[PATCH] x86: Fix build of UML with KASAN

Vincent Whitchurch Vincent.Whitchurch at axis.com
Mon Sep 11 00:26:00 PDT 2023


On Sat, 2023-06-10 at 16:34 +0800, David Gow wrote:
> On Fri, 9 Jun 2023 at 19:19, Vincent Whitchurch
> <vincent.whitchurch at axis.com> wrote:
> > 
> > Building UML with KASAN fails since commit 69d4c0d32186 ("entry, kasan,
> > x86: Disallow overriding mem*() functions") with the following errors:
> > 
> >  $ tools/testing/kunit/kunit.py run --kconfig_add CONFIG_KASAN=y
> >  ...
> >  ld: mm/kasan/shadow.o: in function `memset':
> >  shadow.c:(.text+0x40): multiple definition of `memset';
> >  arch/x86/lib/memset_64.o:(.noinstr.text+0x0): first defined here
> >  ld: mm/kasan/shadow.o: in function `memmove':
> >  shadow.c:(.text+0x90): multiple definition of `memmove';
> >  arch/x86/lib/memmove_64.o:(.noinstr.text+0x0): first defined here
> >  ld: mm/kasan/shadow.o: in function `memcpy':
> >  shadow.c:(.text+0x110): multiple definition of `memcpy';
> >  arch/x86/lib/memcpy_64.o:(.noinstr.text+0x0): first defined here
> > 
> > If I'm reading that commit right, the !GENERIC_ENTRY case is still
> > supposed to be allowed to override the mem*() functions, so use weak
> > aliases in that case.
> > 
> > Fixes: 69d4c0d32186 ("entry, kasan, x86: Disallow overriding mem*() functions")
> > Signed-off-by: Vincent Whitchurch <vincent.whitchurch at axis.com>
> > ---
> 
> Thanks: I stumbled into this the other day and ran out of time to debug it.
> 
> I've tested that it works here.
> 
> Tested-by: David Gow <davidgow at google.com>

Thanks.  Perhaps someone could pick this up?  It's been a few months,
and the build problem is still present on v6.6-rc1.


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