Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] lib/raid6/test/Makefile: Use `$(pound)` instead of `\#` for Make 4.3

[Song Liu]

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022 at 7:22 AM Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Buidling `raid6test` on Ubuntu 21.10 (ppc64le) with GNU Make 4.3 shows the
> errors below:
>
>     $ cd lib/raid6/test/
>     $ make
>     <stdin>:1:1: error: stray ‘\’ in program
>     <stdin>:1:2: error: stray ‘#’ in program
>     <stdin>:1:11: error: expected ‘=’, ‘,’, ‘;’, ‘asm’ or ‘__attribute__’ before ‘<’ token
>     cp -f ../int.uc int.uc
>     awk -f ../unroll.awk -vN=1 < int.uc > int1.c
>     gcc -I.. -I ../../../include -g -O2                      -c -o int1.o int1.c
>     awk -f ../unroll.awk -vN=2 < int.uc > int2.c
>     gcc -I.. -I ../../../include -g -O2                      -c -o int2.o int2.c
>     awk -f ../unroll.awk -vN=4 < int.uc > int4.c
>     gcc -I.. -I ../../../include -g -O2                      -c -o int4.o int4.c
>     awk -f ../unroll.awk -vN=8 < int.uc > int8.c
>     gcc -I.. -I ../../../include -g -O2                      -c -o int8.o int8.c
>     awk -f ../unroll.awk -vN=16 < int.uc > int16.c
>     gcc -I.. -I ../../../include -g -O2                      -c -o int16.o int16.c
>     awk -f ../unroll.awk -vN=32 < int.uc > int32.c
>     gcc -I.. -I ../../../include -g -O2                      -c -o int32.o int32.c
>     rm -f raid6.a
>     ar cq raid6.a int1.o int2.o int4.o int8.o int16.o int32.o recov.o algos.o tables.o
>     ranlib raid6.a
>     gcc -I.. -I ../../../include -g -O2                      -o raid6test test.c raid6.a
>     /usr/bin/ld: raid6.a(algos.o):/dev/shm/linux/lib/raid6/test/algos.c:28: multiple definition of `raid6_call'; /scratch/local/ccIJjN8s.o:/dev/shm/linux/lib/raid6/test/test.c:22: first defined here
>     collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
>     make: *** [Makefile:72: raid6test] Error 1
>
> The errors come from the `HAS_ALTIVEC` test, which fails, and the POWER
> optimized versions are not built. That’s also reason nobody noticed on the
> other architectures.
>
> GNU Make 4.3 does not remove the backslash anymore. From the 4.3 release
> announcment:
>
> > * WARNING: Backward-incompatibility!
> >   Number signs (#) appearing inside a macro reference or function invocation
> >   no longer introduce comments and should not be escaped with backslashes:
> >   thus a call such as:
> >     foo := $(shell echo '#')
> >   is legal.  Previously the number sign needed to be escaped, for example:
> >     foo := $(shell echo '\#')
> >   Now this latter will resolve to "\#".  If you want to write makefiles
> >   portable to both versions, assign the number sign to a variable:
> >     H := \#
> >     foo := $(shell echo '$H')
> >   This was claimed to be fixed in 3.81, but wasn't, for some reason.
> >   To detect this change search for 'nocomment' in the .FEATURES variable.
>
> So, do the same as commit 9564a8cf422d ("Kbuild: fix # escaping in .cmd
> files for future Make") and commit 929bef467771 ("bpf: Use $(pound) instead
> of \# in Makefiles") and define and use a `$(pound)` variable.
>
> Reference for the change in make:
> https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/make.git/commit/?id=c6966b323811c37acedff05b57
>
> Cc: Matt Brown <matthew.brown.dev@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Paul Menzel <pmenzel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

I removed all the "`", fixed some unwrapped commit log, shortened some lines
and applied the set to md-next. Please review that version and let me know if
anything need to change.

Thanks,
Song