<div dir="ltr">Hello Eli, Peter!<br><div><br></div><div>Thank you for the tips.</div><div><br></div><div>Peter,<br></div><div>1. I guess that the default option for orphan handling is "place", because the "got" section, which was initially not in the linker script, was put by the linker to the "data" section. When I have figured it out, I added such section to the linker script:</div><div><br></div><div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"> .got :<br> {<br> . = ALIGN(8);<br> *(.got)<br> *(.got*)<br> . = ALIGN(8);<br> } >FLASH</blockquote></div><div><br></div><div>As you can see, I put it in ROM, so there is no way for the value to be invalid, because those values are loaded by the programmer/flasher device. No "data" section is involved here, so it is not initialized by the startup code.</div><div>When building in Debug mode, then "orphan handling" equal to "warn" warns me only about some "debug*" and "comment" sections. I guess it's irrelevant?</div><div><br></div><div>Eli,</div><div>2. The default option for the compiler was to compile it with "-fno-pic". When I added that flag explicitly to the compiler invocation, no difference in the executable layout, nor in the object files or static libraries, has been observed.</div><div><br></div><div>3. I have checked the object files and static libraries for the entries in the "got" section (using "objdump -r ...") and I couldn't find one. It seems that the linker is inputting the "got" section on its own.</div><div><br></div><div>4. FLASH and RAM address are for sure OK. See the linker script: <a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G2oBmN574LTOE9chbBgtkYZRdjcfjluR/view?usp=sharing">https://drive.google.com/file/d/1G2oBmN574LTOE9chbBgtkYZRdjcfjluR/view?usp=sharing</a></div><div><br></div><div>5. I have compared the value which is in the "got" section with the value it should have and couldn't find any pattern, unfortunately. It might be there, but it would be hard to calculate it.</div><div><br></div><div>6. "-flto" affects the size of the binary only a little, but the error recurs the same way, when the flag is not used.</div><div><br></div><div>7. One more thing: I have compiled libcxx, libunwind, libcxxabi and compiler-rt with the very same flags like specified in the first post and using clang. I linked it with my binary. It worked! The exceptions have been caught properly. I had to disable some functions from libcxx and libcxxabi, and provide some stubs, which have no implementation (e.g. aligned (de)allocation). I guess this may break other functionality in the app. The binary size increases too much, so I don't think that using libcxx and libcxxabi is a long-run solution. The problem recurs for the setup: libstdc++ with libunwind and compiler-rt (when libgcc is replaced with libunwind + compiler-rt). It seems that using lld along with libstdc++ breaks the build. One more thing: lld generates a much larger "got" section, with multiple values, when libcxx is involved.</div><div><br></div><div>8. I didn't compare the linker flags yet for the gcc vs clang build. I will do it soon, and I will get back with the results.</div><div><br></div><div>Kind regards,</div><div>Kacper</div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">pon., 22 lis 2021 o 22:26 Peter Smith <<a href="mailto:Peter.Smith@arm.com" target="_blank">Peter.Smith@arm.com</a>> napisał(a):<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>One more small suggestion. Eli’s suggestions are well worth trying first.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>If you are static linking the linker should have written the relocated value into the .got section leaving no dynamic relocation. Can you use the linker map file to find that section in the ELF file,
presumably it will be in FLASH and check that the resulting value in the flash is correct (assuming the .got will be in the correct place) after copying to RAM. If it is correct in the FLASH but not after copying to RAM then it could possibly be something
to do with copying the GOT to the correct address in RAM, i.e. if that has gone wrong then the GOT and various other bits of the program could also be wrong.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>I’d also look at the map file to see if other orphan sections (those that haven’t been explicitly placed by your script) have missed out being copied into RAM. To be sure your script hasn’t missed
anything I recommend setting --orphan-handling-mode=warn or =error <a href="https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Options.html#index-_002d_002dorphan_002dhandling_003dMODE" target="_blank">
https://sourceware.org/binutils/docs/ld/Options.html#index-_002d_002dorphan_002dhandling_003dMODE</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span>Peter<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Eli Friedman via llvm-dev<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 22 November 2021 19:28<br>
<b>To:</b> Kacper Kowalski <<a href="mailto:kacper.s.kowalski@gmail.com" target="_blank">kacper.s.kowalski@gmail.com</a>>; llvm-dev <<a href="mailto:llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org" target="_blank">llvm-dev@lists.llvm.org</a>><br>
<b>Subject:</b> Re: [llvm-dev] Exceptions not working when cross compiling for ARM Cortex M4 with clang and precompiled libraries from ARM GNU GCC Toolchain<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Some small suggestions:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><u></u> <u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">LTO makes everything more complicated; make sure things work without -flto before trying LTO.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">A “.got” section shows up when an object file compiled with -fPIC/-fPIE accesses an external global variable or constant. You can check if an object file contains a relocation like this with objdump -r (something like
R_ARM_GOT_PREL). For a static link, the linker should fix it to point to the right address. If the linker isn’t computing the correct address, my best guess is that something is wrong with the linker script. Are you setting the address of flash/RAM correctly?
