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[v2] x86/build: fix compiler support check for CONFIG_RETPOLINE

Message ID 1543991239-18476-1-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@socionext.com
State Accepted
Commit 25896d073d8a0403b07e6dec56f58e6c33678207
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Series [v2] x86/build: fix compiler support check for CONFIG_RETPOLINE | expand

Commit Message

Masahiro Yamada Dec. 5, 2018, 6:27 a.m. UTC
It is troublesome to add a diagnostic like this to the Makefile
parse stage because the top-level Makefile could be parsed with
a stale include/config/auto.conf.

Once you are hit by the error about non-retpoline compiler, the
compilation still breaks even after disabling CONFIG_RETPOLINE.

The easiest fix is to move this check to the "archprepare" like commit
829fe4aa9ac1 ("x86: Allow generating user-space headers without a
compiler") did.

Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/4/206
Fixes: 4cd24de3a098 ("x86/retpoline: Make CONFIG_RETPOLINE depend on compiler support")
Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>

---

Changes in v2:
  - Revive ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE surrounding the KBUILD_CFLAGS addition
  - Rephase the commit log a bit, hoping the cause of the issue will be clearer

 arch/x86/Makefile | 10 +++++++---
 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

-- 
2.7.4

Comments

Meelis Roos Dec. 5, 2018, 6:59 a.m. UTC | #1
05.12.18 08:27 Masahiro Yamada kirjutas:
> The easiest fix is to move this check to the "archprepare" like commit

> 829fe4aa9ac1 ("x86: Allow generating user-space headers without a

> compiler") did.

> 

> Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/4/206

> Fixes: 4cd24de3a098 ("x86/retpoline: Make CONFIG_RETPOLINE depend on compiler support")

> Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>

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

> ---

> 

> Changes in v2:

>    - Revive ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE surrounding the KBUILD_CFLAGS addition

>    - Rephase the commit log a bit, hoping the cause of the issue will be clearer


Works for me - first it did

scripts/kconfig/conf  --syncconfig Kconfig

and then started compiling. The #define is gone from include/linux.

Thank you!

-- 
Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>
Zhenzhong Duan Dec. 5, 2018, 7:10 a.m. UTC | #2
On 2018/12/5 14:27, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> It is troublesome to add a diagnostic like this to the Makefile

> parse stage because the top-level Makefile could be parsed with

> a stale include/config/auto.conf.

>

> Once you are hit by the error about non-retpoline compiler, the

> compilation still breaks even after disabling CONFIG_RETPOLINE.

>

> The easiest fix is to move this check to the "archprepare" like commit

> 829fe4aa9ac1 ("x86: Allow generating user-space headers without a

> compiler") did.

>

> Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/4/206

> Fixes: 4cd24de3a098 ("x86/retpoline: Make CONFIG_RETPOLINE depend on compiler support")

> Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>

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

> ---

>

> Changes in v2:

>    - Revive ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE surrounding the KBUILD_CFLAGS addition

>    - Rephase the commit log a bit, hoping the cause of the issue will be clearer

>

>   arch/x86/Makefile | 10 +++++++---

>   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

>

> diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile

> index f5d7f41..75ef499 100644

> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile

> +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile

> @@ -220,9 +220,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables

>   

>   # Avoid indirect branches in kernel to deal with Spectre

>   ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE

> -ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)

> -  $(error You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler, please update your compiler.)

> -endif

>     KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)

>   endif

>   

> @@ -307,6 +304,13 @@ ifndef CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO

>   	@echo Compiler lacks asm-goto support.

>   	@exit 1

>   endif

> +ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE

> +ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)

> +	@echo "You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler." >&2

> +	@echo "Please update your compiler." >&2

> +	@false

> +endif

> +endif

>   

>   archclean:

>   	$(Q)rm -rf $(objtree)/arch/i386

Acked-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>


-- 
Regards
Zhenzhong
Gi-Oh Kim Dec. 18, 2018, 1:20 p.m. UTC | #3
On Wed, Dec 5, 2018 at 8:11 AM Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com> wrote:
>

>

> On 2018/12/5 14:27, Masahiro Yamada wrote:

> > It is troublesome to add a diagnostic like this to the Makefile

> > parse stage because the top-level Makefile could be parsed with

> > a stale include/config/auto.conf.

