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ARM: kbuild: use correct nm executable

Message ID 20191110153043.111710-1-dima@golovin.in (mailing list archive)
State Mainlined
Commit 29c623d64f0dcd6aa10e0eabd16233e77114090b
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Series ARM: kbuild: use correct nm executable | expand

Commit Message

Dmitry Golovin Nov. 10, 2019, 3:30 p.m. UTC
Since $(NM) variable can be easily overridden for the whole build, it's
better to use it instead of $(CROSS_COMPILE)nm. The use of $(CROSS_COMPILE)
prefixed variables where their calculated equivalents can be used is
incorrect. This fixes issues with builds where $(NM) is set to llvm-nm.

Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/766
Signed-off-by: Dmitry Golovin <dima@golovin.in>
Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com>
---
 arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Nathan Chancellor Nov. 11, 2019, 8:07 p.m. UTC | #1
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 05:30:39PM +0200, Dmitry Golovin wrote:
> Since $(NM) variable can be easily overridden for the whole build, it's
> better to use it instead of $(CROSS_COMPILE)nm. The use of $(CROSS_COMPILE)
> prefixed variables where their calculated equivalents can be used is
> incorrect. This fixes issues with builds where $(NM) is set to llvm-nm.
> 
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/766
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Golovin <dima@golovin.in>
> Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Tested-by: Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@gmail.com>
Masahiro Yamada Nov. 12, 2019, 2:21 a.m. UTC | #2
On Mon, Nov 11, 2019 at 12:32 AM Dmitry Golovin <dima@golovin.in> wrote:
>
> Since $(NM) variable can be easily overridden for the whole build, it's
> better to use it instead of $(CROSS_COMPILE)nm. The use of $(CROSS_COMPILE)
> prefixed variables where their calculated equivalents can be used is
> incorrect. This fixes issues with builds where $(NM) is set to llvm-nm.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/766
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Golovin <dima@golovin.in>
> Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com>
> ---

Reviewed-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>



>  arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
> index 9219389bbe61..a1e883c5e5c4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
> @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ccflags-y := -fpic $(call cc-option,-mno-single-pic-base,) -fno-builtin -I$(obj)
>  asflags-y := -DZIMAGE
>
>  # Supply kernel BSS size to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
> -KBSS_SZ = $(shell echo $$(($$($(CROSS_COMPILE)nm $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \
> +KBSS_SZ = $(shell echo $$(($$($(NM) $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \
>                 sed -n -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) [AB] __bss_start$$/-0x\1/p' \
>                        -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) [AB] __bss_stop$$/+0x\1/p') )) )
>  LDFLAGS_vmlinux = --defsym _kernel_bss_size=$(KBSS_SZ)
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ $(obj)/bswapsdi2.S: $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/lib/bswapsdi2.S
>  # The .data section is already discarded by the linker script so no need
>  # to bother about it here.
>  check_for_bad_syms = \
> -bad_syms=$$($(CROSS_COMPILE)nm $@ | sed -n 's/^.\{8\} [bc] \(.*\)/\1/p') && \
> +bad_syms=$$($(NM) $@ | sed -n 's/^.\{8\} [bc] \(.*\)/\1/p') && \
>  [ -z "$$bad_syms" ] || \
>    ( echo "following symbols must have non local/private scope:" >&2; \
>      echo "$$bad_syms" >&2; false )
> --
> 2.23.0
>
>
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Nick Desaulniers Nov. 12, 2019, 5:43 p.m. UTC | #3
On Sun, Nov 10, 2019 at 7:31 AM Dmitry Golovin <dima@golovin.in> wrote:
>
> Since $(NM) variable can be easily overridden for the whole build, it's
> better to use it instead of $(CROSS_COMPILE)nm. The use of $(CROSS_COMPILE)
> prefixed variables where their calculated equivalents can be used is
> incorrect. This fixes issues with builds where $(NM) is set to llvm-nm.
>
> Link: https://github.com/ClangBuiltLinux/linux/issues/766
> Signed-off-by: Dmitry Golovin <dima@golovin.in>
> Suggested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
> Cc: Matthias Maennich <maennich@google.com>

Thanks for the patch Dima.
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
You should wait a week from when you first sent this patch, then
submit it to rmk's patch queue:
https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/section.php?section=0
You should create an account there.  On
https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/add.php,

Summary -> first line from commit
Kernel version -> base repo you wrote the patch against, see examples
https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/patches/section.php?section=0
Patch notes -> rest of commit body (with all these reviewed by tags added)

More info: https://www.armlinux.org.uk/developer/

> ---
>  arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
> index 9219389bbe61..a1e883c5e5c4 100644
> --- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
> @@ -121,7 +121,7 @@ ccflags-y := -fpic $(call cc-option,-mno-single-pic-base,) -fno-builtin -I$(obj)
>  asflags-y := -DZIMAGE
>
>  # Supply kernel BSS size to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
> -KBSS_SZ = $(shell echo $$(($$($(CROSS_COMPILE)nm $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \
> +KBSS_SZ = $(shell echo $$(($$($(NM) $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \
>                 sed -n -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) [AB] __bss_start$$/-0x\1/p' \
>                        -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) [AB] __bss_stop$$/+0x\1/p') )) )
>  LDFLAGS_vmlinux = --defsym _kernel_bss_size=$(KBSS_SZ)
> @@ -165,7 +165,7 @@ $(obj)/bswapsdi2.S: $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/lib/bswapsdi2.S
>  # The .data section is already discarded by the linker script so no need
>  # to bother about it here.
>  check_for_bad_syms = \
> -bad_syms=$$($(CROSS_COMPILE)nm $@ | sed -n 's/^.\{8\} [bc] \(.*\)/\1/p') && \
> +bad_syms=$$($(NM) $@ | sed -n 's/^.\{8\} [bc] \(.*\)/\1/p') && \
>  [ -z "$$bad_syms" ] || \
>    ( echo "following symbols must have non local/private scope:" >&2; \
>      echo "$$bad_syms" >&2; false )
> --
> 2.23.0
>
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diff --git a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
index 9219389bbe61..a1e883c5e5c4 100644
--- a/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
+++ b/arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
@@ -121,7 +121,7 @@  ccflags-y := -fpic $(call cc-option,-mno-single-pic-base,) -fno-builtin -I$(obj)
 asflags-y := -DZIMAGE
 
 # Supply kernel BSS size to the decompressor via a linker symbol.
-KBSS_SZ = $(shell echo $$(($$($(CROSS_COMPILE)nm $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \
+KBSS_SZ = $(shell echo $$(($$($(NM) $(obj)/../../../../vmlinux | \
 		sed -n -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) [AB] __bss_start$$/-0x\1/p' \
 		       -e 's/^\([^ ]*\) [AB] __bss_stop$$/+0x\1/p') )) )
 LDFLAGS_vmlinux = --defsym _kernel_bss_size=$(KBSS_SZ)
@@ -165,7 +165,7 @@  $(obj)/bswapsdi2.S: $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/lib/bswapsdi2.S
 # The .data section is already discarded by the linker script so no need
 # to bother about it here.
 check_for_bad_syms = \
-bad_syms=$$($(CROSS_COMPILE)nm $@ | sed -n 's/^.\{8\} [bc] \(.*\)/\1/p') && \
+bad_syms=$$($(NM) $@ | sed -n 's/^.\{8\} [bc] \(.*\)/\1/p') && \
 [ -z "$$bad_syms" ] || \
   ( echo "following symbols must have non local/private scope:" >&2; \
     echo "$$bad_syms" >&2; false )