[PATCH v2] tools: do not include scripts/Kbuild.include
Paolo Bonzini
pbonzini at redhat.com
Fri Apr 16 23:27:39 AEST 2021
On 16/04/21 15:26, Christian Borntraeger wrote:
>
>
> 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>
>
Thank you very much Masahiro, this look great.
Paolo
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