[RFC v1 1/2] kbuild: add arch specific dependency for BTF support

From: Brendan Higgins
Date: Mon Jan 27 2020 - 14:36:22 EST


Some archs (like UM) do not build with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF=y, so add
an options for archs to select to opt-in or out of BTF typeinfo support.

Signed-off-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
lib/Kconfig.debug | 5 ++++-
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/lib/Kconfig.debug b/lib/Kconfig.debug
index e4676b992eae9..f5bcb391f1b7d 100644
--- a/lib/Kconfig.debug
+++ b/lib/Kconfig.debug
@@ -238,9 +238,12 @@ config DEBUG_INFO_DWARF4
But it significantly improves the success of resolving
variables in gdb on optimized code.

+config ARCH_NO_BTF_TYPEINFO
+ bool
+
config DEBUG_INFO_BTF
bool "Generate BTF typeinfo"
- depends on DEBUG_INFO
+ depends on DEBUG_INFO && !ARCH_NO_BTF_TYPEINFO
help
Generate deduplicated BTF type information from DWARF debug info.
Turning this on expects presence of pahole tool, which will convert
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