[PATCH v2] tools: do not include scripts/Kbuild.include

Christian Borntraeger borntraeger at de.ibm.com
Fri Apr 16 23:26:01 AEST 2021



On 16.04.21 15:00, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Since commit d9f4ff50d2aa ("kbuild: spilt cc-option and friends to
> scripts/Makefile.compiler"), some kselftests fail to build.
> 
> The tools/ directory opted out Kbuild, and went in a different
> direction. They copy any kind of files to the tools/ directory
> in order to do whatever they want in their world.
> 
> tools/build/Build.include mimics scripts/Kbuild.include, but some
> tool Makefiles included the Kbuild one to import a feature that is
> missing in tools/build/Build.include:
> 
>   - Commit ec04aa3ae87b ("tools/thermal: tmon: use "-fstack-protector"
>     only if supported") included scripts/Kbuild.include from
>     tools/thermal/tmon/Makefile to import the cc-option macro.
> 
>   - Commit c2390f16fc5b ("selftests: kvm: fix for compilers that do
>     not support -no-pie") included scripts/Kbuild.include from
>     tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile to import the try-run macro.
> 
>   - Commit 9cae4ace80ef ("selftests/bpf: do not ignore clang
>     failures") included scripts/Kbuild.include from
>     tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile to import the .DELETE_ON_ERROR
>     target.
> 
>   - Commit 0695f8bca93e ("selftests/powerpc: Handle Makefile for
>     unrecognized option") included scripts/Kbuild.include from
>     tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/pmu/ebb/Makefile to import the
>     try-run macro.
> 
> Copy what they need into tools/build/Build.include, and make them
> include it instead of scripts/Kbuild.include.
> 
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/86dadf33-70f7-a5ac-cb8c-64966d2f45a1@linux.ibm.com/
> Fixes: d9f4ff50d2aa ("kbuild: spilt cc-option and friends to scripts/Makefile.compiler")
> Reported-by: Janosch Frank <frankja at linux.ibm.com>
> Reported-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger at de.ibm.com>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy at kernel.org>

looks better.
Tested-by: Christian Borntraeger <borntraeger at de.ibm.com>


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