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authorMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>2021-08-01 04:53:46 +0200
committerMasahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>2021-08-10 02:13:25 +0200
commit6072b2c49d23eb69b6dca06ad095d3a9633b2b80 (patch)
tree83512aca5a3d53fd54d84ea9cf515542ce1ac2ef /Makefile
parentscripts: make some scripts executable (diff)
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kbuild: warn if a different compiler is used for external module builds
It is always safe to use the same compiler for the kernel and external modules, but in reality, some distributions such as Fedora release a different version of GCC from the one used for building the kernel. There was a long discussion about mixing different compilers [1]. I do not repeat it here, but at least, showing a heads up in that case is better than nothing. Linus suggested [2]: And a warning might be more palatable even if different compiler version work fine together. Just a heads up on "it looks like you might be mixing compiler versions" is a valid note, and isn't necessarily wrong. Even when they work well together, maybe you want to have people at least _aware_ of it. This commit shows a warning unless the compiler is exactly the same. warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel The kernel was built by: gcc (GCC) 11.1.1 20210531 (Red Hat 11.1.1-3) You are using: gcc (GCC) 11.2.1 20210728 (Red Hat 11.2.1-1) Check the difference, and if it is OK with you, please proceed at your risk. To avoid the locale issue as in commit bcbcf50f5218 ("kbuild: fix ld-version.sh to not be affected by locale"), pass LC_ALL=C to "$(CC) --version". [1] https://lore.kernel.org/linux-hardening/efe6b039a544da8215d5e54aa7c4b6d1986fc2b0.1611607264.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com/ [2] https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CAHk-=wgjwhDy-y4mQh34L+2aF=n6BjzHdqAW2=8wri5x7O04pA@mail.gmail.com/ Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@redhat.com> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Makefile')
-rw-r--r--Makefile14
1 files changed, 12 insertions, 2 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 185ce47d6734..a0376430da20 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -581,7 +581,7 @@ endif
# Some architectures define CROSS_COMPILE in arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.
# CC_VERSION_TEXT is referenced from Kconfig (so it needs export),
# and from include/config/auto.conf.cmd to detect the compiler upgrade.
-CC_VERSION_TEXT = $(subst $(pound),,$(shell $(CC) --version 2>/dev/null | head -n 1))
+CC_VERSION_TEXT = $(subst $(pound),,$(shell LC_ALL=C $(CC) --version 2>/dev/null | head -n 1))
ifneq ($(findstring clang,$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)),)
ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
@@ -1739,6 +1739,16 @@ clean-dirs := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)
clean: rm-files := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Module.symvers $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/modules.nsdeps \
$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/compile_commands.json $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/.thinlto-cache
+PHONY += prepare
+# now expand this into a simple variable to reduce the cost of shell evaluations
+prepare: CC_VERSION_TEXT := $(CC_VERSION_TEXT)
+prepare:
+ @if [ "$(CC_VERSION_TEXT)" != $(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT) ]; then \
+ echo >&2 "warning: the compiler differs from the one used to build the kernel"; \
+ echo >&2 " The kernel was built by: "$(CONFIG_CC_VERSION_TEXT); \
+ echo >&2 " You are using: $(CC_VERSION_TEXT)"; \
+ fi
+
PHONY += help
help:
@echo ' Building external modules.'
@@ -1750,7 +1760,7 @@ help:
@echo ''
# no-op for external module builds
-PHONY += prepare modules_prepare
+PHONY += modules_prepare
endif # KBUILD_EXTMOD