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x86/mm: Fix RESERVE_BRK() for older binutils
commit e32683c upstream. With binutils 2.26, RESERVE_BRK() causes a build failure: /tmp/ccnGOKZ5.s: Assembler messages: /tmp/ccnGOKZ5.s:98: Error: missing ')' /tmp/ccnGOKZ5.s:98: Error: missing ')' /tmp/ccnGOKZ5.s:98: Error: missing ')' /tmp/ccnGOKZ5.s:98: Error: junk at end of line, first unrecognized character is `U' The problem is this line: RESERVE_BRK(early_pgt_alloc, INIT_PGT_BUF_SIZE) Specifically, the INIT_PGT_BUF_SIZE macro which (via PAGE_SIZE's use _AC()) has a "1UL", which makes older versions of the assembler unhappy. Unfortunately the _AC() macro doesn't work for inline asm. Inline asm was only needed here to convince the toolchain to add the STT_NOBITS flag. However, if a C variable is placed in a section whose name is prefixed with ".bss", GCC and Clang automatically set STT_NOBITS. In fact, ".bss..page_aligned" already relies on this trick. So fix the build failure (and simplify the macro) by allocating the variable in C. Also, add NOLOAD to the ".brk" output section clause in the linker script. This is a failsafe in case the ".bss" prefix magic trick ever stops working somehow. If there's a section type mismatch, the GNU linker will force the ".brk" output section to be STT_NOBITS. The LLVM linker will fail with a "section type mismatch" error. Note this also changes the name of the variable from .brk.##name to __brk_##name. The variable names aren't actually used anywhere, so it's harmless. Fixes: a1e2c03 ("x86/mm: Simplify RESERVE_BRK()") Reported-by: Joe Damato <[email protected]> Reported-by: Byungchul Park <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <[email protected]> Tested-by: Joe Damato <[email protected]> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/22d07a44c80d8e8e1e82b9a806ddc8c6bbb2606e.1654759036.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org [nathan: Fix conflict due to lack of 360db4a and resolve silent conflict with 360db4a] Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <[email protected]>
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