Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program

From	Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program
Date	2015-12-01 17:30 +0100
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On Tue, Dec 01, 2015 at 05:07:05PM +0100, Michal Marek wrote:
> On 2015-11-30 16:40, Michal Marek wrote:
> > On 2015-11-30 16:32, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> >> On Mon, Nov 30, 2015 at 04:11:16PM +0100, Michal Marek wrote:
> >>> On 2015-11-26 00:47, Russell King - ARM Linux wrote:
> >>>> Do we have any resolution on these programs which modify the object
> >>>> files in-place, rather than breaking any hard-links which may be
> >>>> present (eg, as a result of using ccache in hard-link mode) ?
> >>>
> >>> Good point, but I do not think anybody is using CCACHE_HARDLINK with the
> >>> kernel.
> >>
> >> That's wrong then, because I've been using it for a very long time with
> >> my nightly builds. :)  Therefore, there is somebody!
> > 
> > OK.
> 
> So, both recordmcount and the new recordudiv program are idempotent.
> They check if the to-be-added section is already present and do nothing.

They hardly "do nothing", as the (eg) recordmcount plasters the build
log with warnings.  A solution to that would be to make recordmcount
silent if the section is already present.

> So the result is correct even with CCACHE_HARDLINK, just the
> intermediate file might be incorrect. If this still is considered an
> issue, I suggest clearing CCACHE_HARDLINK when using any of these
> postprocessors, so as not to penalize other use cases.

Another solution would be to have the top level make file unset the
CCACHE_HARDLINK environment variable if any of the options which enable
in-place editing of object files is enabled.  Looking at the ccache
code, the environment variable has to be deleted from the environment
to turn off the option - and I'm not sure whether make can delete
environment variables.  It certainly can override them, but I see
nothing in the info pages which suggests that environment variables
can be deleted by a makefile.

However, doing it outside of the kernel build system is likely error
prone especially as the kernel configuration options change and/or
their effect changes.

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Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-11-30 16:40 +0100
  Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.com> - 2015-11-30 16:50 +0100
    Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> - 2015-12-01 17:10 +0100
      Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-01 17:30 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> - 2015-12-01 17:50 +0100
        Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-01 17:50 +0100
          Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-01 18:20 +0100
            Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-01 18:30 +0100
              Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-01 19:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz> - 2015-12-01 22:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-02 11:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] scripts: Add a recorduidiv program Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-02 15:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 15:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-11 15:50 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 16:10 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 19:20 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-11 19:40 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@arm.linux.org.uk> - 2015-12-11 20:00 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 20:30 +0100
                Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org> - 2015-12-11 20:00 +0100

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