clang-12 -fno-pic (since https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/commit/a084c0388e2a59b9556f2de0083333232da3f1d6) can emit `call __stack_chk_fail@PLT` instead of `call __stack_chk_fail` on x86. The two forms should have identical behaviors on x86-64 but the former causes GNU as<2.37 to produce an unreferenced undefined symbol _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_. (On x86-32, there is an R_386_PC32 vs R_386_PLT32 difference but the linker behavior is identical as far as Linux kernel is concerned.) Simply ignore _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ for now, like what scripts/mod/modpost.c:ignore_undef_symbol does. This also fixes the problem for gcc/clang -fpie and -fpic, which may emit `call foo@PLT` for external function calls on x86. Note: ld -z defs and dynamic loaders do not error for unreferenced undefined symbols so the module loader is reading too much. If we ever need to ignore more symbols, the code should be refactored to ignore unreferenced symbols.
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| @@ -2348,6 +2348,21 @@ static int verify_exported_symbols(struct module *mod) · 2347 unmodified lines | ||
| 2348 | 2348 | return 0; |
| 2349 | 2349 | } |
| 2350 | 2350 | |
| 2351 | +static bool ignore_undef_symbol(Elf_Half emachine, const char *name) | |
| 2352 | +{ | |
| 2353 | + /* | |
| 2354 | + * On x86, PIC code and Clang non-PIC code may have call foo@PLT. GNU as | |
| 2355 | + * before 2.37 produces an unreferenced _GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_ on x86-64. | |
| 2356 | + * i386 has a similar problem but may not deserve a fix. | |
| 2357 | + * | |
| 2358 | + * If we ever have to ignore many symbols, consider refactoring the code to | |
| 2359 | + * only warn if referenced by a relocation. | |
| 2360 | + */ | |
| 2361 | + if (emachine == EM_386 || emachine == EM_X86_64) | |
| 2362 | + return !strcmp(name, "_GLOBAL_OFFSET_TABLE_"); | |
| 2363 | + return false; | |
| 2364 | +} | |
| 2365 | + | |
| 2351 | 2366 | /* Change all symbols so that st_value encodes the pointer directly. */ |
| 2352 | 2367 | static int simplify_symbols(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info) |
| 2353 | 2368 | { |
| @@ -2395,8 +2410,10 @@ static int simplify_symbols(struct module *mod, const struct load_info *info) · 41 unmodified lines | ||
| 2395 | 2410 | break; |
| 2396 | 2411 | } |
| 2397 | 2412 | |
| 2398 | − /* Ok if weak. */ | |
| 2399 | − if (!ksym && ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK) | |
| 2413 | + /* Ok if weak or ignored. */ | |
| 2414 | + if (!ksym && | |
| 2415 | + (ELF_ST_BIND(sym[i].st_info) == STB_WEAK || | |
| 2416 | + ignore_undef_symbol(info->hdr->e_machine, name))) | |
| 2400 | 2417 | break; |
| 2401 | 2418 | |
| 2402 | 2419 | ret = PTR_ERR(ksym) ?: -ENOENT; |