[PATCH v2 0/3] powerpc64/ftrace: fixes clang build issues
Venkat Rao Bagalkote
venkat88 at linux.ibm.com
Fri Jan 30 17:18:58 AEDT 2026
On 27/01/26 2:19 pm, Hari Bathini wrote:
> Support for -fpatchable-function-entry on ppc64le was added in Clang
> with [1]. Faced a couple of issues while building the linux kernel
> with Clang though. Patches 1 & 2 address those issues. The last patch
> provides workaround to ensure, an open issue [2] in Clang with
> -fpatchable-function-entry support, does not impact the linux
> ftrace subsystem.
>
> [1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/pull/151569
> [2] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/163706
>
>
> Hari Bathini (3):
> powerpc64: make clang cross-build friendly
> powerpc64/ftrace: fix OOL stub count with clang
> powerpc64/ftrace: workaround clang recording GEP in
> __patchable_function_entries
>
> arch/powerpc/Kconfig | 4 +--
> arch/powerpc/kernel/trace/ftrace.c | 26 ++++++++++++++++---
> ....sh => check-fpatchable-function-entry.sh} | 0
> arch/powerpc/tools/ftrace-gen-ool-stubs.sh | 4 +--
> 4 files changed, 26 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
> rename arch/powerpc/tools/{gcc-check-fpatchable-function-entry.sh => check-fpatchable-function-entry.sh} (100%)
>
Tested this patch series, and bulild is successful with both GCC and
clang23.x version.
KERNEL PARAMETER enabled:
CONFIG_ARCH_USING_PATCHABLE_FUNCTION_ENTRY=y
CONFIG_PPC_FTRACE_OUT_OF_LINE=y
CONFIG_PPC_FTRACE_OUT_OF_LINE_NUM_RESERVE=32768
clang version 23.0.0git
Please add below tag for the series.
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88 at linux.ibm.com>
Regards,
Venkat.
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