[tip: x86/build] x86/build: Check whether the compiler is sane - tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov

From: "tip-bot2 for Borislav Petkov" <tip-bot2@linutronix.de>
To: linux-tip-commits@vger.kernel.org
Cc: mliska@suse.cz, Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>,
	Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>, x86 <x86@kernel.org>,
	LKML <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: [tip: x86/build] x86/build: Check whether the compiler is sane
Date: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 11:37:48 -0000	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <158798746887.28353.12553648261169854767.tip-bot2@tip-bot2> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20200423173058.GE26021@zn.tnic>

The following commit has been merged into the x86/build branch of tip:

Commit-ID:     73da86741e7f75c9f1b5c8a2660c90aa41840972
Gitweb:        https://git.kernel.org/tip/73da86741e7f75c9f1b5c8a2660c90aa41840972
Author:        Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
AuthorDate:    Thu, 23 Apr 2020 19:28:28 +02:00
Committer:     Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
CommitterDate: Mon, 27 Apr 2020 13:31:57 +02:00

x86/build: Check whether the compiler is sane

Add a check script to verify whether the compiler is sane. This is
x86-only for now and checks one thing only but should be useful for more
checks in the future.

Suggested-by: Martin Liška <mliska@suse.cz>
Signed-off-by: Borislav Petkov <bp@suse.de>
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>
Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20200423173058.GE26021@zn.tnic
---
 arch/x86/Makefile             |  4 ++++
 scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh |  9 +++++++++
 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+)
 create mode 100755 scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh

diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile b/arch/x86/Makefile
index 00e378d..38d3eec 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,10 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Unified Makefile for i386 and x86_64
 
+#  Check the compiler
+sane_compiler := $(shell $(srctree)/scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh $(CC))
+$(if $(sane_compiler),$(error $(CC) check failed. Aborting),)
+
 # select defconfig based on actual architecture
 ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
   ifeq ($(shell uname -m),x86_64)
diff --git a/scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh b/scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh
new file mode 100755
index 0000000..b2b5b54
--- /dev/null
+++ b/scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh
@@ -0,0 +1,9 @@
+#!/bin/sh
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+
+# Check whether the compiler tail-call optimizes across an asm() statement.
+# Fail the build if it does.
+
+echo "int foo(int a); int bar(int a) { int r = foo(a); asm(\"\"); return r; }" |\
+	     $* -O2 -x c -c -S - -o - 2>/dev/null |\
+	     grep -E "^[[:blank:]]+jmp[[:blank:]]+.*"
