gcc inserts __builtin_popcount, causes 'modpost: "__popcountdi2" ... amdgpu.ko] undefined'

[Sergei Trofimovich]

On Mon, Apr 11, 2022 at 10:08:15PM +0100, Sergei Trofimovich wrote:
> Current linux-5.17.1 on fresh gcc-12 fails to build with errors like:
> 
>     ERROR: modpost: "__popcountdi2" [drivers/net/ethernet/broadcom/bnx2x/bnx2x.ko] undefined!
>     ERROR: modpost: "__popcountdi2" [drivers/gpu/drm/amd/amdgpu/amdgpu.ko] undefined!
> 
> It is occasionally seen by others on previous gcc versions as well:
> 
>     https://lkml.org/lkml/2021/7/11/261
>     https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/10/24/403
> 
> '__popcountdi2' are inserted by gcc for code like the following
> from 'drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/modules/hdcp/hdcp1_execution.c':
> 
>     static inline enum mod_hdcp_status validate_bksv(struct mod_hdcp *hdcp)
>     {
>         uint64_t n = 0;
>         uint8_t count = 0;
>         u8 bksv[sizeof(n)] = { };
> 
>         memcpy(bksv, hdcp->auth.msg.hdcp1.bksv, sizeof(hdcp->auth.msg.hdcp1.bksv));
>         n = *(uint64_t *)bksv;
> 
>         /* Here gcc inserts 'count = __builtin_popcount(n);' */
>         while (n) {
>                 count++;
>                 n &= (n - 1);
>         }
> 
>         return (count == 20) ? MOD_HDCP_STATUS_SUCCESS :
>                                MOD_HDCP_STATUS_HDCP1_INVALID_BKSV;
>     }
> 
> Note that gcc can insert it regardless of -mno-* options.
> 
> How should linux.git handle it? A few options come to mind:
> 
> - Perhaps use libgcc.a directly.
> - Just implement '__popcountdi2'. Example definition from libgcc:
>   https://gcc.gnu.org/git/?p=gcc.git;a=blob;f=libgcc/libgcc2.c;hb=HEAD#l846
> - Or workaround it with -fno-builtin-popcount in Makefiles.
> 
> CCing people who can help routing it and/or deciding on the fix:
> amd-gfx at lists.freedesktop.org, Joe Perches, linux-kbuild at vger.kernel.org,
> Jakub Jelinek, Segher Boessenkool, Thomas Gleixner,Peter Zijlstra, Andy
> Lutomirski.

There is now a discussion in gcc bugzilla:

    https://gcc.gnu.org/PR105253

-- 

  Sergei