Is the difference between the address in the GOT and the actual address related to the size of some section? (The consequences of getting this wrong might not be immediately obvious if the code is mostly using pc-relative addressing.)<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">If you have a working build with gcc, you might want to compare to see what, exactly, is different. Check the link line with “-###”; are you using the same linker? The same libraries?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">-Eli<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<b>Subject:</b> [llvm-dev] Exceptions not working when cross compiling for ARM Cortex M4 with clang and precompiled libraries from ARM GNU GCC Toolchain<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I have been struggling with enabling exceptions for the Clang build, when cross compiling using precompiled libraries from ARM GNU GCC Toolchain.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:12pt"><span lang="EN-US">LLVM version: 13.0.0<br>
CMake version: 3.21.3<br>
targeted CPU: STM32L432KC, ARM Cortex M4<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">-nodefaultlibs<u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">--sysroot=${ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/arm-none-eabi<u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">-flto<u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">-fdata-sections -ffunction-sections<u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"># For <iostream>, <string>, ...<u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">-isystem </span></code><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">"${ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/arm-none-eabi/include/c++/${ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_VERSION}/"</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"> <u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"># For <bits</span></code><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">/*>, ...</span><u></u><u></u></span></pre>
<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">-isystem "${ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/arm-none-eabi/include/c++/${ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_VERSION}/arm-none-eabi/thumb/v7e-m+fp/hard/"<u></u><u></u></span></span></pre>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_PATH is the root path to the mentioned ARM GNU GCC Toolchain. ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_GCC_VERSION is equal to 10.3.1. One can download it here: <a href="https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm/downloads" target="_blank">https://developer.arm.com/tools-and-software/open-source-software/developer-tools/gnu-toolchain/gnu-rm/downloads</a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">--sysroot=${ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/arm-none-eabi<u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
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<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"># Path to standard libraries: libc, libm, ...<u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
<pre style="vertical-align:baseline"><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">-</span></code><span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm">L"${ARM_GNU_TOOLCHAIN_PATH}/arm-none-eabi/lib/thumb/v7e-m+fp/hard/"</span></span><code><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family:inherit;border:1pt none windowtext;padding:0cm"><u></u><u></u></span></code></pre>
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I use custom linker script and custom startup file to compile the firmware properly. I attach them both.</span><u></u><u></u></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The problem is that clang generates ".got" section, which it inputs automatically, without being "said", to RAM. I have included it in the ".data" section, because otherwise it breaks the global variable initialization
within the startup code. GOT section is normally related to dynamic symbol resolution. Since I link everything statically, I don't understand why this section shows up there.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">The mentioned ".got" section contains one variable, which is an address pointing to some place in "rodata". Unfortunately, this address is wrong. It points to some random rodata, where some ASCII strings are held. It
shall point to the symbol:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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0x080096d6 ? ldr r3, [r4, #0] # r4 holds the address of "got"<br>
0x080096d8 ? mov r1, r6<br>
0x080096da ? mov r0, r4<br>
0x080096dc ? ldr r6, [r3, #16] # Loaded from the address pointed by (r3 + 16)<br>
0x080096de ? add r2, sp, #4<br>
0x080096e0 ? movs r3, #1<br>
0x080096e2 ? blx r6 # This line crashes<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Using gdb I am able to write data to RAM by hand. I have found the address of the symbol vtable for __cxxabiv1::__class_type_info + 8 in section .rodata, which is 0x8019004. Then I wrote this address under 0x20000000
(the "got" section). Unfortunately, the program didn't end up as expected - within the "catch" block, but went to "_exit", through "std::terminate", what means that no suitable handler has been found during stack unwinding. The stack trace from that attempt:<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">[0] from 0x08008df0 in _exit<br>
[1] from 0x08008d42 in abort<br>
[2] from 0x08009d08 in __gnu_cxx::__verbose_terminate_handler()<br>
[3] from 0x08008cc2 in __cxxabiv1::__terminate(void (*)())<br>
[4] from 0x08008cf2 in std::terminate()<br>
[5] from 0x08009c08 in __cxa_throw<br>
[6] from 0x0800fedc in test_throws_uncaught_exception()+52 at /home/kacper/Workspace/Aura/tests/device/test_serial_logger/test_logs_uncaught_exception.cpp:11<br>
[7] from 0x08014ff0 in run_test(void (*)(), char const*, unsigned int)+92 at test_logs_uncaught_exception_runner.cpp:62<br>
[8] from 0x08014f8e in test_main()+12 at test_logs_uncaught_exception_runner.cpp:79<br>
[9] from 0x08014440 in app_main::$_0::operator()() const+16 at /home/kacper/Workspace/Aura/tests/device/setup/test_runner.cpp:24<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I attach section dump and disassembly of the program as well.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Am I missing some compiler or linker flag?<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">I am fighting with it for a week at least. I was hoping that I will be able to push my project with clang build as the main build, but I guess I will have to fall back to GCC instead.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Any help would be appreciated.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kind regards,<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">Kacper Kowalski<u></u><u></u></span></p>
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