Re: [PATCH 08/12] include: add elf.h support

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On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:04:29PM GMT, Greg Kroah-Hartman wrote:
> On Wed, Aug 07, 2024 at 01:09:22AM +0200, Daniel Gomez via B4 Relay wrote:
> > From: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > Add a copy of elf/elf.h header from the GNU C Library (glibc), version
> > glibc-2.40 into include/elf. Update Makefiles where elf.h header is used
> > to ensure the compiler can find all necessary headers, for macOS host
> > where these headers are not provided by the system.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Gomez <da.gomez@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  arch/arm64/kernel/pi/Makefile     |    1 +
> >  arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile |    1 +
> >  arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile  |    2 +-
> >  include/elf/elf.h                 | 4491 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> >  scripts/Makefile                  |    3 +-
> >  scripts/mod/Makefile              |    6 +
> >  6 files changed, 4502 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/Makefile
> > index 4d11a8c29181..eb782aaa6585 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/pi/Makefile
> > @@ -20,6 +20,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(filter-out $(CC_FLAGS_SCS), $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
> >  KBUILD_CFLAGS	:= $(filter-out $(CC_FLAGS_LTO), $(KBUILD_CFLAGS))
> >  
> >  hostprogs	:= relacheck
> > +HOSTCFLAGS_relacheck.o = -I$(srctree)/include/elf
> >  
> >  quiet_cmd_piobjcopy = $(quiet_cmd_objcopy)
> >        cmd_piobjcopy = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(obj)/relacheck $(@) $(<)
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
> > index 25a2cb6317f3..e1ac384e6332 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kernel/vdso32/Makefile
> > @@ -107,6 +107,7 @@ VDSO_LDFLAGS += --orphan-handling=$(CONFIG_LD_ORPHAN_WARN_LEVEL)
> >  # $(hostprogs) with $(obj)
> >  munge := ../../../arm/vdso/vdsomunge
> >  hostprogs := $(munge)
> > +HOSTCFLAGS_$(munge).o = -I$(objtree)/include/elf
> >  
> >  c-obj-vdso := note.o
> >  c-obj-vdso-gettimeofday := vgettimeofday.o
> > diff --git a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> > index 782b34b004be..40541c0812bf 100644
> > --- a/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/arm64/kvm/hyp/nvhe/Makefile
> > @@ -15,7 +15,7 @@ ccflags-y += -fno-stack-protector	\
> >  	     $(DISABLE_STACKLEAK_PLUGIN)
> >  
> >  hostprogs := gen-hyprel
> > -HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(objtree)/include
> > +HOST_EXTRACFLAGS += -I$(objtree)/include -I$(srctree)/include/elf
> >  
> >  lib-objs := clear_page.o copy_page.o memcpy.o memset.o
> >  lib-objs := $(addprefix ../../../lib/, $(lib-objs))
> > diff --git a/include/elf/elf.h b/include/elf/elf.h
> > new file mode 100644
> > index 000000000000..33aea7f743b8
> > --- /dev/null
> > +++ b/include/elf/elf.h
> > @@ -0,0 +1,4491 @@
> > +/* This file defines standard ELF types, structures, and macros.
> > +   Copyright (C) 1995-2024 Free Software Foundation, Inc.
> > +   This file is part of the GNU C Library.
> > +
> > +   The GNU C Library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
> > +   modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
> > +   License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
> > +   version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.
> > +
> > +   The GNU C Library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
> > +   but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
> > +   MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU
> > +   Lesser General Public License for more details.
> > +
> > +   You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
> > +   License along with the GNU C Library; if not, see
> > +   <https://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.  */
> 
> I understand your want/need for this, but new files need a SPDX license
> header instead of this type of license boilerplate.  Didn't glibc
> already convert to SPDX?

I don't think they've done the conversion. But I can add the SPDX header if we
move forward with the patch series, and ask them if they have any plan to adopt
the SPDX standard.

> 
> Also, as this is not internal for the kernel, but rather for userspace
> builds, shouldn't the include/ path be different?

Can you suggest an alternative path or provide documentation that could help
identify the correct location? Perhaps usr/include?

> 
> thanks,
> 
> greg k-h




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