[LEDE-DEV] [PATCH 2/2 v2] kernel: Add upstream fix for module loading

Alexey Brodkin Alexey.Brodkin at synopsys.com
Fri Jul 8 02:57:34 PDT 2016


Instead of disabling unwinding entirely this upstream patch
just disables generation of async unwind tables.

Once the patch in question lands in stable 4.4 tree this change
essentially must be removed (otherwise patch application will fail).

Signed-off-by: Alexey Brodkin <abrodkin at synopsys.com>
---

Changes v1 -> v2:
 * Since this is a true backport from upstream kernel move patch to 0xx-...

 ...ensure-that-.debug_frame-is-generated-vs..patch | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 46 insertions(+)
 create mode 100644 target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/095-ARC-unwind-ensure-that-.debug_frame-is-generated-vs..patch

diff --git a/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/095-ARC-unwind-ensure-that-.debug_frame-is-generated-vs..patch b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/095-ARC-unwind-ensure-that-.debug_frame-is-generated-vs..patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..a1e287c
--- /dev/null
+++ b/target/linux/generic/patches-4.4/095-ARC-unwind-ensure-that-.debug_frame-is-generated-vs..patch
@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+From 23cd0de28cc7978130b770dd59b18ac143253351 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Vineet Gupta <vgupta at synopsys.com>
+Date: Tue, 28 Jun 2016 09:42:25 +0530
+Subject: [PATCH] ARC: unwind: ensure that .debug_frame is generated (vs.
+ .eh_frame)
+
+With recent binutils update to support dwarf CFI pseudo-ops in gas, we
+now get .eh_frame vs. .debug_frame. Although the call frame info is
+exactly the same in both, the CIE differs, which the current kernel
+unwinder can't cope with.
+
+This broke both the kernel unwinder as well as loadable modules (latter
+because of a new unhandled relo R_ARC_32_PCREL from .rela.eh_frame in
+the module loader)
+
+The ideal solution would be to switch unwinder to .eh_frame.
+For now however we can make do by just ensureing .debug_frame is
+generated by removing -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
+
+ .eh_frame    generated with -gdwarf-2 -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
+ .debug_frame generated with -gdwarf-2
+
+Fixes STAR 9001058196
+
+Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org
+Signed-off-by: Vineet Gupta <vgupta at synopsys.com>
+---
+ arch/arc/Makefile | 2 --
+ 1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)
+
+diff --git a/arch/arc/Makefile b/arch/arc/Makefile
+index aeb1902..209d845 100644
+--- a/arch/arc/Makefile
++++ b/arch/arc/Makefile
+@@ -48,8 +48,6 @@ endif
+ 
+ endif
+ 
+-cflags-$(CONFIG_ARC_DW2_UNWIND)		+= -fasynchronous-unwind-tables
+-
+ # By default gcc 4.8 generates dwarf4 which kernel unwinder can't grok
+ ifeq ($(atleast_gcc48),y)
+ cflags-$(CONFIG_ARC_DW2_UNWIND)		+= -gdwarf-2
+-- 
+2.5.5
+
-- 
2.5.5




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