Hi Nathan,
On Thu, 12 Jan 2023 at 08:35, Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> Clang can emit a few different warnings when it encounters a flag that it
> recognizes but does not support internally. These warnings are elevated to
> errors within {as,cc}-option via -Werror to catch unsupported flags that should
> not be added to KBUILD_{A,C}FLAGS; see commit c3f0d0bc5b01 ("kbuild, LLVMLinux:
> Add -Werror to cc-option to support clang").
>
> If an unsupported flag is unconditionally to KBUILD_{A,C}FLAGS, all subsequent
> {as,cc}-option will always fail, preventing supported and even potentially
> necessary flags from getting adding to the tool flags.
>
> One would expect these warnings to be visible in the kernel build logs since
> they are added to KBUILD_{A,C}FLAGS but unfortunately, these warnings are
> hidden with clang's -Qunused-arguments flag, which is added to KBUILD_CPPFLAGS
> and used for both compiling and assembling files.
>
> Patches 1-4 address the internal inconsistencies of invoking the assembler
> within kbuild by using KBUILD_AFLAGS consistently and using '-x
> assembler-with-cpp' over '-x assembler'. This matches how assembly files are
> built across the kernel and helps avoid problems in situations where macro
> definitions or warning flags are present in KBUILD_AFLAGS, which cause
> instances of -Wunused-command-line-argument when the preprocessor is not called
> to consume them. There were a couple of places in architecture code where this
> change would break things so those are fixed first.
>
> Patches 5-12 clean up warnings that will show up when -Qunused-argument is
> dropped. I hope none of these are controversial.
>
> Patch 13 turns two warnings into errors so that the presence of unused flags
> cannot be easily ignored.
>
> Patch 14 drops -Qunused-argument. This is done last so that it can be easily
> reverted if need be.
>
> This series has seen my personal test framework, which tests several different
> configurations and architectures, with LLVM tip of tree (16.0.0). I have done
> defconfig, allmodconfig, and allnoconfig builds for arm, arm64, i386, mips,
> powerpc, riscv, s390, and x86_64 with GCC 12.2.0 as well but I am hoping the
> rest of the test infrastructure will catch any lurking problems.
>
> I would like this series to stay together so that there is no opportunity for
> breakage so please consider giving acks so that this can be carried via the
> kbuild tree (and many thanks to the people who have already provided such
> tags).
>
> ---
> Changes in v2:
> - Pick up tags where provided (thank you everyone!)
> - Patch 6 and 9: Clarify that '-s' is a compiler flag that is only relevant to
> the linking phase and remove all mention of the assembler's '-s' flag, as the
> assembler is never directly invoked (Nick, Segher)
> - Patch 7: Move '-z noexecstack' into new ldflags-y variable (Nick)
> - Patch 8: Reword commit message to explain the problem in a clearer manner
> (Nick)
> - Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20221228-drop-qunused-arguments-v1-0-658cbc8fc592@xxxxxxxxxx
>
> ---
> Nathan Chancellor (12):
> MIPS: Always use -Wa,-msoft-float and eliminate GAS_HAS_SET_HARDFLOAT
> MIPS: Prefer cc-option for additions to cflags
> powerpc: Remove linker flag from KBUILD_AFLAGS
> powerpc/vdso: Remove unused '-s' flag from ASFLAGS
> powerpc/vdso: Improve linker flags
> powerpc/vdso: Remove an unsupported flag from vgettimeofday-32.o with clang
> s390/vdso: Drop unused '-s' flag from KBUILD_AFLAGS_64
> s390/vdso: Drop '-shared' from KBUILD_CFLAGS_64
> s390/purgatory: Remove unused '-MD' and unnecessary '-c' flags
> drm/amd/display: Do not add '-mhard-float' to dml_ccflags for clang
> kbuild: Turn a couple more of clang's unused option warnings into errors
> kbuild: Stop using '-Qunused-arguments' with clang
>
> Nick Desaulniers (2):
> x86/boot/compressed: prefer cc-option for CFLAGS additions
> kbuild: Update assembler calls to use proper flags and language target
>
> Makefile | 1 -
> arch/mips/Makefile | 13 ++-------
> arch/mips/include/asm/asmmacro-32.h | 4 +--
> arch/mips/include/asm/asmmacro.h | 42 ++++++++++++++---------------
> arch/mips/include/asm/fpregdef.h | 14 ----------
> arch/mips/include/asm/mipsregs.h | 20 +++-----------
> arch/mips/kernel/genex.S | 2 +-
> arch/mips/kernel/r2300_fpu.S | 4 +--
> arch/mips/kernel/r4k_fpu.S | 12 ++++-----
> arch/mips/kvm/fpu.S | 6 ++---
> arch/mips/loongson2ef/Platform | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/powerpc/kernel/vdso/Makefile | 25 +++++++++++------
> arch/s390/kernel/vdso64/Makefile | 4 +--
> arch/s390/purgatory/Makefile | 2 +-
> arch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile | 2 +-
> drivers/gpu/drm/amd/display/dc/dml/Makefile | 3 ++-
> scripts/Kconfig.include | 2 +-
> scripts/Makefile.clang | 2 ++
> scripts/Makefile.compiler | 8 +++---
> scripts/as-version.sh | 2 +-
> 21 files changed, 74 insertions(+), 98 deletions(-)
FYI,
[ please provide comments, feedback and improvements on build/ ltp smoke tests ]
LKFT test farm have fetched your patch series [1]
[PATCH v2 00/14] Remove clang's -Qunused-arguments from KBUILD_CPPFLAGS
[1] https://lore.kernel.org/llvm/20221228-drop-qunused-arguments-v2-0-9adbddd20d86@xxxxxxxxxx/
Following build warnings and errors reported.
