Re: [PATCH v2] kbuild: fix linux-headers package build when $(CC) cannot link userspace

[Jeff Johnson]

On 2/12/2025 10:26 PM, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Since commit 5f73e7d0386d ("kbuild: refactor cross-compiling
> linux-headers package"), the linux-headers Debian package fails to
> build when $(CC) cannot build userspace applications, for example,
> when using toolchains installed by the 0day bot.
> 
> The host programs in the linux-headers package should be rebuilt using
> the disto's cross-compiler, ${DEB_HOST_GNU_TYPE}-gcc instead of $(CC).
> Hence, the variable 'CC' must be expanded in this shell script instead
> of in the top-level Makefile.
> 
> Commit f354fc88a72a ("kbuild: install-extmod-build: add missing
> quotation marks for CC variable") was not a correct fix because
> CC="ccache gcc" should be unrelated when rebuilding userspace tools.
> 
> Fixes: 5f73e7d0386d ("kbuild: refactor cross-compiling linux-headers package")
> Reported-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/CAK7LNARb3xO3ptBWOMpwKcyf3=zkfhMey5H2KnB1dOmUwM79dA@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx/T/#t
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

Thanks for the quick fix!

Tested-by: Jeff Johnson <jeff.johnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>