Linux kernel mirror (for testing) git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git
kernel os linux

selftests/mm: fix a build failure on powerpc

The compiler is unaware of the size of code generated by the ".rept"
assembler directive. This results in the compiler emitting branch
instructions where the offset to branch to exceeds the maximum allowed
value, resulting in build failures like the following:

CC protection_keys
/tmp/ccypKWAE.s: Assembler messages:
/tmp/ccypKWAE.s:2073: Error: operand out of range (0x0000000000020158
is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007ffc)
/tmp/ccypKWAE.s:2509: Error: operand out of range (0x0000000000020130
is not between 0xffffffffffff8000 and 0x0000000000007ffc)

Fix the issue by manually adding nop instructions using the preprocessor.

Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20250428131937.641989-2-nysal@linux.ibm.com
Fixes: 46036188ea1f ("selftests/mm: build with -O2")
Reported-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@linux.ibm.com>
Signed-off-by: Nysal Jan K.A. <nysal@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Venkat Rao Bagalkote <venkat88@linux.ibm.com>
Reviewed-by: Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>
Tested-by: Donet Tom <donettom@linux.ibm.com>
Cc: <stable@vger.kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>

authored by

Nysal Jan K.A. and committed by
Andrew Morton
8cf6ecb1 22adb528

+11 -1
+11 -1
tools/testing/selftests/mm/pkey-powerpc.h
··· 104 104 return; 105 105 } 106 106 107 + #define REPEAT_8(s) s s s s s s s s 108 + #define REPEAT_64(s) REPEAT_8(s) REPEAT_8(s) REPEAT_8(s) REPEAT_8(s) \ 109 + REPEAT_8(s) REPEAT_8(s) REPEAT_8(s) REPEAT_8(s) 110 + #define REPEAT_512(s) REPEAT_64(s) REPEAT_64(s) REPEAT_64(s) REPEAT_64(s) \ 111 + REPEAT_64(s) REPEAT_64(s) REPEAT_64(s) REPEAT_64(s) 112 + #define REPEAT_4096(s) REPEAT_512(s) REPEAT_512(s) REPEAT_512(s) REPEAT_512(s) \ 113 + REPEAT_512(s) REPEAT_512(s) REPEAT_512(s) REPEAT_512(s) 114 + #define REPEAT_16384(s) REPEAT_4096(s) REPEAT_4096(s) \ 115 + REPEAT_4096(s) REPEAT_4096(s) 116 + 107 117 /* 4-byte instructions * 16384 = 64K page */ 108 - #define __page_o_noops() asm(".rept 16384 ; nop; .endr") 118 + #define __page_o_noops() asm(REPEAT_16384("nop\n")) 109 119 110 120 static inline void *malloc_pkey_with_mprotect_subpage(long size, int prot, u16 pkey) 111 121 {