[PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/openat2: fix clang build failures: -static-libasan, LOCAL_HDRS

From: John Hubbard
Date: Fri May 31 2024 - 21:46:04 EST


When building with clang via:

make LLVM=1 -C tools/testing/selftests

two distinct failures occur:

1) gcc requires -static-libasan in order to ensure that Address
Sanitizer's library is the first one loaded. However, this leads to
build failures on clang, when building via:

make LLVM=1 -C tools/testing/selftests

However, clang already does the right thing by default: it statically
links the Address Sanitizer if -fsanitize is specified. Therefore, fix
this by simply omitting -static-libasan for clang builds. And leave
behind a comment, because the whole reason for static linking might not
be obvious.

2) clang won't accept invocations of this form, but gcc will:

$(CC) file1.c header2.h

Fix this by using selftests/lib.mk facilities for tracking local header
file dependencies: add them to LOCAL_HDRS, leaving only the .c files to
be passed to the compiler.

Reviewed-by: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile | 14 ++++++++++++--
1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile
index 254d676a2689..185dc76ebb5f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile
@@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later

-CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -static-libasan
+CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined
TEST_GEN_PROGS := openat2_test resolve_test rename_attack_test

+# gcc requires -static-libasan in order to ensure that Address Sanitizer's
+# library is the first one loaded. However, clang already statically links the
+# Address Sanitizer if -fsanitize is specified. Therefore, simply omit
+# -static-libasan for clang builds.
+ifeq ($(LLVM),)
+ CFLAGS += -static-libasan
+endif
+
+LOCAL_HDRS += helpers.h
+
include ../lib.mk

-$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): helpers.c helpers.h
+$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): helpers.c
--
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