On Tue, Sep 22, 2020 at 12:31:44PM -0700, James Bottomley wrote:
> On Tue, 2020-09-22 at 12:14 -0700, Nick Desaulniers wrote:
> > On Mon, Sep 21, 2020 at 2:31 PM James Bottomley
> > <James.Bottomley@hansenpartnership.com> wrote:
> > > On Mon, 2020-09-21 at 08:07 +0800, kernel test robot wrote:
> > > > Hi James,
> > > > 
> > > > I love your patch! Yet something to improve:
> > > > 
> > > > [auto build test ERROR on integrity/next-integrity]
> > > > [also build test ERROR on linus/master v5.9-rc5 next-20200918]
> > > > [cannot apply to security/next-testing dhowells-fs/fscache-next]
> > > > [If your patch is applied to the wrong git tree, kindly drop us a
> > > > note. And when submitting patch, we suggest to use '--base' as
> > > > documented in https://git-scm.com/docs/git-format-patch]
> > > > 
> > > > url:
> > > > https://github.com/0day-ci/linux/commits/James-Bottomley/TPM-2-0-trusted-key-rework/20200921-003922
> > > > base:
> > > > https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/zohar/linux-integrity.git
> > > > next-integrity
> > > > config: x86_64-randconfig-a003-20200921 (attached as .config)
> > > > compiler: clang version 12.0.0 (
> > > > https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project
> > > > f4e554180962aa6bc93678898b6933ea712bde50)
> > > > reproduce (this is a W=1 build):
> > > >         wget
> > > > https://raw.githubusercontent.com/intel/lkp-tests/master/sbin/make.cross
> > > > -O ~/bin/make.cross
> > > >         chmod +x ~/bin/make.cross
> > > >         # install x86_64 cross compiling tool for clang build
> > > >         # apt-get install binutils-x86-64-linux-gnu
> > > >         # save the attached .config to linux build tree
> > > >         COMPILER_INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/0day COMPILER=clang
> > > > make.cross
> > > > ARCH=x86_64
> > > > 
> > > > If you fix the issue, kindly add following tag as appropriate
> > > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > > > 
> > > > All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> > > > 
> > > > > > make[4]: *** No rule to make target 'security/keys/trusted-
> > > > > > keys/tpm2key.asn1.o', needed by 'security/keys/trusted-
> > > > > > keys/built-in.a'.
> > > >    make[4]: *** [scripts/Makefile.build:283:
> > > > security/keys/trusted-
> > > > keys/trusted_tpm2.o] Error 1
> > > >    make[4]: Target '__build' not remade because of errors.
> > > 
> > > So can I still add that tracking this down involved installing an
> > > entirely unnecessary ARM build environment, which was a huge effort
> > > I didn't need to do if you'd just provided the build log which
> > > fingered the ASN.1 compiler problem if you know what to look for.
> > 
> > Having a link to the build log artifact is a valid criticism.
> 
> Heh, I'm just annoyed because when I finally got the ARM environment
> installed and the problem replicated, I realised it could be reproduced
> with an x86 build ... just one that would never be useful in practice.
Hi James, sorry for the inconvenience, we will consider to add build log
in near future.

> 
> > > The reason for the problem is because ASN1 isn't selected in the
> > > Kconfig which causes the ASN.1 compiler not to be built.  The way
> > > our current build rules are structured causes the make rule for
> > > this simply to be skipped, which means you have to know to look for
> > > the absence of ASN.1 in the build log.  I propose adding this to
> > > the build rules, which produces the much more explicit:
> > > 
> > > /home/jejb/git/linux-build/scripts/Makefile.build:387: ***
> > > CONFIG_ASN1 must be defined for the asn1_compiler.  Stop.
> > > make[3]: *** [/home/jejb/git/linux-
> > > build/scripts/Makefile.build:505: security/keys/trusted-keys] Error
> > > 2
> > > 
> > > James
> > > 
> > > ---
> > > 
> > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
> > > index a467b9323442..bca7003beac8 100644
> > > --- a/scripts/Makefile.build
> > > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
> > > @@ -382,6 +382,11 @@ quiet_cmd_asn1_compiler = ASN.1   $(basename
> > > $@).[ch]
> > >        cmd_asn1_compiler = $(objtree)/scripts/asn1_compiler $< \
> > >                                 $(basename $@).c $(basename $@).h
> > > 
> > > +ifndef CONFIG_ASN1
> > > +$(objtree)/scripts/asn1_compiler:
> > > +       $(error CONFIG_ASN1 must be defined for the asn1_compiler)
> > > +endif
> > > +
> > >  $(obj)/%.asn1.c $(obj)/%.asn1.h: $(src)/%.asn1
> > > $(objtree)/scripts/asn1_compiler
> > >         $(call cmd,asn1_compiler)
> > 
> > Is there a better way via Kconfig to gate whatever consumes
> > CONFIG_ASN1 on CONFIG_ASN1 being set, rather than erroring for
> > randconfig builds? I don't see how the diff would solve the case of
> > CI systems doing randconfig builds.
> 
> Well, no there's an actual bug: all consumers of asn1_compile need a
> select ASN1.  This was missing from the v12 patch and is now included
> in the v13 one.  This Makefile.build patch here was just to make the
> problem explicit in the 0day logs if it ever occurs again.
> 
> The reason it only showed up on arm32 is that pretty much only an
> embedded kernel is cut down enough to create a randconfig that doesn't
> pull in CRYPTO_RSA, which also selects ASN1 and hides the problem.
> 
> James
> 
>