| Message ID | 20190423212741.12219-1-ndesaulniers@google.com (mailing list archive) |
|---|---|
| State | New, archived |
| Headers | show |
| Series | kbuild: drop support for cc-ldoption | expand |
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 6:27 AM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote: > > If you want to see if your linker supports a certain flag, then ask the > linker directly with ld-option (not the compiler with cc-ldoption). > Checking for linker flag support is an antipattern that complicates the > usage of various linkers other than bfd via -fuse-ld={bfd|gold|lld}. > > Cc: clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com > Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> > --- > This should probably wait until all of the call sites have been cleaned > up. Indeed. Please remind me if I forget to apply this. > Masahiro sent them for arm and arm64, while I sent cleanups for all > the rest. Thanks. I did not even notice cc-ldoption were checking quite old flags. > > > Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 14 -------------- > scripts/Kbuild.include | 5 ----- > 2 files changed, 19 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > index 03c065855eaf..d65ad5746f94 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > @@ -437,20 +437,6 @@ more details, with real examples. > The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used > if first argument is not supported. > > - cc-ldoption > - cc-ldoption is used to check if $(CC) when used to link object files > - supports the given option. An optional second option may be > - specified if first option are not supported. > - > - Example: > - #arch/x86/kernel/Makefile > - vsyscall-flags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv) > - > - In the above example, vsyscall-flags will be assigned the option > - -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv if it is supported by $(CC). > - The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used > - if first argument is not supported. > - > as-instr > as-instr checks if the assembler reports a specific instruction > and then outputs either option1 or option2 > diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include > index 7484b9d8272f..fbfb37d1bcc8 100644 > --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include > +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include > @@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ cc-disable-warning = $(call try-run,\ > # Usage: EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1) > cc-ifversion = $(shell [ $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION)0 $(1) $(2)000 ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4)) > > -# cc-ldoption > -# Usage: ldflags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=both) > -cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\ > - $(CC) $(1) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2)) > - > # ld-option > # Usage: KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y) > ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2),$(3)) > -- > 2.21.0.593.g511ec345e18-goog >
On Wed, Apr 24, 2019 at 6:27 AM Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> wrote: > > If you want to see if your linker supports a certain flag, then ask the > linker directly with ld-option (not the compiler with cc-ldoption). > Checking for linker flag support is an antipattern that complicates the > usage of various linkers other than bfd via -fuse-ld={bfd|gold|lld}. > > Cc: clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com > Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> > Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> > --- Applied to linux-kbuild. Thanks. > This should probably wait until all of the call sites have been cleaned > up. Masahiro sent them for arm and arm64, while I sent cleanups for all > the rest. > > > Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 14 -------------- > scripts/Kbuild.include | 5 ----- > 2 files changed, 19 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > index 03c065855eaf..d65ad5746f94 100644 > --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt > @@ -437,20 +437,6 @@ more details, with real examples. > The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used > if first argument is not supported. > > - cc-ldoption > - cc-ldoption is used to check if $(CC) when used to link object files > - supports the given option. An optional second option may be > - specified if first option are not supported. > - > - Example: > - #arch/x86/kernel/Makefile > - vsyscall-flags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv) > - > - In the above example, vsyscall-flags will be assigned the option > - -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv if it is supported by $(CC). > - The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used > - if first argument is not supported. > - > as-instr > as-instr checks if the assembler reports a specific instruction > and then outputs either option1 or option2 > diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include > index 7484b9d8272f..fbfb37d1bcc8 100644 > --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include > +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include > @@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ cc-disable-warning = $(call try-run,\ > # Usage: EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1) > cc-ifversion = $(shell [ $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION)0 $(1) $(2)000 ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4)) > > -# cc-ldoption > -# Usage: ldflags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=both) > -cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\ > - $(CC) $(1) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2)) > - > # ld-option > # Usage: KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y) > ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2),$(3)) > -- > 2.21.0.593.g511ec345e18-goog >
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt index 03c065855eaf..d65ad5746f94 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt @@ -437,20 +437,6 @@ more details, with real examples. The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used if first argument is not supported. - cc-ldoption - cc-ldoption is used to check if $(CC) when used to link object files - supports the given option. An optional second option may be - specified if first option are not supported. - - Example: - #arch/x86/kernel/Makefile - vsyscall-flags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv) - - In the above example, vsyscall-flags will be assigned the option - -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=sysv if it is supported by $(CC). - The second argument is optional, and if supplied will be used - if first argument is not supported. - as-instr as-instr checks if the assembler reports a specific instruction and then outputs either option1 or option2 diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include index 7484b9d8272f..fbfb37d1bcc8 100644 --- a/scripts/Kbuild.include +++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include @@ -138,11 +138,6 @@ cc-disable-warning = $(call try-run,\ # Usage: EXTRA_CFLAGS += $(call cc-ifversion, -lt, 0402, -O1) cc-ifversion = $(shell [ $(CONFIG_GCC_VERSION)0 $(1) $(2)000 ] && echo $(3) || echo $(4)) -# cc-ldoption -# Usage: ldflags += $(call cc-ldoption, -Wl$(comma)--hash-style=both) -cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\ - $(CC) $(1) $(KBUILD_CPPFLAGS) $(CC_OPTION_CFLAGS) -nostdlib -x c /dev/null -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2)) - # ld-option # Usage: KBUILD_LDFLAGS += $(call ld-option, -X, -Y) ld-option = $(call try-run, $(LD) $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) $(1) -v,$(1),$(2),$(3))
If you want to see if your linker supports a certain flag, then ask the linker directly with ld-option (not the compiler with cc-ldoption). Checking for linker flag support is an antipattern that complicates the usage of various linkers other than bfd via -fuse-ld={bfd|gold|lld}. Cc: clang-built-linux@googlegroups.com Suggested-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> Signed-off-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com> --- This should probably wait until all of the call sites have been cleaned up. Masahiro sent them for arm and arm64, while I sent cleanups for all the rest. Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt | 14 -------------- scripts/Kbuild.include | 5 ----- 2 files changed, 19 deletions(-)