linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Enable warnings through HOSTCFLAGS

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Date:   Mon, 15 Nov 2021 15:53:33 +0000
From:   John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
To:     Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>, <jolsa@...hat.com>,
        <masahiroy@...nel.org>, Laura Abbott <labbott@...nel.org>
CC:     <peterz@...radead.org>, <mingo@...hat.com>,
        <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>, <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org>,
        <irogers@...gle.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf tools: Enable warnings through HOSTCFLAGS

On 06/11/2021 19:27, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Sat, Oct 30, 2021 at 12:30:41AM +0800, John Garry escreveu:
>> The tools build system uses KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS symbol for obvious purposes.
>>
>> However this is not set for anything under tools/
>>
>> As such, host tools apps built have no compiler warnings enabled.
>>
>> Declare HOSTCFLAGS for perf tools build, and also use that symbol in
>> declaration of host_c_flags. HOSTCFLAGS comes from EXTRA_WARNINGS, which
>> is independent of target platform/arch warning flags.
>>
>> Suggested-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...hat.com>
>> Signed-off-by: John Garry <john.garry@...wei.com>
>> --
>> Using HOSTCFLAGS, as opposed to KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS, is going opposite
>> direction to commit 96f14fe738b6 ("kbuild: Rename HOSTCFLAGS to
>> KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS"), so would like further opinion from Laura and
>> Masahiro.
> 
> Laura's redhat e-mail bouncedm updated it to her kernel.org one, Laura,
> Masahiro, would you please comment? Jiri?

Any opinion on this one? Shall I just resend ... ? or just apply it if 
no one cares too much :)

Thanks,
John

> 
> - Arnaldo
>   
>> diff --git a/tools/build/Build.include b/tools/build/Build.include
>> index 2cf3b1bde86e..c2a95ab47379 100644
>> --- a/tools/build/Build.include
>> +++ b/tools/build/Build.include
>> @@ -99,7 +99,7 @@ cxx_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -Wp,-MT,$@ $(CXXFLAGS) -D"BUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(CXX
>>   ###
>>   ## HOSTCC C flags
>>   
>> -host_c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -Wp,-MT,$@ $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) -D"BUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(basetarget).o) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(obj))
>> +host_c_flags = -Wp,-MD,$(depfile) -Wp,-MT,$@ $(HOSTCFLAGS) -D"BUILD_STR(s)=\#s" $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(basetarget).o) $(HOSTCFLAGS_$(obj))
>>   
>>   # output directory for tests below
>>   TMPOUT = .tmp_$$$$
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.config b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
>> index 4a9baed28f2e..9b95ba09657f 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.config
>> +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.config
>> @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ detected     = $(shell echo "$(1)=y"       >> $(OUTPUT).config-detected)
>>   detected_var = $(shell echo "$(1)=$($(1))" >> $(OUTPUT).config-detected)
>>   
>>   CFLAGS := $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $(filter-out -Wnested-externs,$(EXTRA_WARNINGS))
>> +HOSTCFLAGS := $(filter-out -Wnested-externs,$(EXTRA_WARNINGS))
>>   
>>   include $(srctree)/tools/scripts/Makefile.arch
>>   
>> @@ -211,6 +212,7 @@ endif
>>   ifneq ($(WERROR),0)
>>     CORE_CFLAGS += -Werror
>>     CXXFLAGS += -Werror
>> +  HOSTCFLAGS += -Werror
>>   endif
>>   
>>   ifndef DEBUG
>> @@ -292,6 +294,9 @@ CXXFLAGS += -ggdb3
>>   CXXFLAGS += -funwind-tables
>>   CXXFLAGS += -Wno-strict-aliasing
>>   
>> +HOSTCFLAGS += -Wall
>> +HOSTCFLAGS += -Wextra
>> +
>>   # Enforce a non-executable stack, as we may regress (again) in the future by
>>   # adding assembler files missing the .GNU-stack linker note.
>>   LDFLAGS += -Wl,-z,noexecstack
>> diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
>> index a3966f290297..8ca656aa8b06 100644
>> --- a/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
>> +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile.perf
>> @@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ else
>>   endif
>>   
>>   export srctree OUTPUT RM CC CXX LD AR CFLAGS CXXFLAGS V BISON FLEX AWK
>> -export HOSTCC HOSTLD HOSTAR
>> +export HOSTCC HOSTLD HOSTAR HOSTCFLAGS
>>   
>>   include $(srctree)/tools/build/Makefile.include
>>   
>> -- 
>> 2.17.1
>