[PATCH] arm64: move warning about toolchains to archprepare

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sun Aug 01 2021 - 01:37:22 EST


Commit 987fdfec2410 ("arm64: move --fix-cortex-a53-843419 linker test to
Kconfig") fixed the false-positive warning in the installation step.

Yet, there are some cases where this false-positive is shown. For example,
you can see it when you cross 987fdfec2410 during git-bisect.

$ git checkout 987fdfec2410^
[ snip ]
$ make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- defconfig all
[ snip ]
$ git checkout v5.13
[ snip]
$ make ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- defconfig all
[ snip ]
arch/arm64/Makefile:25: ld does not support --fix-cortex-a53-843419; kernel may be susceptible to erratum

In the stale include/config/auto.config, CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419=y
is set without CONFIG_ARM64_LD_HAS_FIX_ERRATUM_843419, so the warning
is displayed while parsing the Makefiles.

Make will restart with the updated include/config/auto.config, hence
CONFIG_ARM64_LD_HAS_FIX_ERRATUM_843419 will be set eventually, but
this warning is a surprise for users.

Commit 25896d073d8a ("x86/build: Fix compiler support check for
CONFIG_RETPOLINE") addressed a similar issue.

Move $(warning ...) out of the parse stage of Makefiles.

The same applies to CONFIG_ARM64_USE_LSE_ATOMICS.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

arch/arm64/Makefile | 21 ++++++++++++---------
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/arm64/Makefile b/arch/arm64/Makefile
index ded13230f901..8b0fd9d92390 100644
--- a/arch/arm64/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm64/Makefile
@@ -21,19 +21,11 @@ LDFLAGS_vmlinux += -shared -Bsymbolic -z notext \
endif

ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419),y)
- ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_LD_HAS_FIX_ERRATUM_843419),y)
-$(warning ld does not support --fix-cortex-a53-843419; kernel may be susceptible to erratum)
- else
+ ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_LD_HAS_FIX_ERRATUM_843419),y)
LDFLAGS_vmlinux += --fix-cortex-a53-843419
endif
endif

-ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_USE_LSE_ATOMICS), y)
- ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS), y)
-$(warning LSE atomics not supported by binutils)
- endif
-endif
-
cc_has_k_constraint := $(call try-run,echo \
'int main(void) { \
asm volatile("and w0, w0, %w0" :: "K" (4294967295)); \
@@ -179,6 +171,17 @@ vdso_install:

archprepare:
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=arch/arm64/tools kapi
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_ERRATUM_843419),y)
+ ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_LD_HAS_FIX_ERRATUM_843419),y)
+ @echo "warning: ld does not support --fix-cortex-a53-843419; kernel may be susceptible to erratum" >&2
+ endif
+endif
+ifeq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_USE_LSE_ATOMICS),y)
+ ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARM64_LSE_ATOMICS),y)
+ @echo "warning: LSE atomics not supported by binutils" >&2
+ endif
+endif
+

# We use MRPROPER_FILES and CLEAN_FILES now
archclean:
--
2.27.0