On Wed, Mar 3, 2021 at 1:02 PM Nathan Chancellor <nat...@kernel.org> wrote:
>
> Hi Bernhard,
>
> I have added the ClangBuiltLinux mailing list, kbuild mailing list, and
> Masahiro and Nick to CC. Maybe ld-version.sh and cc-version.sh should be
> added to a MAINTAINERS entry to make sure we get CC'd (I can send one
> along tomorrow).
>
> On Tue, Mar 02, 2021 at 11:12:11PM +0100, Bernhard Rosenkränzer wrote:
> > If LLD was built with -DLLD_VENDOR="xyz", ld.lld --version output
> > will prefix LLD_VENDOR. Since LLD_VENDOR can contain spaces, the
> > LLD identifier isn't guaranteed to be $2 either.
>
> TIL about LLD_VENDOR...
>
> > Adjust the version checker to handle such versions of lld.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Bernhard Rosenkränzer <b...@lindev.ch>
> > ---
> > scripts/ld-version.sh | 12 ++++++++++++
> > 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/scripts/ld-version.sh b/scripts/ld-version.sh
> > index a463273509b5..4c042a306e22 100755
> > --- a/scripts/ld-version.sh
> > +++ b/scripts/ld-version.sh
> > @@ -49,6 +49,18 @@ elif [ "$1" = LLD ]; then
> > min_version=$lld_min_version
> > name=LLD
> > disp_name=LLD
> > +elif echo "$@" |grep -q ' LLD '; then
> > + # if LLD was built with -DLLD_VENDOR="xyz", it ld.lld --version
> > + # says "xyz LLD [...]". Since LLD_VENDOR may contain spaces, we
> > + # don't know the exact position of "LLD" and the version info
> > + # at this point
> > + while [ "$1" != "LLD" ]; do
> > + shift
> > + done
> > + version=$2
> > + min_version=$lld_min_version
> > + name=LLD
> > + disp_name=LLD
> > else
> > echo "$orig_args: unknown linker" >&2
> > exit 1
> > --
> > 2.30.1
> >
>
> I am not sure what a better fix would be of the top of my head but
> wouldn't it be better to avoid the duplication? This diff below works
> for me with or without LLD_VENDOR defined.
>
> diff --git a/scripts/ld-version.sh b/scripts/ld-version.sh
> index a463273509b5..84f9fc741f09 100755
> --- a/scripts/ld-version.sh
> +++ b/scripts/ld-version.sh
> @@ -44,7 +44,10 @@ if [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = ld ]; then
> elif [ "$1" = GNU -a "$2" = gold ]; then
> echo "gold linker is not supported as it is not capable of linking
> the kernel proper." >&2
> exit 1
> -elif [ "$1" = LLD ]; then
> +elif echo "$*" | grep -q LLD; then
> + while [ "$1" != "LLD" ]; do
> + shift
> + done
> version=$2
> min_version=$lld_min_version
> name=LLD
You do not need to use grep.
How about this?
...
else
while [ $# -gt 1 -a "$1" != "LLD" ]; do
shift
done
if [ "$1" = LLD ]; then
version=$2
min_version=$lld_min_version
name=LLD
disp_name=LLD
else
echo "$orig_args: unknown linker" >&2
exit 1
fi
fi
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
