kbuild: remove libelf checks from top Makefile

I do not see a good reason why only the libelf development package must
be so carefully checked.

Kbuild generally does not check host tools or libraries.

For example, x86_64 defconfig fails to build with no libssl development
package installed.

scripts/extract-cert.c:21:10: fatal error: openssl/bio.h: No such file or directory
   21 | #include <openssl/bio.h>
      |          ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

To solve the build error, you need to install libssl-dev or openssl-devel
package, depending on your distribution.

'apt-file search', 'dnf provides', etc. is your frined to find a proper
package to install.

This commit removes all the libelf checks from the top Makefile.

If libelf is missing, objtool will fail to build in a similar pattern:

.../linux/tools/objtool/include/objtool/elf.h:10:10: fatal error: gelf.h: No such file or directory
   10 | #include <gelf.h>

You need to install libelf-dev, libelf-devel, or elfutils-libelf-devel
to proceed.

Another remarkable change is, CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION (without
CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC) previously continued to build with a warning,
but now it will treat missing libelf as an error.

This is just a one-time installation, so it should not hurt to break
a build and make a user install the package.

BTW, the traditional way to handle such checks is autotool, but according
to [1], I do not expect the kernel build would have similar scripting
like './configure' does.

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+55aFzr2HTZVOuzpHYDwmtRJLsVzE-yqg2DHpHi_9ePsYp5ug@mail.gmail.com/

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 22 insertions, 56 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 034a36ece49d..b0bd0ce0aab1 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1081,41 +1081,6 @@ export INSTALL_DTBS_PATH ?= $(INSTALL_PATH)/dtbs/$(KERNELRELEASE)
 MODLIB	= $(INSTALL_MOD_PATH)/lib/modules/$(KERNELRELEASE)
 export MODLIB
 
-HOST_LIBELF_LIBS = $(shell pkg-config libelf --libs 2>/dev/null || echo -lelf)
-
-has_libelf = $(call try-run,\
-               echo "int main() {}" | $(HOSTCC) $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS) -xc -o /dev/null $(HOST_LIBELF_LIBS) -,1,0)
-
-ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
-  ifeq ($(has_libelf),1)
-    objtool_target := tools/objtool FORCE
-  else
-    SKIP_STACK_VALIDATION := 1
-    export SKIP_STACK_VALIDATION
-  endif
-endif
-
-PHONY += resolve_btfids_clean
-
-resolve_btfids_O = $(abspath $(objtree))/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids
-
-# tools/bpf/resolve_btfids directory might not exist
-# in output directory, skip its clean in that case
-resolve_btfids_clean:
-ifneq ($(wildcard $(resolve_btfids_O)),)
-	$(Q)$(MAKE) -sC $(srctree)/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids O=$(resolve_btfids_O) clean
-endif
-
-ifdef CONFIG_BPF
-ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
-  ifeq ($(has_libelf),1)
-    resolve_btfids_target := tools/bpf/resolve_btfids FORCE
-  else
-    ERROR_RESOLVE_BTFIDS := 1
-  endif
-endif # CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
-endif # CONFIG_BPF
-
 PHONY += prepare0
 
 export extmod_prefix = $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/)
@@ -1227,7 +1192,7 @@ prepare0: archprepare
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=.
 
 # All the preparing..
-prepare: prepare0 prepare-objtool prepare-resolve_btfids
+prepare: prepare0
 
 PHONY += remove-stale-files
 remove-stale-files:
@@ -1244,26 +1209,6 @@ uapi-asm-generic:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(asm-generic)=arch/$(SRCARCH)/include/generated/uapi/asm \
 	generic=include/uapi/asm-generic
 
-PHONY += prepare-objtool prepare-resolve_btfids
-prepare-objtool: $(objtool_target)
-ifeq ($(SKIP_STACK_VALIDATION),1)
-ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_USE_OBJTOOL
-	@echo "error: Cannot generate __mcount_loc for CONFIG_DYNAMIC_FTRACE=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel" >&2
-	@false
-endif
-ifdef CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC
-	@echo "error: Cannot generate ORC metadata for CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel" >&2
-	@false
-else
-	@echo "warning: Cannot use CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION=y, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel" >&2
-endif
-endif
-
-prepare-resolve_btfids: $(resolve_btfids_target)
-ifeq ($(ERROR_RESOLVE_BTFIDS),1)
-	@echo "error: Cannot resolve BTF IDs for CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF, please install libelf-dev, libelf-devel or elfutils-libelf-devel" >&2
-	@false
-endif
 # Generate some files
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
@@ -1354,6 +1299,27 @@ scripts_unifdef: scripts_basic
 # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
 # Tools
 
+ifdef CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION
+prepare: tools/objtool
+endif
+
+ifdef CONFIG_BPF
+ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF
+prepare: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids
+endif
+endif
+
+PHONY += resolve_btfids_clean
+
+resolve_btfids_O = $(abspath $(objtree))/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids
+
+# tools/bpf/resolve_btfids directory might not exist
+# in output directory, skip its clean in that case
+resolve_btfids_clean:
+ifneq ($(wildcard $(resolve_btfids_O)),)
+	$(Q)$(MAKE) -sC $(srctree)/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids O=$(resolve_btfids_O) clean
+endif
+
 # Clear a bunch of variables before executing the submake
 ifeq ($(quiet),silent_)
 tools_silent=s