linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/boot: pass CONFIG options in a simpler and more robust way

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Message-ID: <CAK7LNARFYJo2mKAMsxrbLdyOrjFp5gJhq2ySUsDA-8jic3XpZQ@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Sun, 23 Jun 2019 23:10:55 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
To:     Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linuxppc-dev <linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org>
Cc:     Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>, Rob Herring <robh@...nel.org>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        "Oliver O'Halloran" <oohall@...il.com>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Joel Stanley <joel@....id.au>,
        Mark Greer <mgreer@...malcreek.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] powerpc/boot: pass CONFIG options in a simpler and
 more robust way

On Mon, May 13, 2019 at 11:24 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com> wrote:
>
> Commit 5e9dcb6188a4 ("powerpc/boot: Expose Kconfig symbols to wrapper")
> was wrong, but commit e41b93a6be57 ("powerpc/boot: Fix build failures
> with -j 1") was also wrong.
>
> The correct dependency is:
>
>   $(obj)/serial.o: $(obj)/autoconf.h
>
> However, I do not see the reason why we need to copy autoconf.h to
> arch/power/boot/. Nor do I see consistency in the way of passing
> CONFIG options.
>
> decompress.c references CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP and CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ, which
> are passed via the command line.
>
> serial.c includes autoconf.h to reference a couple of CONFIG options,
> but this is fragile because we often forget to include "autoconf.h"
> from source files.
>
> In fact, it is already broken.
>
> ppc_asm.h references CONFIG_PPC_8xx, but utils.S is not given any way
> to access CONFIG options. So, CONFIG_PPC_8xx is never defined here.
>
> Pass $(LINUXINCLUDE) to make sure CONFIG options are accessible from
> all .c and .S files in arch/powerpc/boot/.
>
> I also removed the -traditional flag to make include/linux/kconfig.h
> work. This flag makes the preprocessor imitate the behavior of the
> pre-standard C compiler, but I do not understand why it is necessary.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
>

Ping.



> Changes in v2:
>  - reword commit log
>
>  arch/powerpc/boot/.gitignore |  2 --
>  arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile   | 14 +++-----------
>  arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c   |  1 -
>  3 files changed, 3 insertions(+), 14 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/.gitignore b/arch/powerpc/boot/.gitignore
> index 32034a0c..6610665 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/.gitignore
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/.gitignore
> @@ -44,5 +44,3 @@ fdt_sw.c
>  fdt_wip.c
>  libfdt.h
>  libfdt_internal.h
> -autoconf.h
> -
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> index 73d1f35..b8a82be 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/Makefile
> @@ -20,9 +20,6 @@
>
>  all: $(obj)/zImage
>
> -compress-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP) := CONFIG_KERNEL_GZIP
> -compress-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ)   := CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ
> -
>  ifdef CROSS32_COMPILE
>      BOOTCC := $(CROSS32_COMPILE)gcc
>      BOOTAR := $(CROSS32_COMPILE)ar
> @@ -34,7 +31,7 @@ endif
>  BOOTCFLAGS    := -Wall -Wundef -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs \
>                  -fno-strict-aliasing -O2 -msoft-float -mno-altivec -mno-vsx \
>                  -pipe -fomit-frame-pointer -fno-builtin -fPIC -nostdinc \
> -                -D$(compress-y)
> +                $(LINUXINCLUDE)
>
>  ifdef CONFIG_PPC64_BOOT_WRAPPER
>  BOOTCFLAGS     += -m64
> @@ -51,7 +48,7 @@ BOOTCFLAGS    += -mlittle-endian
>  BOOTCFLAGS     += $(call cc-option,-mabi=elfv2)
>  endif
>
> -BOOTAFLAGS     := -D__ASSEMBLY__ $(BOOTCFLAGS) -traditional -nostdinc
> +BOOTAFLAGS     := -D__ASSEMBLY__ $(BOOTCFLAGS) -nostdinc
>
>  BOOTARFLAGS    := -cr$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS)
>
> @@ -202,14 +199,9 @@ $(obj)/empty.c:
>  $(obj)/zImage.coff.lds $(obj)/zImage.ps3.lds : $(obj)/%: $(srctree)/$(src)/%.S
>         $(Q)cp $< $@
>
> -$(srctree)/$(src)/serial.c: $(obj)/autoconf.h
> -
> -$(obj)/autoconf.h: $(obj)/%: $(objtree)/include/generated/%
> -       $(Q)cp $< $@
> -
>  clean-files := $(zlib-) $(zlibheader-) $(zliblinuxheader-) \
>                 $(zlib-decomp-) $(libfdt) $(libfdtheader) \
> -               autoconf.h empty.c zImage.coff.lds zImage.ps3.lds zImage.lds
> +               empty.c zImage.coff.lds zImage.ps3.lds zImage.lds
>
>  quiet_cmd_bootcc = BOOTCC  $@
>        cmd_bootcc = $(BOOTCC) -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) $(BOOTCFLAGS) -c -o $@ $<
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c b/arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c
> index b0491b8..9457863 100644
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/serial.c
> @@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
>  #include "stdio.h"
>  #include "io.h"
>  #include "ops.h"
> -#include "autoconf.h"
>
>  static int serial_open(void)
>  {
> --
> 2.7.4
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada