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

[Sedat Dilek]

On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 8:20 AM Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 12:27 AM Nick Desaulniers
> <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > 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!
> >
>
> Hi Nick,
>
> cool, again in the top 15 :-).
>
> I should ask Mr. Corbet for a LWN subscription.
>
> > 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
> >
>
> OK, I know DWARF v2 and LLVM_IAS=1 is broken.
>
> Looks like DWARF v5 with GCC v10.2.1 and binutils v2.35.1 is currently
> (here) no good choice.
>
> > > > +# 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`?)
> >
>
> $ egrep 'CC_IS_|LD_IS|BTF|DWARF'
> config-5.11.0-rc3-5-amd64-gcc10-llvm11 | grep ^CONFIG
> CONFIG_CC_IS_GCC=y
> CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD=y
> CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4=y
> CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF=y
> CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES=y
>
> $ grep '\-Wa,-gdwarf-4' build-log_5.11.0-rc3-5-amd64-gcc10-llvm11.txt
> | wc -l
> 156

I wonder why I see GNU/as here (see above CONFIG_LD_IS_LLD=y)?

$ llvm-dwarfdump-11 vmlinux | head -20 | egrep
'debug_info|format|version|DW_AT_producer'
vmlinux:        file format elf64-x86-64
.debug_info contents:
0x00000000: Compile Unit: length = 0x0000001e, format = DWARF32,
version = 0x0004, abbr_offset = 0x0000, addr_size = 0x08 (next unit at
0x00000022)
             DW_AT_producer    ("GNU AS 2.35.1")
0x00000022: Compile Unit: length = 0x0000c1d2, format = DWARF32,
version = 0x0004, abbr_offset = 0x0012, addr_size = 0x08 (next unit at
0x0000c1f8)
             DW_AT_producer    ("GNU C89 10.2.1 20210110 -mno-sse
-mno-mmx -mno-sse2 -mno-3dnow -mno-avx -m64 -mno-80387
-mno-fp-ret-in-387 -mpreferred-stack-boundary
=3 -mskip-rax-setup -mtune=generic -mno-red-zone -mcmodel=kernel
-mindirect-branch=thunk-extern -mindirect-branch-register
-mrecord-mcount -mfentry -march=x86-64 -g -g
dwarf-4 -O2 -std=gnu90 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fshort-wchar
-fno-PIE -falign-jumps=1 -falign-loops=1
-fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-jump-tables -fno-de
lete-null-pointer-checks -fno-allow-store-data-races
-fstack-protector-strong -fno-strict-overflow -fstack-check=no
-fconserve-stack -fcf-protection=none -fno-stack-pr
otector")

Maybe, I should set all LLVM utils and linker manually, not using LLVM=1.

- Sedat -