linux/arch
Masahiro Yamada 3ec8a5b33d kbuild: do not export LDFLAGS_vmlinux
When you clean the build tree for ARCH=arm, you may see the following
error message from 'nm' command:

$ make -j24 ARCH=arm clean
  CLEAN   arch/arm/crypto
  CLEAN   arch/arm/kernel
  CLEAN   arch/arm/mach-at91
  CLEAN   arch/arm/mach-omap2
  CLEAN   arch/arm/vdso
  CLEAN   certs
  CLEAN   lib
  CLEAN   usr
  CLEAN   net/wireless
  CLEAN   drivers/firmware/efi/libstub
nm: 'arch/arm/boot/compressed/../../../../vmlinux': No such file
/bin/sh: 1: arithmetic expression: expecting primary: " "
  CLEAN   arch/arm/boot/compressed
  CLEAN   drivers/scsi
  CLEAN   drivers/tty/vt
  CLEAN   arch/arm/boot
  CLEAN   vmlinux.symvers modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo

Even if you rerun the same command, the error message will not be
shown despite vmlinux is already gone.

To reproduce it, the parallel option -j is needed. Single thread
cleaning always executes 'archclean', 'vmlinuxclean' in this order,
so vmlinux still exists when arch/arm/boot/compressed/ is cleaned.

Looking at arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile does not help understand
the reason of the error message. Both KBSS_SZ and LDFLAGS_vmlinux are
assigned with '=' operator, hence, they are not expanded unless used.
Obviously, 'make clean' does not use them.

In fact, the root cause exists in the top Makefile:

  export LDFLAGS_vmlinux

Since LDFLAGS_vmlinux is an exported variable, LDFLAGS_vmlinux in
arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile is expanded when scripts/Makefile.clean
has a command to execute. This is why the error message shows up only
when there exist build artifacts in arch/arm/boot/compressed/.

Adding 'unexport LDFLAGS_vmlinux' to arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
will fix it as far as ARCH=arm is concerned, but I think the proper fix
is to get rid of 'export LDFLAGS_vmlinux' from the top Makefile.

LDFLAGS_vmlinux in the top Makefile contains linker flags for the top
vmlinux. LDFLAGS_vmlinux in arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile is for
arch/arm/boot/compressed/vmlinux. They just happen to have the same
variable name, but are used for different purposes. Stop shadowing
LDFLAGS_vmlinux.

This commit passes LDFLAGS_vmlinux to scripts/link-vmlinux.sh via a
command line parameter instead of via an environment variable. LD and
KBUILD_LDFLAGS are exported, but I did the same for consistency. Anyway,
they must be included in cmd_link-vmlinux to allow if_changed to detect
the changes in LD or KBUILD_LDFLAGS.

The following Makefiles are not affected:

  arch/arm/boot/compressed/Makefile
  arch/h8300/boot/compressed/Makefile
  arch/nios2/boot/compressed/Makefile
  arch/parisc/boot/compressed/Makefile
  arch/s390/boot/compressed/Makefile
  arch/sh/boot/compressed/Makefile
  arch/sh/boot/romimage/Makefile
  arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile

They use ':=' or '=' to clear the LDFLAGS_vmlinux inherited from the
top Makefile.

We need to take a closer look at the impact to unicore32 and xtensa.

arch/unicore32/boot/compressed/Makefile only uses '+=' operator for
LDFLAGS_vmlinux. So, the decompressor previously inherited the linker
flags from the top Makefile.

However, commit 70fac51fea ("unicore32 additional architecture files:
boot process") was merged before commit 1f2bfbd00e ("kbuild: link of
vmlinux moved to a script"). So, I rather consider this is a bug fix of
1f2bfbd00e.

arch/xtensa/boot/boot-elf/Makefile is also affected, but this is also
considered a fix for the same reason. It did not inherit LDFLAGS_vmlinux
when commit 4bedea9454 ("[PATCH] xtensa: Architecture support for
Tensilica Xtensa Part 2") was merged. I deleted $(LDFLAGS_vmlinux),
which is now empty.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
2020-08-10 01:32:58 +09:00
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alpha Kbuild updates for v5.8 (2nd) 2020-06-13 13:29:16 -07:00
arc treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
arm kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-stack-protector 2020-07-07 11:13:10 +09:00
arm64 arm64 fixes for -rc4 2020-07-04 14:43:26 -07:00
c6x This time around we have 4 lines of diff in the core framework, removing a 2020-06-10 11:42:19 -07:00
csky maccess: rename probe_kernel_{read,write} to copy_{from,to}_kernel_nofault 2020-06-17 10:57:41 -07:00
h8300 This time around we have 4 lines of diff in the core framework, removing a 2020-06-10 11:42:19 -07:00
hexagon treewide: replace '---help---' in Kconfig files with 'help' 2020-06-14 01:57:21 +09:00
ia64 Merge branch 'hch' (maccess patches from Christoph Hellwig) 2020-06-18 12:35:51 -07:00
m68k m68k: mm: fix node memblock init 2020-06-29 23:58:05 +10:00
microblaze mmap locking API: convert mmap_sem comments 2020-06-09 09:39:14 -07:00
mips kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-stack-protector 2020-07-07 11:13:10 +09:00
nds32 maccess: rename probe_kernel_{read,write} to copy_{from,to}_kernel_nofault 2020-06-17 10:57:41 -07:00
nios2 nios2 update for v5.8-rc1 2020-06-12 11:55:11 -07:00
openrisc openrisc: fix boot oops when DEBUG_VM is enabled 2020-06-26 00:27:36 -07:00
parisc maccess: make get_kernel_nofault() check for minimal type compatibility 2020-06-18 12:10:37 -07:00
powerpc powerpc/boot: add DTB to 'targets' 2020-07-22 09:19:12 +09:00
riscv riscv: Fixup __vdso_gettimeofday broke dynamic ftrace 2020-06-25 15:38:39 -07:00
s390 kbuild: remove cc-option test of -ffreestanding 2020-07-07 11:13:10 +09:00
sh maccess: rename probe_kernel_address to get_kernel_nofault 2020-06-18 11:14:40 -07:00
sparc kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-stack-protector 2020-07-07 11:13:10 +09:00
um kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-stack-protector 2020-07-07 11:13:10 +09:00
unicore32 This time around we have 4 lines of diff in the core framework, removing a 2020-06-10 11:42:19 -07:00
x86 kbuild: remove cc-option test of -ffreestanding 2020-07-07 11:13:10 +09:00
xtensa kbuild: do not export LDFLAGS_vmlinux 2020-08-10 01:32:58 +09:00
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Kconfig kbuild: remove cc-option test of -fno-stack-protector 2020-07-07 11:13:10 +09:00