[PATCH] kcsan: select CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS

From: Arnd Bergmann
Date: Wed Feb 15 2023 - 04:15:22 EST


From: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>

Building a kcsan enabled kernel for x86_64 with gcc-11 results in a lot
of build warnings or errors without CONFIG_CONSTRUCTORS:

x86_64-linux-ld: error: unplaced orphan section `.ctors.65436' from `arch/x86/lib/copy_mc.o'
x86_64-linux-ld: error: unplaced orphan section `.ctors.65436' from `arch/x86/lib/cpu.o'
x86_64-linux-ld: error: unplaced orphan section `.ctors.65436' from `arch/x86/lib/csum-partial_64.o'
x86_64-linux-ld: error: unplaced orphan section `.ctors.65436' from `arch/x86/lib/csum-wrappers_64.o'
x86_64-linux-ld: error: unplaced orphan section `.ctors.65436' from `arch/x86/lib/insn-eval.o'
x86_64-linux-ld: error: unplaced orphan section `.ctors.65436' from `arch/x86/lib/insn.o'
x86_64-linux-ld: error: unplaced orphan section `.ctors.65436' from `arch/x86/lib/misc.o'

The same thing has been reported for mips64. I can't reproduce it for
any other compiler version, so I don't know if constructors are always
required here or if this is a gcc-11 specific implementation detail.

I see no harm in always enabling constructors here, and this reliably
fixes the build warnings for me.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/202204181801.r3MMkwJv-lkp@xxxxxxxxx/T/
Cc: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
See-also: 3e6631485fae ("vmlinux.lds.h: Keep .ctors.* with .ctors")
Signed-off-by: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@xxxxxxxx>
---
lib/Kconfig.kcsan | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
index 4dedd61e5192..609ddfc73de5 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.kcsan
@@ -14,6 +14,7 @@ menuconfig KCSAN
bool "KCSAN: dynamic data race detector"
depends on HAVE_ARCH_KCSAN && HAVE_KCSAN_COMPILER
depends on DEBUG_KERNEL && !KASAN
+ select CONSTRUCTORS
select STACKTRACE
help
The Kernel Concurrency Sanitizer (KCSAN) is a dynamic
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2.39.1