> On Sun, Jul 4, 2021 at 7:03 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Fri, Jul 2, 2021 at 12:29 PM Lecopzer Chen > > <lecopzer.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > To check the GNU make version. Used by the LTO Kconfig. > > > > > > LTO with MODVERSIONS will fail in generating correct CRC because > > > the makefile rule doesn't work for make with version 3.8X.[1] > > > > > > Thus we need to check make version during selecting on LTO Kconfig. > > > Add CONFIG_MAKE_VERSION which means MAKE_VERSION in canonical digits > > > for arithmetic comparisons. > > > > > > [1] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20210616080252.32046-1-lecopzer.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx/ > > > Signed-off-by: Lecopzer Chen <lecopzer.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > --- > > > > > > NACK. > > > > "Let's add MAKE_VERSION >= 40200 restriction > > just because I cannot write correct code that > > works for older Make" is a horrible idea. > > > > Also, Kconfig is supposed to check the compiler > > (or toolchains) capability, not host tool versions. > > I feel like requiring a Make that's half a decade old for a feature > that also requires a toolchain released last October ago isn't > entirely unreasonable. > > That being said, if Masahiro prefers not to rely on the wildcard > function's behavior here, which is a reasonable request, we could > simply use the shell to test for the file's existence: > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build > index 34d257653fb4..c6bd62f518ff 100644 > --- a/scripts/Makefile.build > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build > @@ -388,7 +388,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG) $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),y y) > cmd_update_lto_symversions = \ > rm -f $@.symversions \ > $(foreach n, $(filter-out FORCE,$^), \ > - $(if $(wildcard $(n).symversions), \ > + $(if $(shell test -s $(n).symversions && echo y), \ > ; cat $(n).symversions >> $@.symversions)) > else > cmd_update_lto_symversions = echo >/dev/null > > This is not quite as efficient as using wildcard, but should work with > older Make versions too. Thoughts? > I've tested this in both make-4.3 and 3.81, and the CRC is correct. But I'm not sure if anyone would have the "arg list too long" issue. Tested-by: Lecopzer Chen <lecopzer.chen@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
