Messages in this thread | | | From | Sedat Dilek <> | Date | Wed, 3 Feb 2021 13:24:51 +0100 | Subject | Re: [PATCH v2] arch/x86: Propagate $(CLANG_FLAGS) to $(REALMODE_FLAGS) |
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On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 1:19 PM Borislav Petkov <bp@alien8.de> wrote: > > On Sat, Dec 26, 2020 at 05:41:25PM +0900, John Millikin wrote: > > When cross-compiling with Clang, the `$(CLANG_FLAGS)' variable > > contains additional flags needed to build C and assembly sources > > for the target platform. Normally this variable is automatically > > included in `$(KBUILD_CFLAGS)' by via the top-level Makefile. > > > > The x86 real-mode makefile builds `$(REALMODE_CFLAGS)' from a > > plain assignment and therefore drops the Clang flags. This causes > > Clang to not recognize x86-specific assembler directives: > > > > arch/x86/realmode/rm/header.S:36:1: error: unknown directive > > .type real_mode_header STT_OBJECT ; .size real_mode_header, .-real_mode_header > > ^ > > > > Explicit propagation of `$(CLANG_FLAGS)' to `$(REALMODE_CFLAGS)', > > which is inherited by real-mode make rules, fixes cross-compilation > > with Clang for x86 targets. > > > > Relevant flags: > > > > * `--target' sets the target architecture when cross-compiling. This > > flag must be set for both compilation and assembly (`KBUILD_AFLAGS') > > to support architecture-specific assembler directives. > > > > * `-no-integrated-as' tells clang to assemble with GNU Assembler > > instead of its built-in LLVM assembler. This flag is set by default > > unless `LLVM_IAS=1' is set, because the LLVM assembler can't yet > > parse certain GNU extensions. > > > > Signed-off-by: John Millikin <john@john-millikin.com> > > --- > > Changes in v2: > > - Reworded the commit message to highlight that this is for > > cross-compilation. > > - Removed the `ifdef CONFIG_CC_IS_CLANG' guard. > > > > arch/x86/Makefile | 1 + > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+) > > > > diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile > > index 7116da3980be..412b849063ec 100644 > > --- a/arch/x86/Makefile > > +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile > > @@ -33,6 +33,7 @@ REALMODE_CFLAGS += -ffreestanding > > REALMODE_CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector > > This one too: > > checking file arch/x86/Makefile > patch: **** malformed patch at line 62: REALMODE_CFLAGS += -fno-stack-protector >
I needed to touch this as it was "malformed" and did not apply cleanly.
If it is not too late, feel free to add my:
Tested-by: Sedat Dilek <sedat.dilek@gmail.com>
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