Re: [PATCH v2] sh: fix build error for invisible CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE

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On Mon, Feb 4, 2019 at 6:11 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> I fixed a similar build error in commit 1b1e4ee86e00 ("sh: fix build
> error for empty CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE"), but it came back again.
>
> Since commit 37c8a5fafa3b ("kbuild: consolidate Devicetree dtb
> build rules"), the combination of CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE=y and
> CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB=n results in the following build error:
>
> make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'arch/sh/boot/dts/.dtb.o', needed by 'arch/sh/boot/dts/built-in.a'.  Stop.
> make: *** [Makefile;1727: arch/sh/boot/dts/] Error 2
>
> Prior to that commit, there was only one path to descend into
> arch/sh/boot/dts/, and arch/sh/Makefile correctly guards it with
> CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB:
>
>   core-$(CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB)  += arch/sh/boot/dts/
>
> Now, there is another path to descend there from the top Makefile
> when CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE=y. If CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB is disabled,
> CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE is invisible instead of defined as "".
>
> Add obj-$(CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB) guard to avoid the attempt to build
> the non-existing file.
>
> Fixes: 37c8a5fafa3b ("kbuild: consolidate Devicetree dtb build rules")
> Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Applied to linux-kbuild/fixes.



> ---
>
> Observant reviewers may point out another problem.
> There is a race condition when CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE=y.
>
> Some architectures (sh, xtensa, etc.) embed a DTB in vmlinux,
> so there are two paths to descend into arch/*/boot/dts/.
> For parallel build with -j<N> option, two threads may build
> under arch/*/boot/dts/ simultaneously.
>
> Yes, this is a problem, and it is in my TODO list.
> For some reasons, I will postpone it by the next development cycle.
>
> For now, I want to fix this sh build error first because kbuild test
> robot is still complaining about it.
>
>
> Changes in v2:
>   - Change the subject a bit because the cause of the error is different
>
>  arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile
> index 01d0f7f..2563d1e 100644
> --- a/arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile
> @@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
>  ifneq ($(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE),"")
> -obj-y += $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE)).dtb.o
> +obj-$(CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB) += $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE)).dtb.o
>  endif
> --
> 2.7.4
>


-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada



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