[build fail] v6.11-rc2 from "ARM: 9404/1: arm32: enable HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION"

[Arnd Bergmann]

On Wed, Aug 7, 2024, at 17:36, Harith George wrote:
> On 07-08-2024 20:52, liuyuntao (F) wrote:
>> Thanks, I reproduce the link error with toolchain
>> gcc version 9.3.0
>> GNU ld (GNU Binutils) 2.33.1
>> 
>> with same gcc version, just upgrading ld version to 2.36.1, it does not 
>> segfault and build completes. there should be bugs in low version of ld,
>> and the ".reloc  .text, R_ARM_NONE, ." triggers that.
>> 
> Thanks for confirming.
>
> I guess we need to add something like
> #if !CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC || CONFIG_LD_VERSION >= 23600
> around the entry-armv.S changes and maybe select 
> HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION in arch/arm/Kconfig only if the same 
> conditions are met ??

I think it makes most sense to have a minimum LD
version as a dependency for HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION.
Are you sure that 2.36 is the first one that works, and it's
not just 2.33 specifically that is broken?

If so, we could use

--- a/arch/arm/Kconfig
+++ b/arch/arm/Kconfig
@@ -117,7 +117,7 @@ config ARM
        select HAVE_KERNEL_XZ
        select HAVE_KPROBES if !XIP_KERNEL && !CPU_ENDIAN_BE32 && !CPU_V7M && !CPU_32v3
        select HAVE_KRETPROBES if HAVE_KPROBES
-       select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION
+       select HAVE_LD_DEAD_CODE_DATA_ELIMINATION if (LD_VERSION >= 23600 || LD_IS_LLD)
        select HAVE_MOD_ARCH_SPECIFIC
        select HAVE_NMI
        select HAVE_OPTPROBES if !THUMB2_KERNEL


binutils only takes a few seconds to build from source, so
you could just try all version from 2.25 (the oldest supported)
to 2.36) to see which ones work.

       Arnd