linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] efi/libstub: arm: support building with clang

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Date:   Sat, 11 Aug 2018 10:49:14 +0200
From:   Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>
To:     Alistair Strachan <astrachan@...gle.com>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>,
        Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        linux-efi@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] efi/libstub: arm: support building with clang

On 09.08.2018 18:40, Alistair Strachan wrote:
> When building with CONFIG_EFI and CONFIG_EFI_STUB on ARM, the libstub
> Makefile would use -mno-single-pic-base without checking it was
> supported by the compiler. As the ARM (32-bit) clang backend does not
> support this flag, the build would fail.
> 
> This changes the Makefile to check the compiler's support for
> -mno-single-pic-base before using it, similar to c1c386681bd7 ("ARM:
> 8767/1: add support for building ARM kernel with clang").

Looks good to me:

Reviewed-by: Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>

> 
> Cc: Stefan Agner <stefan@...er.ch>
> Cc: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@...aro.org>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will.deacon@....com>
> Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
> Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Cc: linux-efi@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Signed-off-by: Alistair Strachan <astrachan@...gle.com>
> ---
>  drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> index a34e9290a699..91339d13f2a1 100644
> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile
> @@ -13,7 +13,8 @@ cflags-$(CONFIG_X86)		+= -m$(BITS) -D__KERNEL__ -O2 \
>  
>  cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM64)		:= $(subst -pg,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) -fpie
>  cflags-$(CONFIG_ARM)		:= $(subst -pg,,$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)) \
> -				   -fno-builtin -fpic -mno-single-pic-base
> +				   -fno-builtin -fpic \
> +				   $(call cc-option,-mno-single-pic-base)
>  
>  cflags-$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB)	+= -I$(srctree)/scripts/dtc/libfdt