linux-hardening - Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: Require utsrelease.h before scripts target

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Date:   Tue, 24 May 2022 17:20:45 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
Cc:     Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>,
        kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-hardening@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] gcc-plugins: Require utsrelease.h before scripts target

On Tue, May 24, 2022 at 5:02 AM Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org> wrote:
>
> The "utsrelease.h" target was in parallel with the "scripts" target,
> which meant -j1 or unlucky parallel builds from a distclean state would
> fail to build the GCC plugins.
>
> Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@...el.com>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/202205230239.EZxeZ3Fv-lkp@intel.com
> Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YouX6g1T7w3FDeM8@cmpxchg.org
> Fixes: 61f60bac8c05 ("gcc-plugins: Change all version strings match kernel")
> Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> Cc: linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> ---
>  Makefile                     | 2 +-
>  scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile | 2 +-
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 91c91fcf3c24..c04420d5aa3d 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ include/config/kernel.release: FORCE
>  # Carefully list dependencies so we do not try to build scripts twice
>  # in parallel
>  PHONY += scripts
> -scripts: scripts_basic scripts_dtc
> +scripts: include/generated/utsrelease.h scripts_basic scripts_dtc
>         $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@)
>
>  # Things we need to do before we recursively start building the kernel
> diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
> index 6f0aecad5d67..c29334669a16 100644
> --- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile
> @@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ $(foreach m, $(notdir $(plugin-multi)), $(eval $(obj)/$m: $(addprefix $(obj)/, $
>  quiet_cmd_plugin_cxx_o_c = HOSTCXX $@
>        cmd_plugin_cxx_o_c = $(HOSTCXX) $(plugin_cxxflags) -c -o $@ $<
>
> -$(plugin-objs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE
> +$(plugin-objs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c $(objdir)/include/generated/utsrelease.h FORCE


This change is unneeded.

The header dependencies are automatically generated
by the -MMD option.

     plugin_cxxflags = -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) $(KBUILD_HOSTCXXFLAGS) -fPIC \






>         $(call if_changed_dep,plugin_cxx_o_c)
> --
> 2.32.0
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada