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SubjectRe: [PATCH] libbpf: Fix build on read-only filesystems
Em Fri, Dec 20, 2019 at 12:29:36PM -0800, Andrii Nakryiko escreveu:
> On Thu, Dec 19, 2019 at 7:26 PM Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org> wrote:
> > I got the following error when I tried to build perf on a read-only
> > filesystem with O=dir option.
> >
> > $ cd /some/where/ro/linux/tools/perf
> > $ make O=$HOME/build/perf
> > ...
> > CC /home/namhyung/build/perf/lib.o
> > /bin/sh: bpf_helper_defs.h: Read-only file system
> > make[3]: *** [Makefile:184: bpf_helper_defs.h] Error 1
> > make[2]: *** [Makefile.perf:778: /home/namhyung/build/perf/libbpf.a] Error 2
> > make[2]: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
> > LD /home/namhyung/build/perf/libperf-in.o
> > AR /home/namhyung/build/perf/libperf.a
> > PERF_VERSION = 5.4.0
> > make[1]: *** [Makefile.perf:225: sub-make] Error 2
> > make: *** [Makefile:70: all] Error 2
> >
> > It was becaused bpf_helper_defs.h was generated in current directory.
> > Move it to OUTPUT directory.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
> > ---
>
> Overall nothing is obviously broken, except you need to fix up
> selftests/bpf's Makefile as well.
>
> BTW, this patch doesn't apply cleanly to latest bpf-next, so please rebase.
>
> Also subject prefix should look like [PATCH bpf-next] if it's meant to
> be applied against bpf-next.

Shouldn't this be applied to the current merge window since a behaviour
that people relied, i.e. using O= to generate the build in a separate
directory, since its not possible to use the source dir tree as it is
read-only is now broken, i.e. isn't this a regression?

- Arnaldo

> > tools/lib/bpf/Makefile | 14 +++++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> >
>
> [...]

--

- Arnaldo

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