Re: [PATCH] kbuild: dummy-tools: support make MPROFILE_KERNEL checks work on BE

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Wed Aug 30 2023 - 15:07:55 EST


On Wed, Aug 30, 2023 at 2:00 AM Jiri Slaby <jirislaby@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I deleted too few: the subject should read:
> kbuild: dummy-tools: make MPROFILE_KERNEL checks work on BE
>
> I will submit v2 if there are no other objections.


I have no objection.

If there is nothing else to fix,
I will locally fix the subject, and apply.


I also see a similar patch from Michal Suchanek,
but I like this one because the commit log
has a good explanation.



> On 29. 08. 23, 12:51, Jiri Slaby (SUSE) wrote:
> > From: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
> >
> > Commit 2eab791f940b ("kbuild: dummy-tools: support MPROFILE_KERNEL
> > checks for ppc") added support for ppc64le's checks for
> > -mprofile-kernel.
> >
> > Now, commit aec0ba7472a7 ("powerpc/64: Use -mprofile-kernel for big
> > endian ELFv2 kernels") added support for -mprofile-kernel even on
> > big-endian ppc.
> >
> > So lift the check in gcc-check-mprofile-kernel.sh to support big-endian too.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Jiri Slaby <jslaby@xxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Naveen N. Rao <naveen.n.rao@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@xxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Michal Kubecek <mkubecek@xxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > scripts/dummy-tools/gcc | 3 +--
> > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc b/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
> > index 1db1889f6d81..07f6dc4c5cf6 100755
> > --- a/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
> > +++ b/scripts/dummy-tools/gcc
> > @@ -85,8 +85,7 @@ if arg_contain -S "$@"; then
> > fi
> >
> > # For arch/powerpc/tools/gcc-check-mprofile-kernel.sh
> > - if arg_contain -m64 "$@" && arg_contain -mlittle-endian "$@" &&
> > - arg_contain -mprofile-kernel "$@"; then
> > + if arg_contain -m64 "$@" && arg_contain -mprofile-kernel "$@"; then
> > if ! test -t 0 && ! grep -q notrace; then
> > echo "_mcount"
> > fi
>
> --
> js
> suse labs
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada