linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: use host flags to detect if libelf is missing

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Date:   Fri, 23 Feb 2018 17:22:55 +0100
From:   Robin Jarry <robin.jarry@...nd.com>
To:     Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@...hat.com>
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/2] objtool: use host flags to detect if libelf is
 missing

2018-02-23, Josh Poimboeuf:
> Hi Robin,
> 
> Did you test this?  I see some issues:
> 
> a) I don't see where the host_cflags variable comes from (and btw, it's
>    misspelled...)

Hi Josh,

Shame on me... Last minute fix. I had tested this first by forcing
HOSTCC="gcc <CFLAGS> <LDFLAGS>" but I found it rather dirty. As it turns
out, my patch is not better.

> b) I don't see where objtool uses HOSTLDFLAGS.

Indeed, I also missed this (see above).

It looks like objtool does not use HOSTCFLAGS nor HOSTLDFLAGS (defined
in top Makefile). Do you see a reason why? Maybe it would be a good idea
to share these flags (adding some specific ones for objtool, if needed).

What do you think?

-- 
Robin