[PATCH 1/2] powerpc/uaccess: Fix build errors seen with GCC 14

Michael Ellerman mpe at ellerman.id.au
Tue May 21 22:39:18 AEST 2024


Building ppc64le_defconfig with GCC 14 fails with assembler errors:

    CC      fs/readdir.o
  /tmp/ccdQn0mD.s: Assembler messages:
  /tmp/ccdQn0mD.s:212: Error: operand out of domain (18 is not a multiple of 4)
  /tmp/ccdQn0mD.s:226: Error: operand out of domain (18 is not a multiple of 4)
  ... [6 lines]
  /tmp/ccdQn0mD.s:1699: Error: operand out of domain (18 is not a multiple of 4)

A snippet of the asm shows:

  # ../fs/readdir.c:210:         unsafe_copy_dirent_name(dirent->d_name, name, namlen, efault_end);
         ld 9,0(29)       # MEM[(u64 *)name_38(D) + _88 * 1], MEM[(u64 *)name_38(D) + _88 * 1]
  # 210 "../fs/readdir.c" 1
         1:      std 9,18(8)     # put_user       # *__pus_addr_52, MEM[(u64 *)name_38(D) + _88 * 1]

The 'std' instruction requires a 4-byte aligned displacement because
it is a DS-form instruction, and as the assembler says, 18 is not a
multiple of 4.

The fix is to change the constraint on the memory operand to put_user(),
from "m" which is a general memory reference to "YZ".

The "Z" constraint is documented in the GCC manual PowerPC machine
constraints, and specifies a "memory operand accessed with indexed or
indirect addressing". "Y" is not documented in the manual but specifies
a "memory operand for a DS-form instruction". Using both allows the
compiler to generate a DS-form "std" or X-form "stdx" as appropriate.

The change has to be conditional on CONFIG_PPC_KERNEL_PREFIXED because
the "Y" constraint does not guarantee 4-byte alignment when prefixed
instructions are enabled.

Unfortunately clang doesn't support the "Y" constraint so that has to be
behind an ifdef.

Although the build error is only seen with GCC 14, that appears to just
be luck. The constraint has been incorrect since it was first added.

Fixes: c20beffeec3c ("powerpc/uaccess: Use flexible addressing with __put_user()/__get_user()")
Cc: stable at vger.kernel.org # v5.10+
Suggested-by: Kewen Lin <linkw at gcc.gnu.org>
Signed-off-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe at ellerman.id.au>
---
 arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 16 insertions(+)

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
index de10437fd206..4cba724c8899 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
+++ b/arch/powerpc/include/asm/uaccess.h
@@ -92,9 +92,25 @@ __pu_failed:							\
 		: label)
 #endif
 
+#ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG
+#define DS_FORM_CONSTRAINT "Z<>"
+#else
+#define DS_FORM_CONSTRAINT "YZ<>"
+#endif
+
 #ifdef __powerpc64__
+#ifdef CONFIG_PPC_KERNEL_PREFIXED
 #define __put_user_asm2_goto(x, ptr, label)			\
 	__put_user_asm_goto(x, ptr, label, "std")
+#else
+#define __put_user_asm2_goto(x, addr, label)			\
+	asm goto ("1: std%U1%X1 %0,%1	# put_user\n"		\
+		EX_TABLE(1b, %l2)				\
+		:						\
+		: "r" (x), DS_FORM_CONSTRAINT (*addr)		\
+		:						\
+		: label)
+#endif // CONFIG_PPC_KERNEL_PREFIXED
 #else /* __powerpc64__ */
 #define __put_user_asm2_goto(x, addr, label)			\
 	asm goto(					\
-- 
2.45.1



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