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[2/2] kbuild: simplify ld-option implementation

Message ID 1519361813-8553-2-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com
State Accepted
Commit 0294e6f4a0006856e1f36b8cd8fa088d9e499e98
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Series [1/2] kbuild: test --build-id linker flag by ld-option instead of cc-ldoption | expand

Commit Message

Masahiro Yamada Feb. 23, 2018, 4:56 a.m. UTC
Currently, linker options are tested by the coordination of $(CC) and
$(LD) because LD needs some object to link.

As commit 86a9df597cdd ("kbuild: fix linker feature test macros when
cross compiling with Clang") addressed, we need to make sure $(CC)
and $(LD) agree the underlying architecture of the passed object.

This could be a bit complex when we combine tools from different groups.
For example, we can use clang for $(CC), but we still need to rely on
GCC toolchain for $(LD).

So, I was searching a way for standalone testing of linker options.
A trick I found is to use '-v'.  This prints the version string, but
also tests if the given option is recognized.

If a given option is supported,

  $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419
  GNU ld (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11) 2.28.2.20170706
  $ echo $?
  0

If unsupported,

  $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419
  GNU ld (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.7-2013.04-20130415 - Linaro GCC 2013.04) 2.23.1
  aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: unrecognized option '--fix-cortex-a53-843419'
  aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: use the --help option for usage information
  $ echo $?
  1

Gold works likewise.

  $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419
  GNU gold (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11 2.28.2.20170706) 1.14
  masahiro@pug:~/ref/linux$ echo $?
  0
  $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold -v --fix-cortex-a53-999999
  GNU gold (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11 2.28.2.20170706) 1.14
  aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold: --fix-cortex-a53-999999: unknown option
  aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold: use the --help option for usage information
  $ echo $?
  1

LLD too.

  $ ld.lld -v --gc-sections
  LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)
  $ echo $?
  0
  $ ld.lld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419
  LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)
  $ echo $?
  0
  $ ld.lld -v --fix-cortex-a53-999999
  ld.lld: error: unknown argument: --fix-cortex-a53-999999
  LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)
  $ echo $?
  1

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

---

 scripts/Kbuild.include | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

Comments

Nick Desaulniers Feb. 26, 2018, 11:22 p.m. UTC | #1
Nice! Now we don't need to invoke $CC to find out info about linker support.

Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>

Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>


On Thu, Feb 22, 2018 at 8:57 PM Masahiro Yamada <
yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:

> Currently, linker options are tested by the coordination of $(CC) and

> $(LD) because LD needs some object to link.


> As commit 86a9df597cdd ("kbuild: fix linker feature test macros when

> cross compiling with Clang") addressed, we need to make sure $(CC)

> and $(LD) agree the underlying architecture of the passed object.


> This could be a bit complex when we combine tools from different groups.

> For example, we can use clang for $(CC), but we still need to rely on

> GCC toolchain for $(LD).


> So, I was searching a way for standalone testing of linker options.

> A trick I found is to use '-v'.  This prints the version string, but

> also tests if the given option is recognized.


> If a given option is supported,


>    $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419

>    GNU ld (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11) 2.28.2.20170706

>    $ echo $?

>    0


> If unsupported,


>    $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419

>    GNU ld (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.7-2013.04-20130415 - Linaro GCC

> 2013.04) 2.23.1

>    aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: unrecognized option '--fix-cortex-a53-843419'

>    aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: use the --help option for usage information

>    $ echo $?

>    1


> Gold works likewise.


>    $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419

>    GNU gold (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11 2.28.2.20170706) 1.14

>    masahiro@pug:~/ref/linux$ echo $?

>    0

>    $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold -v --fix-cortex-a53-999999

>    GNU gold (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11 2.28.2.20170706) 1.14

>    aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold: --fix-cortex-a53-999999: unknown option

>    aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold: use the --help option for usage information

>    $ echo $?

>    1


> LLD too.


>    $ ld.lld -v --gc-sections

>    LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git

> 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)

>    $ echo $?

>    0

>    $ ld.lld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419

>    LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git

> 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)

>    $ echo $?

>    0

>    $ ld.lld -v --fix-cortex-a53-999999

>    ld.lld: error: unknown argument: --fix-cortex-a53-999999

>    LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git

> 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)

>    $ echo $?

>    1


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

> ---


>   scripts/Kbuild.include | 4 +---

>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)


> diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include

> index 34cbd81..f9c2f07 100644

> --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include

> +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include

> @@ -237,9 +237,7 @@ cc-ldoption = $(call try-run-cached,\


>   # ld-option

>   # Usage: LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X)

> -ld-option = $(call try-run-cached,\

> -       $(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -x c /dev/null -c -o

> "$$TMPO"; \

> -       $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) "$$TMPO" -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))

> +ld-option = $(call try-run-cached, $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2))


>   # ar-option

>   # Usage: KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)

> --

> 2.7.4




-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
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diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 34cbd81..f9c2f07 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -237,9 +237,7 @@  cc-ldoption = $(call try-run-cached,\
 
 # ld-option
 # Usage: LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X)
-ld-option = $(call try-run-cached,\
-	$(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -x c /dev/null -c -o "$$TMPO"; \
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) "$$TMPO" -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+ld-option = $(call try-run-cached, $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2))
 
 # ar-option
 # Usage: KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)