Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 09/14] samples: bpf: makefile: use own flags but not host when cross compile

From: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org>
To: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@gmail.com>
Cc: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@kernel.org>,
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 bpf-next 09/14] samples: bpf: makefile: use own flags but not host when cross compile
Date: Thu, 19 Sep 2019 17:18:50 +0300	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <20190919141848.GA8870@khorivan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <CAEf4BzYCNrkaMf-LFHYDi78m9jgMDOswh8VYXGcbttJV-3D21w@mail.gmail.com>

On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 02:29:53PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
>On Wed, Sep 18, 2019 at 3:35 AM Ivan Khoronzhuk
><ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 04:42:07PM -0700, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
>> >On Mon, Sep 16, 2019 at 3:59 AM Ivan Khoronzhuk
>> ><ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> While compile natively, the hosts cflags and ldflags are equal to ones
>> >> used from HOSTCFLAGS and HOSTLDFLAGS. When cross compiling it should
>> >> have own, used for target arch. While verification, for arm, arm64 and
>> >> x86_64 the following flags were used alsways:
>> >>
>> >> -Wall
>> >> -O2
>> >> -fomit-frame-pointer
>> >> -Wmissing-prototypes
>> >> -Wstrict-prototypes
>> >>
>> >> So, add them as they were verified and used before adding
>> >> Makefile.target, but anyway limit it only for cross compile options as
>> >> for host can be some configurations when another options can be used,
>> >> So, for host arch samples left all as is, it allows to avoid potential
>> >> option mistmatches for existent environments.
>> >>
>> >> Signed-off-by: Ivan Khoronzhuk <ivan.khoronzhuk@linaro.org>
>> >> ---
>> >>  samples/bpf/Makefile | 9 +++++++++
>> >>  1 file changed, 9 insertions(+)
>> >>
>> >> diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
>> >> index 1579cc16a1c2..b5c87a8b8b51 100644
>> >> --- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
>> >> +++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
>> >> @@ -178,8 +178,17 @@ CLANG_EXTRA_CFLAGS := $(ARM_ARCH_SELECTOR)
>> >>  TPROGS_CFLAGS += $(ARM_ARCH_SELECTOR)
>> >>  endif
>> >>
>> >> +ifdef CROSS_COMPILE
>> >> +TPROGS_CFLAGS += -Wall
>> >> +TPROGS_CFLAGS += -O2
>> >
>> >Specifying one arg per line seems like overkill, put them in one line?
>> Will combine.
>>
>> >
>> >> +TPROGS_CFLAGS += -fomit-frame-pointer
>> >
>> >Why this one?
>> I've explained in commit msg. The logic is to have as much as close options
>> to have smiliar binaries. As those options are used before for hosts and kinda
>> cross builds - better follow same way.
>
>I'm just asking why omit frame pointers and make it harder to do stuff
>like profiling? What performance benefits are we seeking for in BPF
>samples?
>
>>
>> >
>> >> +TPROGS_CFLAGS += -Wmissing-prototypes
>> >> +TPROGS_CFLAGS += -Wstrict-prototypes
>> >
>> >Are these in some way special that we want them in cross-compile mode only?
>> >
>> >All of those flags seem useful regardless of cross-compilation or not,
>> >shouldn't they be common? I'm a bit lost about the intent here...
>> They are common but split is needed to expose it at least. Also host for
>> different arches can have some own opts already used that shouldn't be present
>> for cross, better not mix it for safety.
>
>We want -Wmissing-prototypes and -Wstrict-prototypes for cross-compile
>and non-cross-compile cases, right? So let's specify them as common
>set of options, instead of relying on KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS or
>HOST_EXTRACFLAGS to have them. Otherwise we'll be getting extra
>warnings for just cross-compile case, which is not good. If you are
>worrying about having duplicate -W flags, seems like it's handled by
>GCC already, so shouldn't be a problem.

Ok, lets drop omit-frame-pointer.

But then, lets do more radical step and drop
KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS & HOST_EXTRACFLAG in this patch:

-ifdef CROSS_COMPILE
+TPROGS_CFLAGS += -Wall -O2
+TPROGS_CFLAGS += -Wmissing-prototypes
+TPROGS_CFLAGS += -Wstrict-prototypes
-else
-TPROGS_LDLIBS := $(KBUILD_HOSTLDLIBS)
-TPROGS_CFLAGS += $(KBUILD_HOSTCFLAGS) $(HOST_EXTRACFLAGS)
-endif

At least it allows to use same options always for both, native and cross.

I verified on native x86_64, arm64 and arm and cross for arm and arm64,
but should work for others, at least it can be tuned explicitly and
no need to depend on KBUILD and use "cross" fork here.

-- 
Regards,
Ivan Khoronzhuk