Re: [PATCH RFC 0/2] use interpreters to invoke scripts

[Lukas Bulwahn]

On Sat, 3 Oct 2020, Ujjwal Kumar wrote:

> This patch series aims at removing the dependency on execute 
> bit of the scripts in the kbuild system.
> 
> If not working with fresh clone of linux-next, clean the srctree:
> make distclean
> make tools/clean
> 
> To test the dependency on execute bits, I tried building the 
> kernel after removing x-bits for all files in the repository.
> Removing execute bits:
> for i in $(find -executable -type f); do chmod -x $i; done
> 
> Any attempts to configure (or build) the kernel fail because of 
> 'Permission denied' on scripts with the following error:
> $ make allmodconfig
> sh: ./scripts/gcc-version.sh: Permission denied
> init/Kconfig:34: syntax error
> init/Kconfig:33: invalid statement
> init/Kconfig:34: invalid statement
> sh: ./scripts/ld-version.sh: Permission denied
> init/Kconfig:39: syntax error
> init/Kconfig:38: invalid statement
> sh: ./scripts/clang-version.sh: Permission denied
> init/Kconfig:49: syntax error
> init/Kconfig:48: invalid statement
> make[1]: *** [scripts/kconfig/Makefile:71: allmodconfig] Error 1
> make: *** [Makefile:606: allmodconfig] Error 2
> 
> Changes:
> 1. Adds specific interpreters (in Kconfig) to invoke 
> scripts.
> 
> After this patch I could successfully do a kernel build 
> without any errors.
> 
> 2. Again, adds specific interpreters to other parts of 
> kbuild system.
> 
> I could successfully perform the following make targets after 
> applying the PATCH 2/2:
> make headerdep
> make kselftest-merge
> make rpm-pkg
> make perf-tar-src-pkg
> make ARCH=ia64 defconfig
> ARCH=arm64 CROSS_COMPILE=aarch64-linux-gnu- make prepare
> 
> Following changes in PATCH 2/2 are not yet tested:
> arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
> arch/nds32/kernel/vdso/Makefile
> scripts/Makefile.build
> 
> Ujjwal Kumar (2):
>   kconfig: use interpreters to invoke scripts
>   kbuild: use interpreters to invoke scripts
>

Ujjwal, I suggest that you continue to wait if you get any feedback from 
Masahiro-san within the next two weeks (although the merge window) and if
not, try to rebase to the the next rc1 and resend this patchset with 
Nathan's feedback tags added.

The merge window is busy time for maintainers; in the meantime, you might
look into if the build target 'make tools/clean' works on the current 
release and if there are fixes getting merged that fix that.

Lukas

>  Makefile                          |  4 ++--
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile   |  2 +-
>  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile |  2 +-
>  arch/ia64/Makefile                |  4 ++--
>  arch/nds32/kernel/vdso/Makefile   |  2 +-
>  init/Kconfig                      | 16 ++++++++--------
>  scripts/Makefile.build            |  2 +-
>  scripts/Makefile.package          |  4 ++--
>  8 files changed, 18 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)
> 
> -- 
> 2.26.2
> 
>