[PATCH] [RFC] kbuild: add CLANG_TRIPLE to prevent clang from compiling with wrong --target

From: ashimida
Date: Thu Sep 09 2021 - 03:42:56 EST


Kernel compiled with tool chain CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-android-
will panic during the startup phase.

Clang's --target option comes from $(CROSS_COMPILE). At the time
-fstack-protector-strong is enabled, and compiled with command:
make CC=clang HOSTCC=clang ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-android-

clang will insert code like:
mrs x8, TPIDR_EL0 //default value is zero
str x8, [sp]
ldr x8, [x8, #40] //access addr 0x40

instead of the code that accesses __stack_chk_guard to get the
canary, which will cause the kernel to crash due to 0x40
address access.

This patch (from android) is used to remind the user that current
tool chain cannot be used as the "--target" of clang, the user
should specify an additional "--target" through CLANG_TRIPLE.

Signed-off-by: ashimida <ashimida@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Makefile | 6 +++++-
scripts/clang-android.sh | 4 ++++
2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
create mode 100755 scripts/clang-android.sh

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 61741e9..09bb314 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -586,7 +586,11 @@ CC_VERSION_TEXT = $(subst $(pound),,$(shell $(CC) --version 2>/dev/null | head -

ifneq ($(findstring clang,$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)),)
ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
-CLANG_FLAGS += --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
+CLANG_TRIPLE ?= $(CROSS_COMPILE)
+CLANG_FLAGS += --target=$(notdir $(CLANG_TRIPLE:%-=%))
+ifeq ($(shell $(srctree)/scripts/clang-android.sh $(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS)), y)
+$(error "Clang with Android --target detected. Did you specify CLANG_TRIPLE?")
+endif
endif
ifeq ($(LLVM_IAS),1)
CLANG_FLAGS += -integrated-as
diff --git a/scripts/clang-android.sh b/scripts/clang-android.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..9186c4f
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/clang-android.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+$* -dM -E - </dev/null 2>&1 | grep -q __ANDROID__ && echo "y"
--
2.7.4