Subject: [PATCH] powerpc: Fail build if using recordmcount with binutils v2.37

From: Naveen N Rao <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 29 May 2023 19:15:12 +0530

binutils v2.37 drops unused section symbols, which prevents recordmcount
from capturing mcount locations in sections that have no non-weak
symbols. This results in a build failure with a message such as:
	Cannot find symbol for section 12: .text.perf_callchain_kernel.
	kernel/events/callchain.o: failed

The change to binutils was reverted for v2.38, so this behavior is
specific to binutils v2.37:
https://sourceware.org/git/?p=binutils-gdb.git;a=commit;h=c09c8b42021180eee9495bd50d8b35e683d3901b

Objtool is able to cope with such sections, so this issue is specific to
recordmcount.

Fail the build and print a warning if binutils v2.37 is detected and if
we are using recordmcount.

Cc: [email-masked]
Suggested-by: Joel Stanley <[email-masked]>
Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao <[email-masked]>
---
 arch/powerpc/Makefile | 8 ++++++++
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
index dca73f673d7046..f0540c1f1377c8 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile
@@ -409,3 +409,11 @@ checkbin:
 		echo -n '*** Please use a different binutils version.' ; \
 		false ; \
 	fi
+	@if test "x${CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_RECORDMCOUNT}" = "xy" -a \
+		"x${CONFIG_LD_IS_BFD}" = "xy" -a \
+		"x$(call ld-ifversion, -eq, 23700, y)" = "xy" ; then \
+		echo -n '*** binutils 2.37 drops unused section symbols, which recordmcount ' ; \
+		echo 'is unable to handle.' ; \
+		echo '*** Please use a different binutils version.' ; \
+		false ; \
+	fi

base-commit: 7b2f56d76feff3b494d6e77950ab97987323d3c5
-- 
2.40.1