[PATCH] efi: stub: define DISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING for all architectures

Ard Biesheuvel ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org
Tue Jan 5 06:56:39 PST 2016


(+ Arnd)

On 4 January 2016 at 13:31, Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Dec 23, 2015 at 10:29:28AM +0100, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>> This moves the DISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING define from the x86 specific
>> to the general CFLAGS definition for the stub. This fixes build errors
>> when building for arm64 with CONFIG_PROFILE_ALL_BRANCHES_ENABLED.
>>
>> Reported-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel at linaro.org>
>> ---
>>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile | 4 ++--
>>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> Cheers, Ard. The kernel now builds and boots as an EFI application for
> me when the dreaded #define if config option is enabled:
>
>   Tested-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon at arm.com>
>
> Will
>

@Matt: this is causing randconfig build errors for ARM in -next. Mind
if we take this through some other tree?


>> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
>> index 3c0467d3688c..c0ddd1b8dca3 100644
>> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
>> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
>> @@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_32)               := -march=i386
>>  cflags-$(CONFIG_X86_64)              := -mcmodel=small
>>  cflags-$(CONFIG_X86)         += -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUX_INCLUDE) -O2 \
>>                                  -fPIC -fno-strict-aliasing -mno-red-zone \
>> -                                -mno-mmx -mno-sse -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING
>> +                                -mno-mmx -mno-sse
>>
>>  cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM64)               := $(subst -pg,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
>>  cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM)         := $(subst -pg,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
>> @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM)                := $(subst -pg,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
>>
>>  cflags-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB) += -I$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt
>>
>> -KBUILD_CFLAGS                        := $(cflags-y) \
>> +KBUILD_CFLAGS                        := $(cflags-y) -DDISABLE_BRANCH_PROFILING \
>>                                  $(call cc-option,-ffreestanding) \
>>                                  $(call cc-option,-fno-stack-protector)
>>
>> --
>> 2.5.0
>>



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