On 28 June 2017 at 18:11, Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > On 06/28/2017 09:00 AM, Fathi Boudra wrote: >> On 28 June 2017 at 17:41, Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>> On 06/28/2017 08:37 AM, Fathi Boudra wrote: >>>> On 28 June 2017 at 17:20, Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: >>>>> On 06/28/2017 03:18 AM, Fathi Boudra wrote: >>>>>> timers test fails to build due to undefined reference: >>>>>> >>>>>> aarch64-linaro-linux-gcc --sysroot=/build/tmp-rpb-glibc/sysroots/hikey >>>>>> -O2 -pipe -g -feliminate-unused-debug-types -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall >>>>>> -DKTEST -Wl,-O1 -Wl,--hash-style=gnu -Wl,--as-needed -lrt -lpthread >>>>>> posix_timers.c >>>>>> -o /build/tmp-rpb-glibc/work/hikey-linaro-linux/kselftests/4.12-r0/linux-4.12-rc7/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers >>>>>> /tmp/cc1FTZzT.o: In function `check_timer_create': >>>>>> /usr/src/debug/kselftests/4.12-r0/linux-4.12-rc7/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c:157: >>>>>> undefined reference to `timer_create' >>>>>> /usr/src/debug/kselftests/4.12-r0/linux-4.12-rc7/tools/testing/selftests/timers/posix_timers.c:170: >>>>>> undefined reference to `timer_settime' >>>>>> collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status >>>>>> >>>>>> Use LDLIBS instead of LDFLAGS to properly link against libpthread and fix >>>>>> this build issue. >>>>>> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Denys Dmytriyenko <denys@xxxxxx> >>>>>> Signed-off-by: Fathi Boudra <fathi.boudra@xxxxxxxxxx> >>>>> >>>>> I can't reproduce this on linux-kselftest next on x86_64. Is this arm64 speocific >>>>> problem? Please try this on linux-kselftest latest. >>>> >>>> yes, I tried linux-kselftest next and can reproduce. >>>> Maybe related to native build vs cross-build? >>>> I don't think it's arm64 specific. >>>> >>> >>> Can you confirm that this change doesn't cause problems in native >>> build environments. >> >> yes, I tested on x86 in native build environment as well. It builds >> and run fine. >> >> I noticed my patchset for LDFLAGS vs LDLIBS changes don't apply >> cleanly on linux-kselftest next branch. I'm happy to respin the serie >> on top of next branch if you're willing to take them. >> > > Yeah. I knew your series won't apply on top of linux-kselftest next just > looking at that patches. Hence the question whether or not these problems > have been reproduced on linux-kselftest. > > Please redo the patches. The net patch needs to be done on top of > > SeongJae Park's fix > > selftest/net/Makefile: Specify output with $(OUTPUT) > > btw - with the the above fix, I don't see any failures on x86_64. > I am curious why it fails in cross-build? Could you figure out if > your cross-build environment is good. I'm using openembedded to cross-build a full distro, not only kselftest. I'm confident my cross-build environment is good. The issue encountered is the same as https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/shuah/linux-kselftest.git/commit/?h=next&id=dc816e5d84cbc28baf776799839a632d6002236f Using LDFLAGS vs LDLIBS affects the ordering of the linker flags. * with LDFLAGS aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc -lrt -lpthread posix_timers.c -o posix_timers * with LDLIBS aarch64-linux-gnu-gcc posix_timers.c -lrt -lpthread -o posix_timers > thanks, > -- Shuah > > thanks, > -- Shuah -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kselftest" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html