commit 4dd1837d7589f468ed109556513f476e7a7f9121 breaks build

Sun Nov 20 04:34:22 PST 2016

On Sun, Nov 20, 2016 at 12:43:38PM +0100, Tobias Jakobi wrote:
> Hello Russell,
> 
> Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> > None of the autobuilders are finding this problem, and they build a
> > wide range of configurations.  Maybe it's something specific to how
> > you're building the kernel - can you give step by step instructions
> > how to reproduce this please?
> Just using plain make here, no cross-compiler or anything involved. gcc
> is version 4.9.4.

Hmm.  The commit you mention was merged during the merge window, so
anyone building 4.9-rc1 or later should be seeing this problem, but
they aren't.  I've built many kernels post -rc1, and I'm not seeing
the problem with my 4.7.4 cross compiler.

> Build platform is a Exynos4412 based ODROID-X2.
> 
> 
> The complete log from the 'build modules' step:
> >   Building modules, stage 2.
> >   Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
> >   MODPOST 52 modules
> >   XZKERN  arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy_data
> >   SHIPPED arch/arm/boot/compressed/lib1funcs.S
> >   SHIPPED arch/arm/boot/compressed/ashldi3.S
> >   SHIPPED arch/arm/boot/compressed/bswapsdi2.S
> >   AS      arch/arm/boot/compressed/lib1funcs.o
> >   AS      arch/arm/boot/compressed/ashldi3.o
> >   AS      arch/arm/boot/compressed/bswapsdi2.o
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [sound/usb/snd-usbmidi-lib.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [sound/usb/snd-usbmidi-lib.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [sound/usb/snd-usbmidi-lib.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [sound/usb/snd-usb-audio.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [sound/core/seq/snd-seq.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [sound/core/seq/snd-seq.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [net/bridge/bridge.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [net/bridge/bridge.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [net/bluetooth/hidp/hidp.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [net/bluetooth/bnep/bnep.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [net/bluetooth/bnep/bnep.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [net/bluetooth/bnep/bnep.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [fs/fuse/fuse.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [fs/cifs/cifs.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [fs/cifs/cifs.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [fs/cifs/cifs.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [fs/cifs/cifs.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [fs/btrfs/btrfs.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [fs/btrfs/btrfs.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [fs/btrfs/btrfs.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [fs/btrfs/btrfs.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [drivers/usb/storage/usb-storage.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/usb/gadget/libcomposite.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/usb/gadget/function/usb_f_rndis.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/usb/gadget/function/u_ether.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p-mfc.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p-mfc.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p-mfc.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [drivers/media/platform/s5p-mfc/s5p-mfc.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [drivers/md/dm-crypt.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/md/dm-crypt.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/gpu/arm/mali/maligpu.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [drivers/gpu/arm/mali/maligpu.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_clear_bit" [drivers/bluetooth/btusb.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/bluetooth/btintel.ko] undefined!
> > ERROR: "_set_bit" [drivers/bluetooth/btbcm.ko] undefined!
> > scripts/Makefile.modpost:91: recipe for target '__modpost' failed
> > make[1]: *** [__modpost] Error 1
> > Makefile:1191: recipe for target 'modules' failed
> > make: *** [modules] Error 2
> 
> 
> This is the config I'm using for the build:
> https://github.com/tobiasjakobi/odroid-environment/blob/master/sourcecode/system/vanilla-4.9-debug.conf

You have CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS enabled - I wonder if that's the
issue.  I've just enabled that here, and building I see:

  EXPORTS lib/lib-ksyms.o
  LD      lib/built-in.o
  CHK     include/generated/autoksyms.h
  KSYMS   symbols: before=0, after=2413, changed=2413
  UPD     include/generated/autoksyms.h

and then the build seems to restart from the very beginning, which seems
rather fishy - it doubles the build time of the kernel.  The second
build doesn't even hit any ccache entries from the first build.  Then we
get through the rebuild, and I get:

  EXPORTS lib/lib-ksyms.o
  LD      lib/built-in.o
  CHK     include/generated/autoksyms.h
  LD      vmlinux.o
...
  LD      vmlinux
  SORTEX  vmlinux
  SYSMAP  System.map
  Building modules, stage 2.
  OBJCOPY arch/arm/boot/Image
  Kernel: arch/arm/boot/Image is ready
  AS      arch/arm/boot/compressed/head.o
  LZO     arch/arm/boot/compressed/piggy_data
  MODPOST 465 modules
ERROR:   CC      arch/arm/boot/compressed/misc.o
"_clear_bit" [net/sched/sch_teql.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "_set_bit" [net/sched/sch_teql.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "_set_bit" [net/sched/cls_u32.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "_clear_bit" [net/netfilter/nfnetlink_acct.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "_test_and_clear_bit" [net/mac80211/mac80211.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "_set_bit" [net/mac80211/mac80211.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "_test_and_set_bit" [net/mac80211/mac80211.ko] undefined!
ERROR: "_clear_bit" [net/mac80211/mac80211.ko] undefined!

So yes, it's caused by this ksyms trimming.

Now, the thing is that include/generated/autoksyms.h contains:

#define __KSYM__change_bit 1
#define __KSYM__clear_bit 1
#define __KSYM__set_bit 1
#define __KSYM__test_and_change_bit 1
#define __KSYM__test_and_clear_bit 1
#define __KSYM__test_and_set_bit 1

amongst many other stuff - presumably this is a list of ksyms which
should be included, rather than a list of what should be excluded.

I'm afraid that I never saw the patches which changed the way the ksyms
stuff worked for the assembly files, and these patches have caused
several problems for ARM.  I'm not aware of what the changes were, or
how the damn exports now work, so I'm currently at a loss what to
suggest at the moment, other than to disable CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS in
your configuration until someone can work out wtf is going on.

I guess I'm going to have to work out how this stuff now works - don't
expect a solution quickly, especially as building with this option
enabled is soo time consuming (like, half an hour per build.)

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