On Tue, 2 Jun 2020 at 20:57, Nick Desaulniers <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Jun 2, 2020 at 11:44 AM 'Marco Elver' via Clang Built Linux
> <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > Adds config variable CC_HAS_WORKING_NOSANITIZE, which will be true if we
> > have a compiler that does not fail builds due to no_sanitize functions.
> > This does not yet mean they work as intended, but for automated
> > build-tests, this is the minimum requirement.
> >
> > For example, we require that __always_inline functions used from
> > no_sanitize functions do not generate instrumentation. On GCC <= 7 this
> > fails to build entirely, therefore we make the minimum version GCC 8.
> >
> > For KCSAN this is a non-functional change, however, we should add it in
> > case this variable changes in future.
> >
> > Link:
> > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected]
> > Suggested-by: Peter Zijlstra <[email protected]>
> > Signed-off-by: Marco Elver <[email protected]>
>
> Is this a problem only for x86? If so, that's quite a jump in minimal
> compiler versions for a feature that I don't think is currently
> problematic for other architectures? (Based on
> https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/[email protected]/
> )
__always_inline void foo(void) {}
__no_sanitize_address void bar(void) { foo(); }
where __no_sanitize_address is implied by 'noinstr' now, and 'noinstr'
is no longer just x86.
Therefore, it's broken on *all* architectures. The compiler will just
break the build with an error. I don't think we can fix that.
Thanks,
-- Marco
