On Wed, Aug 4, 2021 at 12:59 AM H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Hi all, > any chance to get that reviewed and merged into v5.15-rc1 and backported to stable? > Thank you, > Nikolaus Schaller I have a macbook (macOS catalina), and was able to reproduce this issue. I applied both to kbuild tree. Thanks. > > > Am 19.07.2021 um 22:37 schrieb Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>: > > > > + Masahiro, linux-kbuild (EOM) > > > > On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 12:07 PM H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > >> > >> Any chance that it gets merged? > >> > >>> Am 08.07.2021 um 10:57 schrieb H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > >>> > >>> Trying to run the x86 relocs tool on a BSD based HOSTCC (cross > >>> compilation environment) leads to errors like > >>> > >>> VOFFSET arch/x86/boot/compressed/../voffset.h - due to: vmlinux > >>> CC arch/x86/boot/compressed/misc.o - due to: arch/x86/boot/compressed/../voffset.h > >>> OBJCOPY arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.bin - due to: vmlinux > >>> RELOCS arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.relocs - due to: vmlinux > >>> empty (sub)expressionarch/x86/boot/compressed/Makefile:118: recipe for target 'arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.relocs' failed > >>> make[3]: *** [arch/x86/boot/compressed/vmlinux.relocs] Error 1 > >>> > >>> and when cross compiling a MIPS kernel on a BSD based HOSTCC > >>> we get errors like > >>> > >>> SYNC include/config/auto.conf.cmd - due to: .config > >>> egrep: empty (sub)expression > >>> UPD include/config/kernel.release > >>> HOSTCC scripts/dtc/dtc.o - due to target missing > >>> > >>> It turns out that relocs.c on x86 uses patterns like > >>> > >>> "something(|_end)" > >>> > >>> while MIPS uses egrep with > >>> > >>> (|MINOR_|PATCHLEVEL_) > >>> > >>> In both cases it is not valid syntax or gives undefined results > >>> according to POSIX 9.5.3 ERE Grammar > >>> > >>> https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html > >>> > >>> It seems to be silently accepted by the Linux regcmp() or egrep > >>> implementation while a BSD host complains. > >>> > >>> Such patterns can be replaced by a transformation like > >>> > >>> "(|p1|p2)" -> "(p1|p2)?" > >>> > >>> Test Linux: > >>> > >>> root@letux:~# echo foo | egrep '^(|foo)$' > >>> foo > >>> root@letux:~# echo fool | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> root@letux:~# echo fun | egrep '^(|foo)$' > >>> root@letux:~# echo f | egrep '^(|foo)$' > >>> root@letux:~# echo | egrep '^(|foo)$' > >>> > >>> root@letux:~# echo foo | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> foo > >>> root@letux:~# echo fool | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> root@letux:~# echo fun | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> root@letux:~# echo f | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> root@letux:~# echo | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> > >>> root@letux:~# > >>> > >>> Test BSD: > >>> > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo foo | egrep '^(|foo)$' > >>> egrep: empty (sub)expression > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo fool | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> egrep: empty (sub)expression > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo fun | egrep '^(|foo)$' > >>> egrep: empty (sub)expression > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo f | egrep '^(|foo)$' > >>> egrep: empty (sub)expression > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo | egrep '^(|foo)$' > >>> egrep: empty (sub)expression > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo foo | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> foo > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo fool | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo fun | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo f | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> iMac:master hns$ echo | egrep '^(foo)?$' > >>> > >>> iMac:master hns$ > >>> > >>> > >>> H. Nikolaus Schaller (2): > >>> x86/tools/relocs: Fix non-POSIX regexp > >>> arch: mips: Fix non-POSIX regexp > >>> > >>> arch/mips/Makefile | 2 +- > >>> arch/x86/tools/relocs.c | 8 ++++---- > >>> 2 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) > >>> > >>> -- > >>> 2.31.1 > >>> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Thanks, > > ~Nick Desaulniers > -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada