Re: [PATCH v2 5/5] efi: efistub: convert into static library

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Would something like this

ifneq ($(CONFIG_EFI_STUB)$(CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB),nn)
obj-y += libstub/
endif

be too hideous?



On 2 July 2014 13:23, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> On 2 July 2014 13:15, Matt Fleming <matt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>> On Thu, 26 Jun, at 04:23:37PM, Ard Biesheuvel wrote:
>>> This patch changes both x86 and arm64 efistub implementations from #including
>>> shared .c files under drivers/firmware/efi to building the shared code as a
>>> static library.
>>>
>>> The x86 code uses a stub built into the boot executable which uncompresses the
>>> kernel at boot time. In this case, the library is linked into the decompressor.
>>>
>>> In the arm64 case, the stub is part of the kernel proper so the library is
>>> linked into the kernel proper as well.
>>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>
>>
>> OK, this breaks the ia64 build because of the following...
>>
>> /drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/efi-stub-helper.c:14:21: fatal error: asm/efi.h: No such file or directory
>>
>>> diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile
>>> index e1096539eedb..d9abdbc962f1 100644
>>> --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile
>>> +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile
>>> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>>>  #
>>>  # Makefile for linux kernel
>>>  #
>>> -obj-$(CONFIG_EFI)                    += efi.o vars.o
>>> +obj-$(CONFIG_EFI)                    += efi.o vars.o libstub/
>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_VARS)                       += efivars.o
>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE)                += efi-pstore.o
>>>  obj-$(CONFIG_UEFI_CPER)                      += cper.o
>>
>> I guess what we need is CONFIG_EFI_LIBSTUB selected by both
>> CONFIG_EFI_STUB (for x86) and CONFIG_EFI_ARMSTUB (for arm64)? e.g.
>>
>> obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_LIBSTUB)               libstub/
>>
>
> Yes, that seems the appropriate way to deal with this.
> Let me respin so I can fix the other thing I mentioned yesterday as well.
>
> --
> Ard.
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