undefined reference to `__aarch64_cas4_sync' error on arm64 native build

[richard clark]

Hi Mark,

On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 7:26 PM Mark Rutland <mark.rutland at arm.com> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2024 at 09:42:40AM +0800, richard clark wrote:
> > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 10:12 PM Segher Boessenkool
> > <segher at kernel.crashing.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > On Wed, Jan 10, 2024 at 01:59:53PM +0800, richard clark wrote:
> > > > A ported driver in linux kernel calls '__sync_val_compare_and_swap',
> > >
> > > That is a builtin function.  It does not necessarily expand to an actual
> > > function call.  aarch64 will typically expand it to inline code.
> > >
> > native gcc version:
> > gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0
> > cross-compiler gcc version:
> > aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc (Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) 11.4.0
> >
> > Interesting, the same '__sync_val_compare_and_swap' in the .c file
> > will be 'U __aarch64_cas4_sync' in the .o file compiled by native,
> > will be 't __cmpxchg_case_mb_32' in the .o file compiled by
> > aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc... don't know what the reason is
>
> The __cmpxchg_case_mb_32() function is kernel code from
> arch/arm64/include/asm/cmpxchg.h, so I do not believe that's being generated by
> the compiler from __sync_val_compare_and_swap().
>
> Are you certain that's being built from the exact same C file?
>
> Are you able to share the code in question? Where has it come from in the first
> place?
>

Ah, double check and the misleading info about the native and cross
compiler, the native gcc(Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04) and the
cross-compiler - aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc(Ubuntu 11.4.0-1ubuntu1~22.04)
will generate the same link error, but the cross-compiler -
aarch64-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc.
(aarch64-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc.br_real (Buildroot 2020.08) 9.3.0)
will not generate the link error, I believe it should be as you said,
the aarch64-buildroot-linux-gnu-gcc doesn't enable '-moutline-atomics'
by default.


>
> Thanks,
> Mark.