The kernel uses the OUTPUT_FORMAT linker script command in it's linker
scripts. Most of the time, the -m option is passed to the linker with
correct architecture, but sometimes (at least for x86_64) the -m option
contradicts the OUTPUT_FORMAT directive.
Specifically, arch/x86/boot and arch/x86/realmode/rm produce i386 object
files, but are linked with the -m elf_x86_64 linker flag when building
for x86_64.
The GNU linker manpage doesn't explicitly state any tie-breakers between
-m and OUTPUT_FORMAT. But with BFD and Gold linkers, OUTPUT_FORMAT
overrides the emulation value specified with the -m option.
LLVM lld has a different behavior, however. When supplied with
contradicting -m and OUTPUT_FORMAT values it fails with the following
error message:
ld.lld: error: arch/x86/realmode/rm/header.o is incompatible with elf_x86_64
Therefore, just add the correct -m after the incorrect one (it overrides
it), so the linker invocation looks like this:
ld -m elf_x86_64 -z max-page-size=0x200000 -m elf_i386 --emit-relocs -T \
realmode.lds header.o trampoline_64.o stack.o reboot.o -o realmode.elf
This is not a functional change for GNU ld, because (although not
explicitly documented) OUTPUT_FORMAT overrides -m EMULATION.
Tested by building x86_64 kernel with GNU gcc/ld toolchain and booting
it in QEMU.
[ bp: massage and clarify text. ]
Suggested-by: Dmitry Golovin <dima@golovin.in>
Signed-off-by: George Rimar <grimar@accesssoftek.com>
Signed-off-by: Tri Vo <trong@android.com>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Tested-by: Tri Vo <trong@android.com>
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
Cc: Michael Matz <matz@suse.de>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: morbo@google.com
Cc: ndesaulniers@google.com
Cc: ruiu@google.com
Cc: x86-ml <x86@kernel.org>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20190111201012.71210-1-trong@android.com
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