This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
MIPS: Only fiddle with CHECKFLAGS if `need-compiler'
to the 6.1-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
mips-only-fiddle-with-checkflags-if-need-compiler.patch
and it can be found in the queue-6.1 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
>From 4fe4a6374c4db9ae2b849b61e84b58685dca565a Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: "Maciej W. Rozycki" <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Tue, 18 Jul 2023 15:37:23 +0100
Subject: MIPS: Only fiddle with CHECKFLAGS if `need-compiler'
From: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
commit 4fe4a6374c4db9ae2b849b61e84b58685dca565a upstream.
We have originally guarded fiddling with CHECKFLAGS in our arch Makefile
by checking for the CONFIG_MIPS variable, not set for targets such as
`distclean', etc. that neither include `.config' nor use the compiler.
Starting from commit 805b2e1d427a ("kbuild: include Makefile.compiler
only when compiler is needed") we have had a generic `need-compiler'
variable explicitly telling us if the compiler will be used and thus its
capabilities need to be checked and expressed in the form of compilation
flags. If this variable is not set, then `make' functions such as
`cc-option' are undefined, causing all kinds of weirdness to happen if
we expect specific results to be returned, most recently:
cc1: error: '-mloongson-mmi' must be used with '-mhard-float'
messages with configurations such as `fuloong2e_defconfig' and the
`modules_install' target, which does include `.config' and yet does not
use the compiler.
Replace the check for CONFIG_MIPS with one for `need-compiler' instead,
so as to prevent the compiler from being ever called for CHECKFLAGS when
not needed.
Reported-by: Guillaume Tucker <guillaume.tucker@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/85031c0c-d981-031e-8a50-bc4fad2ddcd8@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Signed-off-by: Maciej W. Rozycki <macro@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Fixes: 805b2e1d427a ("kbuild: include Makefile.compiler only when compiler is needed")
Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx # v5.13+
Reported-by: "kernelci.org bot" <bot@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
arch/mips/Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile
@@ -350,7 +350,7 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS += -fno-asynchronous-unwin
KBUILD_LDFLAGS += -m $(ld-emul)
-ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
+ifdef need-compiler
CHECKFLAGS += $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -dM -E -x c /dev/null | \
egrep -vw '__GNUC_(MINOR_|PATCHLEVEL_)?_' | \
sed -e "s/^\#define /-D'/" -e "s/ /'='/" -e "s/$$/'/" -e 's/\$$/&&/g')
Patches currently in stable-queue which might be from macro@xxxxxxxxxxx are
queue-6.1/mips-fix-config_cpu_daddi_workarounds-modules_install-regression.patch
queue-6.1/mips-only-fiddle-with-checkflags-if-need-compiler.patch