> >

> > Once you are hit by the error about non-retpoline compiler, the

> > compilation still breaks even after disabling CONFIG_RETPOLINE.

> >

> > The easiest fix is to move this check to the "archprepare" like commit

> > 829fe4aa9ac1 ("x86: Allow generating user-space headers without a

> > compiler") did.

> >

> > Link: https://lkml.org/lkml/2018/12/4/206

> > Fixes: 4cd24de3a098 ("x86/retpoline: Make CONFIG_RETPOLINE depend on compiler support")

> > Reported-by: Meelis Roos <mroos@linux.ee>

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

> > ---

> >

> > Changes in v2:

> >    - Revive ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE surrounding the KBUILD_CFLAGS addition

> >    - Rephase the commit log a bit, hoping the cause of the issue will be clearer

> >

> >   arch/x86/Makefile | 10 +++++++---

> >   1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

> >

> > diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile

> > index f5d7f41..75ef499 100644

> > --- a/arch/x86/Makefile

> > +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile

> > @@ -220,9 +220,6 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables

> >

> >   # Avoid indirect branches in kernel to deal with Spectre

> >   ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE

> > -ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)

> > -  $(error You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler, please update your compiler.)

> > -endif

> >     KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)

> >   endif

> >

> > @@ -307,6 +304,13 @@ ifndef CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO

> >       @echo Compiler lacks asm-goto support.

> >       @exit 1

> >   endif

> > +ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE

> > +ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)

> > +     @echo "You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler." >&2

> > +     @echo "Please update your compiler." >&2

> > +     @false

> > +endif

> > +endif

> >

> >   archclean:

> >       $(Q)rm -rf $(objtree)/arch/i386

> Acked-by: Zhenzhong Duan <zhenzhong.duan@oracle.com>

>

> --

> Regards

> Zhenzhong

>


Hi,

I think this patch needs to be merged to linux-stable 4.14.y branch.
Following is what I did to reproduce the problem.
The problem is gone after applying the patch.

1. I created and installed a headers package as following.
make -j7 deb-pkg
cd ..
sudo dpkg -i linux-headers-4.14.89+_4.14.89+-18_amd64.deb

2. I managed to re-produce the same problem as following.
gohkim@ws00837:~/study/drv$ make -C /usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.89+/
kernelrelease
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.89+'
arch/x86/Makefile:245: *** You are building kernel with non-retpoline
compiler, please update your compiler.. Stop.
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.89+'

3. Weird thing is that it works fine if I use sudo command.
gohkim@ws00837:~/study/drv$ sudo make -C
/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.89+/ kernelrelease
make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.89+'
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/conf.o
  HOSTCC  scripts/kconfig/zconf.tab.o
  HOSTLD  scripts/kconfig/conf
scripts/kconfig/conf  --silentoldconfig Kconfig
4.14.89
make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-headers-4.14.89+'


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diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index f5d7f41..75ef499 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -220,9 +220,6 @@  KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables
 
 # Avoid indirect branches in kernel to deal with Spectre
 ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
-ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
-  $(error You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler, please update your compiler.)
-endif
   KBUILD_CFLAGS += $(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS)
 endif
 
@@ -307,6 +304,13 @@  ifndef CC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO
 	@echo Compiler lacks asm-goto support.
 	@exit 1
 endif
+ifdef CONFIG_RETPOLINE
+ifeq ($(RETPOLINE_CFLAGS),)
+	@echo "You are building kernel with non-retpoline compiler." >&2
+	@echo "Please update your compiler." >&2
+	@false
+endif
+endif
 
 archclean:
 	$(Q)rm -rf $(objtree)/arch/i386