[PATCH 2/2] kbuild: simplify ld-option implementation

[Masahiro Yamada]

Currently, linker options are tested by the coordination of $(CC) and
$(LD) because LD needs some object to link.

As commit 86a9df597cdd ("kbuild: fix linker feature test macros when
cross compiling with Clang") addressed, we need to make sure $(CC)
and $(LD) agree the underlying architecture of the passed object.

This could be a bit complex when we combine tools from different groups.
For example, we can use clang for $(CC), but we still need to rely on
GCC toolchain for $(LD).

So, I was searching a way for standalone testing of linker options.
A trick I found is to use '-v'.  This prints the version string, but
also tests if the given option is recognized.

If a given option is supported,

  $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419
  GNU ld (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11) 2.28.2.20170706
  $ echo $?
  0

If unsupported,

  $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419
  GNU ld (crosstool-NG linaro-1.13.1-4.7-2013.04-20130415 - Linaro GCC 2013.04) 2.23.1
  aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: unrecognized option '--fix-cortex-a53-843419'
  aarch64-linux-gnu-ld: use the --help option for usage information
  $ echo $?
  1

Gold works likewise.

  $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419
  GNU gold (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11 2.28.2.20170706) 1.14
  masahiro@pug:~/ref/linux$ echo $?
  0
  $ aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold -v --fix-cortex-a53-999999
  GNU gold (Linaro_Binutils-2017.11 2.28.2.20170706) 1.14
  aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold: --fix-cortex-a53-999999: unknown option
  aarch64-linux-gnu-ld.gold: use the --help option for usage information
  $ echo $?
  1

LLD too.

  $ ld.lld -v --gc-sections
  LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)
  $ echo $?
  0
  $ ld.lld -v --fix-cortex-a53-843419
  LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)
  $ echo $?
  0
  $ ld.lld -v --fix-cortex-a53-999999
  ld.lld: error: unknown argument: --fix-cortex-a53-999999
  LLD 7.0.0 (http://llvm.org/git/lld.git 4a0e4190e74cea19f8a8dc625ccaebdf8b5d1585) (compatible with GNU linkers)
  $ echo $?
  1

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---

 scripts/Kbuild.include | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 34cbd81..f9c2f07 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -237,9 +237,7 @@ cc-ldoption = $(call try-run-cached,\
 
 # ld-option
 # Usage: LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X)
-ld-option = $(call try-run-cached,\
-	$(CC) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -x c /dev/null -c -o "$$TMPO"; \
-	$(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) "$$TMPO" -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+ld-option = $(call try-run-cached, $(LD) $(LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2))
 
 # ar-option
 # Usage: KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)
-- 
2.7.4