Re: kbuild: Ctrl-C of parallel kernel build sometimes corrupts .o.cmd files permanently

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Thu, Jun 3, 2021 at 12:50 AM Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>
> There's a sporadic kbuild bug that's been happening for years, maybe you
> guys can think of where it comes from.
>
> Sometimes when I Ctrl-C a kernel build job, the .o.cmd file becomes
> corrupted and this breaks the build:
>
>
>    kernel/.panic.o.cmd:5: *** unterminated call to function 'wildcard': missing ')'.  Stop.
>
>    ...
>
>    drivers/gpu/drm/.drm_blend.o.cmd:5: *** unterminated call to function 'wildcard': missing ')'.  Stop.
>
> The file was just partially created and didn't get cleaned up:
>
>   kepler:~/tip> ls -l drivers/gpu/drm/.drm_blend.o.cmd.corrupted drivers/gpu/drm/.drm_blend.o.cmd.good
>   -rw-rw-r-- 1 mingo mingo 28672 Jun  2 17:46 drivers/gpu/drm/.drm_blend.o.cmd.corrupted
>   -rw-rw-r-- 1 mingo mingo 51331 Jun  2 17:46 drivers/gpu/drm/.drm_blend.o.cmd.good
>
> The file just got cut in half due to the Ctrl-C:
>
>  --- drivers/gpu/drm/.drm_blend.o.cmd.corrupted  2021-06-02 17:46:16.951428326 +0200
>  +++ drivers/gpu/drm/.drm_blend.o.cmd.good       2021-06-02 17:46:34.391111668 +0200
>  @@ -646,4 +646,578 @@ deps_drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.o := \
>       $(wildcard include/config/OF_OVERLAY) \
>     include/linux/kobject.h \
>       $(wildcard include/config/UEVENT_HELPER) \
>  -    $(wildcard include
>  \ No newline at end of file
>  +    $(wildcard include/config/DEBUG_KOBJECT_RELEASE) \
>  +  include/linux/sysfs.h \
>  +  include/linux/kernfs.h \
>  +    $(wildcard include/config/KERNFS) \
>
>
> ... but once in this state it can only be fixed by 'make clean' (which
> loses all build progress), or by removing the stale file manually.
>
> It happens more frequently on systems with a lot of CPUs.
>
> Thanks,
>
>         Ingo



Hmm, I have not observed this.

My expectation is, it should work like this:

When scripts/basic/fixdep is interrupted (or fail due to any reason),
partially written *.o.cmd is left over. So, having incomplete *.o.cmd
files is expectation.

When .DELETE_ON_ERROR is specified, GNU Make is supposed to
automatically delete the target on any error.
(If it is interrupted, it should exit with code 130)

On the next invocation of Make, Kbuild will not include .*.o.cmd files
whose corresponding *.o files do not exist.





When you got the corrupted drivers/gpu/drm/.drm_blend.o.cmd,
didn't you see the log
Deleting file 'drivers/gpu/drm/drm_blend.o' ?



If it works as I expect, the log should look like follows:
(I marked  the lines with '<---- Deleting')



  CC      security/keys/keyctl_pkey.o
  CC      kernel/sys.o
  CC      arch/x86/power/hibernate_64.o
^Cmake[5]: *** Deleting file 'drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.o'  <---- Deleting
make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272:
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbmon.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: security/selinux/nlmsgtab.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: arch/x86/power/cpu.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272:
arch/x86/power/hibernate_64.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: arch/x86/pci/legacy.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: arch/x86/mm/srat.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: drivers/pnp/resource.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: drivers/pnp/manager.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: sound/core/ctljack.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: net/core/skbuff.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: arch/x86/mm] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: kernel/signal.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: drivers/acpi/device_sysfs.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: drivers/pci/pci.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: kernel/sys.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: net/core] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: block/blk-ioc.o] Interrupt
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: arch/x86/events/intel/pt.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: crypto/skcipher.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: security/keys/keyctl_pkey.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: fs/namei.o] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: arch/x86/events/intel] Interrupt
make[5]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272:
drivers/video/fbdev/core/fbcmap.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: arch/x86/events] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: security/selinux] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: ipc/mq_sysctl.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: mm/percpu.o] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: security/keys] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: sound/core] Interrupt
make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: drivers/video/fbdev/core] Interrupt
make[3]: *** Deleting file 'arch/x86/kernel/nmi.o'        <---- Deleting
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: arch/x86/pci] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: drivers/pnp] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: kernel] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: fs] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: drivers/pci] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: ipc] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: drivers/acpi] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: security] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: crypto] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: block] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: sound] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: arch/x86/kernel/ldt.o] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: net] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:272: arch/x86/kernel/nmi.o] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: arch/x86/power] Interrupt
make[3]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: drivers/video/fbdev] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: mm] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: drivers/video] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: drivers] Interrupt
make[2]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:515: arch/x86/kernel] Interrupt
make[1]: *** [Makefile:1849: arch/x86] Interrupt
make: *** [Makefile:351: __build_one_by_one] Interrupt






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Best Regards


Masahiro Yamada