Subject: [RFC][PATCH] powerpc/64be: use ELFv2 ABI for big endian kernels

From: Nicholas Piggin <[email-masked]>
Date: Thu, 24 Nov 2016 00:08:40 +1100

Question, are there any fundamental reasons we shouldn't use the ELFv2
ABI to build big endian kernels if the compiler supports it?

Thanks,
Nick

---
 arch/powerpc/Makefile      | 15 +++++----------
 arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile |  2 +-
 2 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index 902da6e..b4867fc 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -72,18 +72,19 @@ GNUTARGET	:= powerpc
 MULTIPLEWORD	:= -mmultiple
 endif
 
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_PPC64),y)
+cflags-y				+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
+aflags-y				+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
+endif
+
 cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
-cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
 cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mlittle-endian
-cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mabi=elfv2
 ifneq ($(cc-name),clang)
   cflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mno-strict-align
 endif
 
 aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mbig-endian)
-aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN)		+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
 aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mlittle-endian
-aflags-$(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN)	+= -mabi=elfv2
 
 ifeq ($(HAS_BIARCH),y)
 override AS	+= -a$(BITS)
@@ -113,14 +114,8 @@ endif
 endif
 
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	:= $(call cc-option,-mtraceback=no)
-ifeq ($(CONFIG_CPU_LITTLE_ENDIAN),y)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2,$(call cc-option,-mcall-aixdesc))
 AFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
-else
-CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mcall-aixdesc)
-CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
-AFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
-endif
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mcmodel=medium,$(call cc-option,-mminimal-toc))
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC64)	+= $(call cc-option,-mno-pointers-to-nested-functions)
 CFLAGS-$(CONFIG_PPC32)	:= -ffixed-r2 $(MULTIPLEWORD)
diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
index 1d50d41..ef2499b 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ BOOTCFLAGS	+= -m64
 endif
 ifdef CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN
 BOOTCFLAGS	+= -mbig-endian
-BOOTCFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv1)
+BOOTCFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
 else
 BOOTCFLAGS	+= -mlittle-endian
 BOOTCFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
-- 
2.10.2