On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 06:33:49AM +0200, Christophe Leroy (CS GROUP) wrote: > + Clang > > Le 10/07/2026 à 04:51, Feng Tang a écrit : > > Thanks for the report! > > > > Add Powerpc list. > > This is a Clang build with Clang linker, did you reproduce the problem with > a normal GCC build ?
This does not reproduce with either the GNU toolchain or LLVM + the GNU assembler. It only reproduces with clang's integrated assembler. I am pretty sure I have seen this error before so I suspect that this bisection is bogus like mentioned below. > > > > On Fri, Jul 10, 2026 at 06:18:50AM +0800, kernel test robot wrote: > > > tree: > > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgit.kernel.org%2Fpub%2Fscm%2Flinux%2Fkernel%2Fgit%2Ftorvalds%2Flinux.git&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094863506%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=fQm6QfsJ2ggaKoRJWCz4dsaquz7Wo3uhRnOexVUrTnQ%3D&reserved=0 > > > master > > > head: 0e35b9b6ec0ffcc5e23cbdec09f5c622ad532b53 > > > commit: d5cae2261b86913e602452ce4a07e6aefc0f603b dma-contiguous: simplify > > > numa cma area handling > > > date: 6 weeks ago > > > config: powerpc-randconfig-r133-20260709 > > > (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownload.01.org%2F0day-ci%2Farchive%2F20260710%2F202607100652.WPUlEAfx-lkp%40intel.com%2Fconfig&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094899182%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=BkT0BYyJtniz6YPzGpYbO0jn2T7vBDBLaK2Tsh1LcnE%3D&reserved=0) > > > compiler: clang version 21.1.8 > > > (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fllvm%2Fllvm-project&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094917538%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=5%2BLVtRoojuNbhEMr3BhM2xF50PV%2FIYh%2FWw3ipDIWG%2FY%3D&reserved=0 > > > 2078da43e25a4623cab2d0d60decddf709aaea28) > > > sparse: v0.6.5-rc1 > > > reproduce (this is a W=1 build): > > > (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fdownload.01.org%2F0day-ci%2Farchive%2F20260710%2F202607100652.WPUlEAfx-lkp%40intel.com%2Freproduce&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094935016%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=%2BrpcCLuNecZIfyF6N5X%2FFcHhdG9YzLBAErvBGHyjjak%3D&reserved=0) > > > > > > > All errors (new ones prefixed by >>): > > > > > > > > ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_LO cannot be used against > > > > > symbol 'init_task'; recompile with -fPIC > > > >>> defined in vmlinux.a(init/init_task.o) > > > >>> referenced by head_44x.S:101 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S:101) > > > >>> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.o:(.head.text+0x42) in > > > archive vmlinux.a > > > -- > > > > > ld.lld: error: relocation R_PPC_ADDR16_HI cannot be used against > > > > > symbol 'init_thread_union'; recompile with -fPIC > > > >>> defined in ./arch/powerpc/kernel/vmlinux.lds:133 > > > >>> referenced by head_44x.S:108 (arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.S:108) > > > >>> arch/powerpc/kernel/head_44x.o:(.head.text+0x4e) in > > > archive vmlinux.a > > > > I checked the patch and couldn't find obvious clue between the patch and > > the error. > > > > commit d5cae2261b8691 only changes kernel/dma/contiguous.c, which is under > > CONFIG_DMA_CMA per kernel/dma/Makefile. In your config above, CONFIG_DMA_CMA > > is not even set, so the contigous.c should not be compiled. Could you help > > to double check? thanks! > > > > - Feng > > > > > Kconfig warnings: (for reference only) > > > WARNING: unmet direct dependencies detected for HOTPLUG_CPU > > > Depends on [n]: SMP [=y] && (PPC_PSERIES [=n] || PPC_PMAC [=n] || > > > PPC_POWERNV [=n] || FSL_SOC_BOOKE [=n]) > > > Selected by [y]: > > > - PM_SLEEP_SMP [=y] && SMP [=y] && (ARCH_SUSPEND_POSSIBLE [=y] || > > > ARCH_HIBERNATION_POSSIBLE [=y]) && PM_SLEEP [=y] > > > > > > -- > > > 0-DAY CI Kernel Test Service > > > https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fgithub.com%2Fintel%2Flkp-tests%2Fwiki&data=05%7C02%7Cchristophe.leroy2%40cs-soprasteria.com%7C016c05b801ba48f2593f08dede2e29c2%7C8b87af7d86474dc78df45f69a2011bb5%7C0%7C0%7C639192487094952205%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJFbXB0eU1hcGkiOnRydWUsIlYiOiIwLjAuMDAwMCIsIlAiOiJXaW4zMiIsIkFOIjoiTWFpbCIsIldUIjoyfQ%3D%3D%7C0%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sqz%2BJ2dpT3ZZjlQyyvAhgPdP9jS0kJLpbRKTcV4rM50%3D&reserved=0 > > > -- Cheers, Nathan
