On Mon, Oct 23, 2023 at 12:19 PM Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 1:24 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > On Sun, Oct 22, 2023 at 4:33 AM Andrii Nakryiko > > <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 4:38 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > On Sat, Oct 21, 2023 at 5:52 AM Andrii Nakryiko > > > > <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 12:03 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Oct 20, 2023 at 7:55 AM Andrii Nakryiko > > > > > > <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 1:15 AM Jiri Olsa <olsajiri@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 19, 2023 at 12:19:50AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > > > > > > > > > newer_prereqs_except and if_changed_except are ugly hacks of the > > > > > > > > > newer-prereqs and if_changed in scripts/Kbuild.include. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Remove. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Changes in v2: > > > > > > > > > - Fix if_changed_except to if_changed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 25 ++++++------------------- > > > > > > > > > 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 19 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal > > > > > > > > > index 9fd7a26e4fe9..fc07854bb7b9 100644 > > > > > > > > > --- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal > > > > > > > > > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal > > > > > > > > > @@ -19,6 +19,9 @@ vmlinux := > > > > > > > > > ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES > > > > > > > > > ifneq ($(wildcard vmlinux),) > > > > > > > > > vmlinux := vmlinux > > > > > > > > > +cmd_btf = ; \ > > > > > > > > > + LLVM_OBJCOPY="$(OBJCOPY)" $(PAHOLE) -J $(PAHOLE_FLAGS) --btf_base vmlinux $@; \ > > > > > > > > > + $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) -b vmlinux $@ > > > > > > > > > else > > > > > > > > > $(warning Skipping BTF generation due to unavailability of vmlinux) > > > > > > > > > endif > > > > > > > > > @@ -41,27 +44,11 @@ quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M] $@ > > > > > > > > > cmd_ld_ko_o += \ > > > > > > > > > $(LD) -r $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) \ > > > > > > > > > $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) $(LDFLAGS_MODULE) \ > > > > > > > > > - -T scripts/module.lds -o $@ $(filter %.o, $^) > > > > > > > > > + -T scripts/module.lds -o $@ $(filter %.o, $^) \ > > > > > > > > > + $(cmd_btf) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -quiet_cmd_btf_ko = BTF [M] $@ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > nit not sure it's intentional but we no longer display 'BTF [M] ...ko' lines, > > > > > > > > I don't mind not displaying that, but we should mention that in changelog > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks for spotting this! I think those messages are useful and > > > > > > > important to keep. Masahiro, is it possible to preserve them? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > No, I do not think so. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > That's too bad, I think it's a useful one. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > I prioritize that the code is correct. > > > > > > > > > > Could you please also prioritize not regressing informativeness of a > > > build log? With your changes it's not clear now if BTF was generated > > > or not for a kernel module, while previously it was obvious and was > > > easy to spot if for some reason BTF was not generated. I'd like to > > > preserve this > > > property, thank you. > > > > > > E.g, can we still have BTF generation as a separate command and do a > > > separate $(call if_changed,btf_ko)? Or something along those lines. > > > Would that work? > > > > If we have an intermediate file (say, *.no-btf.ko), > > it would make sense to have separate > > $(call if_changed,ld_ko_o) and $(call if_changed,btf_ko). > > Currently we don't generate intermediate files, but we do rewrite > original .ko file as a post-processing step. > > And that rewriting step might not happen depending on Kconfig and > toolchain (e.g., too old pahole makes it impossible to generate kernel > module BTF). And that's why having a separate BTF [M] message in the > build log is important. > > > > > > > LD RESOLVE_BTFIDS > > *.mod.o ------> *.no-btf.ko ------------> *.ko > > > > > > When vmlinux is changed, only the second step would > > be re-run, but that would require extra file copy. > > Today we rewrite .ko with a new .ko ELF file which gains a new ELF > section (.BTF), so we already pay this price when BTF is enabled (if > that's your concern). > > > > > Is this what you want to see? > > I don't have strong preferences for exact implementation, but what you > propose will work, I think. What I'd like to avoid is unnecessarily > relinking .ko files if all we need to do is regenerate BTF. Is there any way to make pahole/resolve_btfids take separate input and output files instead of in-place modification? Otherwise, explicit "cp *.no-btf.ko *.ko" would be needed. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
