Re: [PATCH v2] tools build: Provide consistent build options for fixdep

[Jiri Olsa]

On Thu, Aug 15, 2024 at 09:20:46AM +0200, Alexander Gordeev wrote:
> The fixdep binary is being compiled and linked in one step. While
> the host linker flags are passed to the compiler the host compiler
> flags are missed.
> 
> That leads to build errors at least on x86_64, arm64 and s390 as
> result of the compiler vs linker flags inconsistency. For example,
> during RPM package build redhat-hardened-ld script is provided to
> gcc, while redhat-hardened-cc1 script is missed.
> 
> Provide both KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS and KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS to avoid that.
> 
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/99ae0d34-ed76-4ca0-a9fd-c337da33c9f9@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> Fixes: ea974028a049 ("tools build: Avoid circular .fixdep-in.o.cmd issues")
> Tested-by: Thorsten Leemhuis <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Alexander Gordeev <agordeev@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Jiri Olsa <jolsa@xxxxxxxxxx>

jirka

> ---
> 
> This patch is against kernel-next next-20240815 tag
> 
> v2:
> - missing tags added
> - commit message adjusted
> 
> ---
>  tools/build/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile b/tools/build/Makefile
> index fea3cf647f5b..18ad131f6ea7 100644
> --- a/tools/build/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/build/Makefile
> @@ -44,4 +44,4 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard $(TMP_O)),)
>  endif
>  
>  $(OUTPUT)fixdep: $(srctree)/tools/build/fixdep.c
> -	$(QUIET_CC)$(HOSTCC) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
> +	$(QUIET_CC)$(HOSTCC) $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS) -o $@ $<
> -- 
> 2.43.0
> 
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