Re: [PATCH 2/4] kbuild: collect minimum tool versions into scripts/tool-version.sh

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Thu, Mar 4, 2021 at 9:11 AM Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Thu, Mar 04, 2021 at 03:33:31AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > The kernel build uses various tools, many of which are provided by the
> > same software suite, for example, LLVM and Binutils.
> >
> > When we raise the minimal version of Clang/LLVM, we need to update
> > clang_min_version in scripts/cc-version.sh and also lld_min_version in
> > scripts/ld-version.sh.
> >
> > In fact, Kbuild can handle CC=clang and LD=ld.lld independently, and we
> > could manage their minimal version separately, but it does not make
> > much sense.
> >
> > Make scripts/tool-version.sh a central place of minimum tool versions
> > so that we do not need to touch multiple files.
> >
> > This script prints the minimal version of the given tool.
> >
> >   $ scripts/tool-version.sh gcc
> >   4.9.0
> >   $ scripts/tool-version.sh llvm
> >   10.0.1
> >   $ scripts/tool-version.sh binutils
> >   2.23.0
> >   $ scripts/tool-version.sh foo
> >   foo: unknown tool
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Two comments below.
>
> > ---
> >
> >  scripts/cc-version.sh   | 20 +++++---------------
> >  scripts/ld-version.sh   | 11 ++++-------
> >  scripts/tool-version.sh | 27 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  3 files changed, 36 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
> >  create mode 100755 scripts/tool-version.sh
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/cc-version.sh b/scripts/cc-version.sh
> > index 3f2ee885b116..4772f1ef9cac 100755
> > --- a/scripts/cc-version.sh
> > +++ b/scripts/cc-version.sh
> > @@ -6,18 +6,6 @@
> >
> >  set -e
> >
> > -# When you raise the minimum compiler version, please update
> > -# Documentation/process/changes.rst as well.
> > -gcc_min_version=4.9.0
> > -clang_min_version=10.0.1
> > -icc_min_version=16.0.3 # temporary
> > -
> > -# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63293
> > -# https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210107111841.GN1551@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > -if [ "$SRCARCH" = arm64 ]; then
> > -     gcc_min_version=5.1.0
> > -fi
> > -
> >  # Print the compiler name and some version components.
> >  get_compiler_info()
> >  {
> > @@ -48,18 +36,20 @@ set -- $(get_compiler_info "$@")
> >
> >  name=$1
> >
> > +tool_version=$(dirname $0)/tool-version.sh
>
> I realize these scripts are currently called by their full path but is
> it worth making this '$(dirname "$(readlink -f "$0")")' here and in
> ld-version.sh just in case that does not happen?

Not sure.
A relative path still works.
So, I did not do what I did not need to do.




> >  case "$name" in
> >  GCC)
> >       version=$2.$3.$4
> > -     min_version=$gcc_min_version
> > +     min_version=$($tool_version gcc)
> >       ;;
> >  Clang)
> >       version=$2.$3.$4
> > -     min_version=$clang_min_version
> > +     min_version=$($tool_version llvm)
> >       ;;
> >  ICC)
> >       version=$(($2 / 100)).$(($2 % 100)).$3
> > -     min_version=$icc_min_version
> > +     min_version=$($tool_version icc)
> >       ;;
> >  *)
> >       echo "$orig_args: unknown compiler" >&2
> > diff --git a/scripts/ld-version.sh b/scripts/ld-version.sh
> > index a463273509b5..e824f7675693 100755
> > --- a/scripts/ld-version.sh
> > +++ b/scripts/ld-version.sh
> > @@ -6,11 +6,6 @@
> >
> >  set -e
> >
> > -# When you raise the minimum linker version, please update
> > -# Documentation/process/changes.rst as well.
> > -bfd_min_version=2.23.0
> > -lld_min_version=10.0.1
> > -
> >  # Convert the version string x.y.z to a canonical 5 or 6-digit form.
> >  get_canonical_version()
> >  {
> > @@ -35,10 +30,12 @@ set -- $("$@" --version)
> >  IFS=' '
> >  set -- $1
> >
> > +tool_version=$(dirname $0)/tool-version.sh
> > +
> >  if [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = ld ]; then
> >       shift $(($# - 1))
> >       version=$1
> > -     min_version=$bfd_min_version
> > +     min_version=$($tool_version binutils)
> >       name=BFD
> >       disp_name="GNU ld"
> >  elif [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = gold ]; then
> > @@ -46,7 +43,7 @@ elif [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = gold ]; then
> >       exit 1
> >  elif [ "$1" = LLD ]; then
> >       version=$2
> > -     min_version=$lld_min_version
> > +     min_version=$($tool_version llvm)
> >       name=LLD
> >       disp_name=LLD
> >  else
> > diff --git a/scripts/tool-version.sh b/scripts/tool-version.sh
> > new file mode 100755
> > index 000000000000..b4aa27e2c3d3
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/scripts/tool-version.sh
> > @@ -0,0 +1,27 @@
> > +#!/bin/sh
> > +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > +#
> > +# Print the minimum supported version of the given tool.
> > +
> > +set -e
> > +
> > +# When you raise the minimum version, please update
> > +# Documentation/process/changes.rst as well.
> > +gcc_min_version=4.9.0
> > +llvm_min_version=10.0.1
> > +icc_min_version=16.0.3 # temporary
> > +binutils_min_version=2.23.0
> > +
> > +# https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63293
> > +# https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210107111841.GN1551@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > +if [ "$SRCARCH" = arm64 ]; then
> > +     gcc_min_version=5.1.0
> > +fi
> > +
> > +eval min_version="\$${1}_min_version"
> > +if [ -z "$min_version" ]; then
> > +     echo "$1: unknown tool" >&2
> > +     exit 1
> > +fi
> > +
> > +echo "$min_version"
> > --
> > 2.27.0
> >
>
> Would scripts/tool-version.sh be easier to read and interpret using a
> case statement?


Actually, I wrote code that way.

But, I liked shorter code, and
wanted to collect magic numbers
to the top of this file.

Only the tricky part is the 'eval' statement,
but I hope it would not be too difficult to understand.



> #!/bin/sh
> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> #
> # Print the minimum supported version of the given tool.
> # When you raise the minimum version, please update
> # Documentation/process/changes.rst as well.
>
> case "$1" in
> binutils)
>     echo "2.23.0"
>     ;;
> gcc)
>     # https://gcc.gnu.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=63293
>     # https://lore.kernel.org/r/20210107111841.GN1551@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
>     if [ "$SRCARCH" = arm64 ]; then
>         echo "5.1.0"
>     else
>         echo "4.9.0"
>     fi
>     ;;
> icc)
>     # temporary
>     echo "16.0.3"
>     ;;
> llvm)
>     echo "10.0.1"
>     ;;
> *)
>     echo "$1: unknown tool" >&2
>     exit 1
>     ;;
> esac
>
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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada