Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752994Ab3IWF7U (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:59:20 -0400 Received: from ozlabs.org ([203.10.76.45]:53709 "EHLO ozlabs.org" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752095Ab3IWF7T (ORCPT ); Mon, 23 Sep 2013 01:59:19 -0400 From: Rusty Russell To: Guenter Roeck , linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, Michal Marek , Geert Uytterhoeven , Guenter Roeck Subject: Re: [PATCH] modpost: Optionally ignore secondary errors seen if a single module build fails In-Reply-To: <1379785496-20209-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net> References: <1379785496-20209-1-git-send-email-linux@roeck-us.net> User-Agent: Notmuch/0.15.2+81~gd2c8818 (http://notmuchmail.org) Emacs/23.4.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Date: Mon, 23 Sep 2013 15:24:13 +0930 Message-ID: <87fvswxeuy.fsf@rustcorp.com.au> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 4940 Lines: 135 Guenter Roeck writes: > Commit ea4054a23 (modpost: handle huge numbers of modules) added > support for building a large number of modules. Wow, this is a lot of work for a trivial fix. I was happy with any of the approaches, but I'll accept this. I'm not even going to bikeshed over the abuse of '-n' :) Applied, Rusty. > Unfortunately, the commit changed the semantics of the makefile: Instead of > passing only existing object files to modpost, make now passes all expected > object files. If make was started with option -i, this results in a modpost > error if a single file failed to build. > > Example with the current btrfs build falure on m68k: > > fs/btrfs/btrfs.o: No such file or directory > make[1]: [__modpost] Error 1 (ignored) > > This error is followed by lots of errors such as: > > m68k-linux-gcc: error: arch/m68k/emu/nfcon.mod.c: No such file or directory > m68k-linux-gcc: fatal error: no input files > compilation terminated. > make[1]: [arch/m68k/emu/nfcon.mod.o] Error 1 (ignored) > > This doesn't matter much for normal builds, but it is annoying for builds > started with "make -i" due to the large number of secondary errors. > Those errors unnececessarily clog any error log and make it difficult > to find the real errors in the build. > > Fix the problem by adding a new parameter '-n' to modpost. If this parameter > is specified, modpost reports but ignores missing object files. > > With this patch, error output from above problem is (with make -i): > > m68k-linux-ld: cannot find fs/btrfs/ioctl.o: No such file or directory > make[2]: [fs/btrfs/btrfs.o] Error 1 (ignored) > ... > fs/btrfs/btrfs.o: No such file or directory (ignored) > > Cc: Rusty Russell > Cc: Michael Marek > Signed-off-by: Guenter Roeck > --- > Yet another attempt to fix this problem. I'll be happy to change the modpost > flag to something else if so desired. Note that -i is already taken, though. > > I also did not change any of the existing object name filtering in > Makefile.modpost. This is on purpose; I am concerned about introducing > some other problem. > > scripts/Makefile.modpost | 4 +++- > scripts/mod/modpost.c | 13 ++++++++++++- > 2 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost > index 8dcdca2..69f0a14 100644 > --- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost > @@ -79,9 +79,11 @@ modpost = scripts/mod/modpost \ > $(if $(CONFIG_DEBUG_SECTION_MISMATCH),,-S) \ > $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)$(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w) > > +MODPOST_OPT=$(subst -i,-n,$(filter -i,$(MAKEFLAGS))) > + > # We can go over command line length here, so be careful. > quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $(words $(filter-out vmlinux FORCE, $^)) modules > - cmd_modpost = $(MODLISTCMD) | sed 's/\.ko$$/.o/' | $(modpost) -s -T - > + cmd_modpost = $(MODLISTCMD) | sed 's/\.ko$$/.o/' | $(modpost) $(MODPOST_OPT) -s -T - > > PHONY += __modpost > __modpost: $(modules:.ko=.o) FORCE > diff --git a/scripts/mod/modpost.c b/scripts/mod/modpost.c > index 8247979..393706b 100644 > --- a/scripts/mod/modpost.c > +++ b/scripts/mod/modpost.c > @@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ > #include > #include > #include > +#include > #include "modpost.h" > #include "../../include/generated/autoconf.h" > #include "../../include/linux/license.h" > @@ -37,6 +38,8 @@ static int warn_unresolved = 0; > /* How a symbol is exported */ > static int sec_mismatch_count = 0; > static int sec_mismatch_verbose = 1; > +/* ignore missing files */ > +static int ignore_missing_files; > > enum export { > export_plain, export_unused, export_gpl, > @@ -407,6 +410,11 @@ static int parse_elf(struct elf_info *info, const char *filename) > > hdr = grab_file(filename, &info->size); > if (!hdr) { > + if (ignore_missing_files) { > + fprintf(stderr, "%s: %s (ignored)\n", filename, > + strerror(errno)); > + return 0; > + } > perror(filename); > exit(1); > } > @@ -2119,7 +2127,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) > struct ext_sym_list *extsym_iter; > struct ext_sym_list *extsym_start = NULL; > > - while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:I:e:msST:o:awM:K:")) != -1) { > + while ((opt = getopt(argc, argv, "i:I:e:mnsST:o:awM:K:")) != -1) { > switch (opt) { > case 'i': > kernel_read = optarg; > @@ -2139,6 +2147,9 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv) > case 'm': > modversions = 1; > break; > + case 'n': > + ignore_missing_files = 1; > + break; > case 'o': > dump_write = optarg; > break; > -- > 1.7.9.7 -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/