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From:   Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>
Date:   Sat, 16 Sep 2023 12:54:20 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] rust: Respect HOSTCC when linking for host
To:     Finn Behrens <me@kloenk.dev>
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On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 11:07=E2=80=AFAM Finn Behrens <me@kloenk.dev> wrote=
:
>
>
>
> On 16 Sep 2023, at 19:53, Bj=C3=B6rn Roy Baron wrote:
>
> > On Saturday, September 16th, 2023 at 18:52, Finn Behrens <me@kloenk.dev=
> wrote:
> >
> >>
> >> On 15 Sep 2023, at 19:28, Matthew Maurer wrote:
> >>
> >>> Currently, rustc defaults to invoking `cc`, even if `HOSTCC` is defin=
ed,
> >>> resulting in build failures in hermetic environments where `cc` does =
not
> >>> exist. This includes both hostprogs and proc-macros.
> >>>
> >>> Since we are setting the linker to `HOSTCC`, we set the linker flavor=
 to
> >>> `gcc` explicitly.
> >> But as `HOSTCC` could also be clang, the linker flavor would then be w=
rong, would that create a problem?
> >
> > Rustc uses the gcc linker flavor for clang too. There has been a propos=
al to split it up, but I'm not sure of the status of that. In any case clan=
g's cli is similar enough to gcc that it works fine to use the gcc linker f=
lavor.
> >
> In that case this looks very reasonable.
>
> Second thing I noticed is that `HOSTCC` could be the wrong variable, and =
`HOSTLD` would make more sense as we look for the linker and not the genera=
l C compiler.
>
Yes, thanks Bjorn - "gcc" is the linker flavor used for "Use the C
compiler as a linker".

With regards to HOSTLD, I was trying to make the minimum possible
change. Currently, it is using the command `cc` as a linker, so this
would preserve existing behavior when HOSTCC is unset.

If we would prefer `HOSTLD` instead we can do that, but we would need
to additionally inspect `LLVM` to set the linker flavor accordingly
(e.g. set ld vs ld.lld).

Do folks have strong opinions between these? My primary concern is to
avoid calling programs by foo when their HOSTFOO variable is set.

See https://doc.rust-lang.org/rustc/codegen-options/index.html#linker-flavo=
r
for details on linker flavor settings.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Matthew Maurer <mmaurer@google.com>
> >>> ---
> >>>  rust/Makefile         | 1 +
> >>>  scripts/Makefile.host | 1 +
> >>>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+)
> >>>
> >>> diff --git a/rust/Makefile b/rust/Makefile
> >>> index 87958e864be0..2a2352638f11 100644
> >>> --- a/rust/Makefile
> >>> +++ b/rust/Makefile
> >>> @@ -383,6 +383,7 @@ $(obj)/exports_kernel_generated.h: $(obj)/kernel.=
o FORCE
> >>>  quiet_cmd_rustc_procmacro =3D $(RUSTC_OR_CLIPPY_QUIET) P $@
> >>>        cmd_rustc_procmacro =3D \
> >>>     $(RUSTC_OR_CLIPPY) $(rust_common_flags) \
> >>> +           -C linker-flavor=3Dgcc -C linker=3D$(HOSTCC) \
> >>>             --emit=3Ddep-info=3D$(depfile) --emit=3Dlink=3D$@ --exter=
n proc_macro \
> >>>             --crate-type proc-macro \
> >>>             --crate-name $(patsubst lib%.so,%,$(notdir $@)) $<
> >>> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host
> >>> index 8f7f842b54f9..0aa95a3af1c4 100644
> >>> --- a/scripts/Makefile.host
> >>> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.host
> >>> @@ -91,6 +91,7 @@ hostcxx_flags  =3D -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile) \
> >>>  # current working directory, which may be not accessible in the out-=
of-tree
> >>>  # modules case.
> >>>  hostrust_flags =3D --out-dir $(dir $@) --emit=3Ddep-info=3D$(depfile=
) \
> >>> +            -C linker-flavor=3Dgcc -C linker=3D$(HOSTCC) \
> >>>                   $(KBUILD_HOSTRUSTFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRARUSTFLAGS) \
> >>>                   $(HOSTRUSTFLAGS_$(target-stem))
> >>>
> >>> --
> >>> 2.42.0.459.ge4e396fd5e-goog