sh:
gcc-11-defconfig — FAIL
gcc-11-shx3_defconfig — FAIL
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/~anders.roxell/linux-mainline-patches/build/https___lore_kernel_org_llvm_20221228-drop-qunused-arguments-v2-1-9adbddd20d86_kernel_org/testrun/14221835/suite/build/tests/
mainline getting passed.
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-mainline-master/build/v6.2-rc5/testrun/14298156/suite/build/test/gcc-11-defconfig/history/
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-mainline-master/build/v6.2-rc5/testrun/14298156/suite/build/test/gcc-11-shx3_defconfig/history/
Build error:
In function 'follow_pmd_mask',
inlined from 'follow_pud_mask' at /builds/linux/mm/gup.c:735:9,
inlined from 'follow_p4d_mask' at /builds/linux/mm/gup.c:752:9,
inlined from 'follow_page_mask' at /builds/linux/mm/gup.c:809:9:
/builds/linux/include/linux/compiler_types.h:358:45: error: call to
'__compiletime_assert_263' declared with attribute error: Unsupported
access size for {READ,WRITE}_ONCE().
358 | _compiletime_assert(condition, msg,
__compiletime_assert_, __COUNTER__)
s390:
clang-15-defconfig — FAIL
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/~anders.roxell/linux-mainline-patches/build/https___lore_kernel_org_llvm_20221228-drop-qunused-arguments-v2-1-9adbddd20d86_kernel_org/testrun/14221913/suite/build/tests/
mainline getting passed.
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/lkft/linux-mainline-master/build/v6.2-rc5/testrun/14300495/suite/build/test/clang-15-defconfig/history/
Build error:
make --silent --keep-going --jobs=8
O=/home/tuxbuild/.cache/tuxmake/builds/1/build LLVM_IAS=0 ARCH=s390
CROSS_COMPILE=s390x-linux-gnu- 'HOSTCC=sccache clang' 'CC=sccache
clang'
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__jump_table' of fs/fuse/inode.o:
defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of fs/fuse/inode.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__jump_table' of fs/fuse/inode.o:
defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of fs/fuse/inode.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of crypto/algboss.o:
defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of crypto/algboss.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of drivers/scsi/sd.o:
defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/scsi/sd.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__jump_table' of drivers/md/md.o:
defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/md/md.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__jump_table' of drivers/md/md.o:
defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of drivers/md/md.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `.altinstructions' of
drivers/md/md.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of
drivers/md/md.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `.altinstructions' of
drivers/md/md.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of
drivers/md/md.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `.altinstructions' of
net/iucv/iucv.o: defined in discarded section `.exit.text' of
net/iucv/iucv.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of
drivers/s390/cio/qdio_thinint.o: defined in discarded section
`.exit.text' of drivers/s390/cio/qdio_thinint.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of
drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.o: defined in discarded section
`.exit.text' of drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.o
`.exit.text' referenced in section `__bug_table' of
drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.o: defined in discarded section
`.exit.text' of drivers/s390/net/qeth_l3_main.o
s390x-linux-gnu-ld: BFD (GNU Binutils for Debian) 2.35.2 assertion
fail ../../bfd/elf64-s390.c:3349
make[2]: *** [/builds/linux/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux:34: vmlinux] Error 1
But,
Build and boot pass on arm64, arm, x86_64 and i386.
Build test performed for mips, parisc, riscv, s390, sh, sparc and
powerpc (known build errors for maple_defconfig and cell_defconfig),
Please refer following link for detailed build, boot, LTP smoketest.
https://qa-reports.linaro.org/~anders.roxell/linux-mainline-patches/build/https___lore_kernel_org_llvm_20221228-drop-qunused-arguments-v2-1-9adbddd20d86_kernel_org/?failures_only=false&results_layout=table#!#test-results
Best regards
Naresh Kamboju
--
Linaro LKFT
https://lkft.linaro.org
> ---
> base-commit: 88603b6dc419445847923fcb7fe5080067a30f98
> change-id: 20221228-drop-qunused-arguments-0c5c7dae54fb
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Nathan Chancellor <nathan@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>
