU gold

From: Nick Desaulniers <hidden>
Date: 2017-11-30 00:30:38
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On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 3:44 PM, Sami Tolvanen [off-list ref] wrote:
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@@ -26,10 +26,19 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419),y)
   ifeq ($(call ld-option, --fix-cortex-a53-843419),)
 $(warning ld does not support --fix-cortex-a53-843419; kernel may be susceptible to erratum)
   else
+    ifeq ($(call gold-ifversion, -lt, 114000000, y), y)
+$(warning This version of GNU gold may generate incorrect code with --fix-cortex-a53-843419;\
+       see https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21491)
+    endif
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux        += --fix-cortex-a53-843419
   endif
 endif

+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419),)
+# https://sourceware.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=21491
+LDFLAGS_GOLD   += --no-fix-cortex-a53-843419
+endif
+
Rather than:

if CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419 == y:
  ...
if CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419 == '':
  ...

could this be:

if CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419 == y:
  ...
else
  ...

?
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