Re: [PATCH v6 1/9] Makefile: Prepare for using macros for inline asm

[Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>]

at 4:14 AM, Ingo Molnar <mingo@kernel.org> wrote:

> 
> * Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> wrote:
> 
>> 2018-06-23 2:22 GMT+09:00 Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>:
>>> Using macros for inline assembly improves both readability and
>>> compilation decisions that are distorted by big assembly blocks that use
>>> alternative sections. Compile macros.S and use it to assemble all C
>>> files. Currently, only x86 will use it.
>>> 
>>> Cc: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
>>> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
>>> Cc: Michal Marek <michal.lkml@markovi.net>
>>> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
>>> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@redhat.com>
>>> Cc: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@zytor.com>
>>> Cc: x86@kernel.org
>>> Cc: linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org
>>> Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) <peterz@infradead.org>
>>> Signed-off-by: Nadav Amit <namit@vmware.com>
>>> ---
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
>> 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> Makefile                 |  9 +++++++--
>>> arch/x86/Makefile        | 11 +++++++++--
>>> arch/x86/kernel/macros.S |  7 +++++++
>>> scripts/Kbuild.include   |  4 +++-
>>> scripts/mod/Makefile     |  2 ++
>>> 5 files changed, 28 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)
>>> create mode 100644 arch/x86/kernel/macros.S
> 
> So this patch appears to break the xtensa cross-build on my system, with an older 
> version of crosstools:
> 
>  MODPOST vmlinux.o
> /home/mingo/crosstool-korg/bin//gcc-4.9.0-nolibc/xtensa-linux/bin/xtensa-linux-ld:./arch/xtensa/kernel/vmlinux.lds:430: 
> syntax error
> /home/mingo/tip/Makefile:1010: recipe for target 'vmlinux' failed
> make[1]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1
> make[1]: Leaving directory '/dev/shm/tip/build'
> Makefile:146: recipe for target 'sub-make’ failed

This one is due to a missing -DLINKER_SCRIPT in the Makefile of xtensa. I’ll
send the patch to fix it after I deal with the boot failure (for which I
wait for your config file).

Thanks,
Nadav