Re: [PATCH] btf, scripts: rust: drop is_rust_module.sh

[Andrea Righi]

On Tue, Jul 11, 2023 at 04:39:27PM +0200, Miguel Ojeda wrote:
> On Tue, Jul 4, 2023 at 7:21 AM Andrea Righi <andrea.righi@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > With commit c1177979af9c ("btf, scripts: Exclude Rust CUs with pahole")
> > we are now able to use pahole directly to identify Rust compilation
> > units (CUs) and exclude them from generating BTF debugging information
> > (when DEBUG_INFO_BTF is enabled).
> >
> > And if pahole doesn't support the --lang-exclude flag, we can't enable
> > both RUST and DEBUG_INFO_BTF at the same time.
> >
> > So, in any case, the script is_rust_module.sh is just redundant and we
> > can drop it.
> >
> > NOTE: we may also be able to drop the "Rust loadable module" mark
> > inside Rust modules, but it seems safer to keep it for now to make sure
> > we are not breaking any external tool that may potentially rely on it.
> 
> Just to recall the history of these changes:
> 
>   - The script got added in order to skip the BTF generation in the
> `BTF [M]` step (under `DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES`, which depends on
> `DEBUG_INFO_BTF`).
> 
>   - A few months later, it was noticed that C modules couldn't be
> loaded if Rust was enabled, due to the base BTF info in `vmlinux`.
> That triggered the eventual addition of `--lang_exclude=` to `pahole`,
> but meanwhile, we made `DEBUG_INFO_BTF` and `RUST` exclusive.
> 
>   - Now, this patch removes the script because having a newer `pahole`
> also correctly skips the Rust CUs in the `BTF [M]` steps (i.e. and not
> just the `vmlinux` one), since we pass `--lang_exclude=` to both cases
> (`link-vmlinux.sh` and `Makefile.modfinal`), if I understand correctly
> (the script could, in principle, have been removed even before
> `pahole` got the new feature, given the exclusivity of the options).

The history looks correct to me.

Also, note that, if pahole doesn't support the new `--lang-exclude=`, we
have `RUST` depending on `!DEBUG_INFO_BTF`, so we fallback the old
"exclusivity" mode between BTF and Rust and, again, the script is not
needed.

As you correctly say, in principle, we could have removed the script
even before the new `pahole`.

> 
> If this is all correct, then the patch looks good to me. I am Cc'ing
> Arnaldo, Martin and the BPF list.
> 
> If this goes through the Rust tree, I will also pick the older `Reviewed-by`s.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> Cheers,
> Miguel

Thanks,
-Andrea