Re: [PATCH v1] tools/resolve_btfids: Tidy host CFLAGS forcing
From: Jiri Olsa
Date: Wed Feb 01 2023 - 15:52:32 EST
On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 10:57:40AM -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> On Wed, Feb 1, 2023 at 2:43 AM Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > On Wed, Feb 01, 2023 at 11:00:02AM +0100, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > > On Tue, Jan 31, 2023 at 05:50:15PM -0800, Ian Rogers wrote:
> > > > Avoid passing CROSS_COMPILE to submakes and ensure CFLAGS is forced to
> > > > HOSTCFLAGS for submake builds. This fixes problems with cross
> > > > compilation.
> > > >
> > > > Tidy to not unnecessarily modify/export CFLAGS, make the override for
> > > > prepare and build clearer.
> > > >
> > > > Fixes: 13e07691a16f ("tools/resolve_btfids: Alter how HOSTCC is forced")
> > > > Reported-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > >
> > > hum, that seems to build just the fixdep and skip the resolve_btfids binary
> > >
> > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/jolsa/kernel/linux-qemu/build'
> > > GEN Makefile
> > > CALL ../scripts/checksyscalls.sh
> > > DESCEND bpf/resolve_btfids
> > > HOSTCC /home/jolsa/kernel/linux-qemu/build/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/fixdep.o
> > > HOSTLD /home/jolsa/kernel/linux-qemu/build/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/fixdep-in.o
> > > LINK /home/jolsa/kernel/linux-qemu/build/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/fixdep
> > > UPD include/generated/utsversion.h
> > > CC init/version-timestamp.o
> > > LD .tmp_vmlinux.btf
> > > BTF .btf.vmlinux.bin.o
> > > die__process_unit: DW_TAG_label (0xa) @ <0x4f0d4> not handled!
> > >
> > > ...
> > >
> > > die__process_unit: DW_TAG_label (0xa) @ <0xaf91cc3> not handled!
> > > die__process_unit: DW_TAG_label (0xa) @ <0xb032fa7> not handled!
> > > LD .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms1
> > > NM .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms1.syms
> > > KSYMS .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms1.S
> > > AS .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms1.S
> > > LD .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms2
> > > NM .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms2.syms
> > > KSYMS .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms2.S
> > > AS .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms2.S
> > > LD .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms3
> > > NM .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms3.syms
> > > KSYMS .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms3.S
> > > AS .tmp_vmlinux.kallsyms3.S
> > > LD vmlinux
> > > BTFIDS vmlinux
> > > ../scripts/link-vmlinux.sh: line 277: ./tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/resolve_btfids: No such file or directory
> > > make[2]: *** [../scripts/Makefile.vmlinux:35: vmlinux] Error 127
> > > make[2]: *** Deleting file 'vmlinux'
> > > make[1]: *** [/home/jolsa/kernel/linux-qemu/Makefile:1264: vmlinux] Error 2
> > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/jolsa/kernel/linux-qemu/build'
> > > make: *** [Makefile:242: __sub-make] Error 2
> > >
> > > we actually have the hostprogs support in tools/build and we use it for
> > > fixdep, I think we should use it also here, I'll check
> >
> > it doesn't look that bad.. the change below fixes the build for me,
> > perhaps we should do that for all the host tools
> >
> > jirka
>
> I don't mind this. The fixdep vs all thing is just cause by the
> ordering in the Makefile, you can fix by specifying the target or add
> this patch:
> ```
> --- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
> @@ -58,11 +58,11 @@ HOST_OVERRIDES_BUILD := $(HOST_OVERRIDES_PREPARE) \
>
> LIBS = $(LIBELF_LIBS) -lz
>
> +all: $(BINARY)
> +
> export srctree OUTPUT Q
> include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
>
> -all: $(BINARY)
> -
> prepare: $(BPFOBJ) $(SUBCMDOBJ)
>
> $(OUTPUT) $(OUTPUT)/libsubcmd $(LIBBPF_OUT):
> ```
>
> Should we do this and the hostprogs migration as a follow up? There
> isn't that much use of hostprogs in tools, but I like that your change
> will show HOSTCC rather than CC during compilation. If we use
> hostprogs can we just avoid the overrides altogether?
right, I think so.. we can now remove it for the BINARY target and
then for the rest of 'prepare' once they are converted to hostprogs..
not sure how 'hostprogs' will work for library, will need to check
I'll try to send the format patch with the fix below tomorrow
Nathan, any chance you could test it?
thanks,
jirka
>
> Thanks,
> Ian
>
> >
> > ---
> > diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Build b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Build
> > index ae82da03f9bf..077de3829c72 100644
> > --- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Build
> > +++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Build
> > @@ -1,3 +1,5 @@
> > +hostprogs := resolve_btfids
> > +
> > resolve_btfids-y += main.o
> > resolve_btfids-y += rbtree.o
> > resolve_btfids-y += zalloc.o
> > @@ -7,4 +9,4 @@ resolve_btfids-y += str_error_r.o
> >
> > $(OUTPUT)%.o: ../../lib/%.c FORCE
> > $(call rule_mkdir)
> > - $(call if_changed_dep,cc_o_c)
> > + $(call if_changed_dep,host_cc_o_c)
> > diff --git a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
> > index daed388aa5d7..de513fd08535 100644
> > --- a/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
> > +++ b/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/Makefile
> > @@ -22,6 +22,9 @@ HOST_OVERRIDES := AR="$(HOSTAR)" CC="$(HOSTCC)" LD="$(HOSTLD)" ARCH="$(HOSTARCH)
> > EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(HOSTCFLAGS) $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS)"
> >
> > RM ?= rm
> > +HOSTCC ?= gcc
> > +HOSTLD ?= ld
> > +HOSTAR ?= ar
> > CROSS_COMPILE =
> >
> > OUTPUT ?= $(srctree)/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids/
> > @@ -64,7 +67,7 @@ $(BPFOBJ): $(wildcard $(LIBBPF_SRC)/*.[ch] $(LIBBPF_SRC)/Makefile) | $(LIBBPF_OU
> > LIBELF_FLAGS := $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) libelf --cflags 2>/dev/null)
> > LIBELF_LIBS := $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) libelf --libs 2>/dev/null || echo -lelf)
> >
> > -CFLAGS += -g \
> > +HOSTCFLAGS += -g \
> > -I$(srctree)/tools/include \
> > -I$(srctree)/tools/include/uapi \
> > -I$(LIBBPF_INCLUDE) \
> > @@ -73,7 +76,7 @@ CFLAGS += -g \
> >
> > LIBS = $(LIBELF_LIBS) -lz
> >
> > -export srctree OUTPUT CFLAGS Q
> > +export srctree OUTPUT HOSTCFLAGS Q HOSTCC HOSTLD HOSTAR
> > include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
> >
> > $(BINARY_IN): fixdep FORCE prepare | $(OUTPUT)