Re: [PATCH v4 2/3] Kbuild: make DWARF version a choice

[Nick Desaulniers]

Sedat,
Thanks for testing, and congrats on https://lwn.net/Articles/839772/.
I always appreciate you taking the time to help test my work, and
other Clang+Linux kernel patches!

On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 1:24 PM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jan 13, 2021 at 1:32 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -826,12 +826,16 @@ else
> >  DEBUG_CFLAGS   += -g
> >  endif
> >
> > -ifneq ($(LLVM_IAS),1)
> > -KBUILD_AFLAGS  += -Wa,-gdwarf-2
> > +dwarf-version-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF2) := 2
> > +dwarf-version-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4) := 4
> > +DEBUG_CFLAGS   += -gdwarf-$(dwarf-version-y)

^ DEBUG_CFLAGS are set for everyone (all toolchains) if
CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO is defined.

> > +ifneq ($(dwarf-version-y)$(LLVM_IAS),21)

^ "If not using dwarf 2 and LLVM_IAS=1", ie. CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF5
&& CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC

> > +# Binutils 2.35+ required for -gdwarf-4+ support.
> > +dwarf-aflag    := $(call as-option,-Wa$(comma)-gdwarf-$(dwarf-version-y))
> > +ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG

^ "if clang"

> > +DEBUG_CFLAGS   += $(dwarf-aflag)
> >  endif
>
> Why is that "ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG"?

That's what Arvind requested on v2, IIUC:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/X8psgMuL4jMjP%2FOy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/

> When I use GCC v10.2.1 DEBUG_CFLAGS are not set.

You should have -gdwarf-4 (and not -Wa,-gwarf-4) set for DEBUG_CFLAGS
when compiling with GCC and enabling CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4. Can you
please confirm? (Perhaps you may have accidentally disabled
CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO by rerunning `make defconfig`?)
-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers