Re: [PATCH] scripts/jobserver-exec: parse the last --jobserver-auth= option

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Mon Nov 14 2022 - 20:43:48 EST


On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 6:11 AM Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, Nov 15, 2022 at 03:10:55AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > In the GNU Make manual, the section "Sharing Job Slots with GNU make"
> > says:
> >
> > Be aware that the MAKEFLAGS variable may contain multiple instances
> > of the --jobserver-auth= option. Only the last instance is relevant.
> >
> > Take the last element of the array, not the first.
> >
> > Link: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Job-Slots.html
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >
> > scripts/jobserver-exec | 4 +++-
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/jobserver-exec b/scripts/jobserver-exec
> > index 8762887a970c..4192855f5b8b 100755
> > --- a/scripts/jobserver-exec
> > +++ b/scripts/jobserver-exec
> > @@ -23,7 +23,9 @@ try:
> > opts = [x for x in flags.split(" ") if x.startswith("--jobserver")]
> >
> > # Parse out R,W file descriptor numbers and set them nonblocking.
> > - fds = opts[0].split("=", 1)[1]
> > + # If the MAKEFLAGS variable contains multiple instances of the
> > + # --jobserver-auth= option, the last one is relevant.
> > + fds = opts[-1].split("=", 1)[1]
> > reader, writer = [int(x) for x in fds.split(",", 1)]
> > # Open a private copy of reader to avoid setting nonblocking
> > # on an unexpecting process with the same reader fd.
> > --
> > 2.34.1
>
> I think it feels a bit odd to check for '--jobserver' (w/o '-auth'), but
> "fixing" it would require depending on make >= 4.2 (May 2016). That's probably
> not yet old enough, isn't it?


Right. The option was --jobserver-fds= for Make <= 4.1.
I think requiring Make 4.2 is too early at this moment.






> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>
>



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada