Hi Bruce,

Jose Quaresma via lists.openembedded.org <quaresma.jose=
gmail....@lists.openembedded.org> escreveu no dia quarta, 3/05/2023 à(s)
11:09:

>
>
> Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfi...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia terça,
> 2/05/2023 à(s) 22:12:
>
>> Attached is v2 of the patch. I've consolidated the suggested changes.
>>
>> I'm soaking it a bit longer, and then will send it as part of my next
>> consolidated pull request.
>>
>
> I will do some more tests with the v2 and post my comment later if
> anything new comes up.
>

Nothing new and the v2 patch works pretty well in my kernels.

Jose


>
> Jose
>
>
>>
>> Bruce
>>
>> On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 9:26 PM Bruce Ashfield via
>> lists.openembedded.org
>> <bruce.ashfield=gmail....@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
>> >
>> > On Thu, Apr 27, 2023 at 6:32 PM Jose Quaresma <quaresma.j...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>> > >
>> > > Hi Bruce,
>> > >
>> > > I have been testing your patch and have some comments.
>> > > In some of my kernels I don't have the pkg-config changes and so I
>> have some fails linking the scripts/sign-file
>> > > because for static linking with the libcrypto we need the -ldl
>> -pthread.
>> > >
>> > > To fix my build I need to override the CRYPTO_LIBS in my kernel
>> because they use the hardcoded pkg-config
>> > > where it is not possible to pass the --static argument.
>> > >
>> > > With following change on top of your patch I can build moist of my
>> kernels:
>> > >
>> > >         export HOSTLDFLAGS="-lz"
>> > >
>> > > +       HOSTPKG_CONFIG="pkg-config --static"
>> > > +       # override CRYPTO_LIBS since HOSTPKG_CONFIG lands only in
>> v5.19-rc1
>> > > +       #
>> https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=d5ea4fece4508bf8e72b659cd22fa4840d8d61e5
>> > > +       CRYPTO_LIBS="$(pkg-config --static --libs libcrypto
>> 2>/dev/null || echo -lcrypto)"
>> > > +
>> > >         unset CFLAGS CPPFLAGS CXXFLAGS LDFLAGS
>> > >         for t in prepare scripts_basic scripts; do
>> > >                 oe_runmake CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" \
>> > >                 AR="${KERNEL_AR}" OBJCOPY="${KERNEL_OBJCOPY}" \
>> > > -               HOSTPKG_CONFIG="pkg-config --static" \
>> > > +               HOSTPKG_CONFIG="${HOSTPKG_CONFIG}"
>> CRYPTO_LIBS="${CRYPTO_LIBS}" \
>> > >                 -C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}
>> $t
>> > >         done
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > I think belive that the LIBELF_LIBS needs the same fix for the cases
>> where HOSTPKG_CONFIG is not available.
>> > > Also I think there is a typo in the LIBELF_LIBS because you first
>> populate it with pkg-config but on the export the variable is redefined
>> > > with the HOST_LIBELF_LIBS. I made a litle change too on that:
>> > >
>> > >         # for pre-5.15 kernels
>> > > -       LIBELF_LIBS=$(pkg-config libelf --libs 2>/dev/null || echo
>> -lelf)
>> > > -       export LIBELF_LIBS="$HOST_LIBELF_LIBS -lz"
>> > > +       LIBELF_LIBS=$(pkg-config --static libelf --libs 2>/dev/null
>> || echo -lelf)
>> > > +       export LIBELF_LIBS="$LIBELF_LIBS -lz"
>> > >         export HOSTLDFLAGS="-lz"
>> > >
>> > > Thanks for you help.
>> >
>> > Those are definitely plausible tweaks to the patch, I was providing
>> > the two techniques for that reason, and you've used them
>> > appropriately.
>> >
>> > Let me roll your changes into my patch, re-test and I'll submit it to
>> > the mailing list as a v2.
>> >
>> > Thanks for the testing, and fixup, I knew there would be things
>> missing! :)
>> >
>> > Bruce
>> >
>> > >
>> > > Jose
>> > >
>> > > Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfi...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia segunda,
>> 24/04/2023 à(s) 20:25:
>> > >>
>> > >> On Mon, Apr 24, 2023 at 6:30 AM Jose Quaresma <
>> quaresma.j...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfi...@gmail.com> escreveu no dia
>> domingo, 23/04/2023 à(s) 20:55:
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> On Sat, Apr 22, 2023 at 9:06 AM Christoph Lauer
>> > >> >> <christoph.la...@email.de> wrote:
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Am 21.04.23 um 22:28 schrieb Bruce Ashfield:
>> > >> >> > > On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 11:03 PM Bruce Ashfield via
>> > >> >> > > lists.openembedded.org
>> > >> >> > > <bruce.ashfield=gmail....@lists.openembedded.org> wrote:
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >> On Wed, Apr 19, 2023 at 6:54 PM Richard Purdie
>> > >> >> > >> <richard.pur...@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>> > >> >> > >>>
>> > >> >> > >>> On Wed, 2023-04-19 at 23:34 +0100, Jose Quaresma wrote:
>> > >> >> > >>>> Hi,
>> > >> >> > >>>>
>> > >> >> > >>>> Not related with the previous discussion but just for
>> > >> >> > >>>> your information.
>> > >> >> > >>>> The rm_work.bbclass has an exception for the kernel
>> recipes [1].
>> > >> >> > >>>> So I don't understand why we can't do the same for the
>> make-mod-
>> > >> >> > >>>> scripts
>> > >> >> > >>>> who is the twin brother of all these kernel recipes.
>> > >> >> > >>>>
>> > >> >> > >>>> [1]
>> > >> >> > >>>>
>> https://git.openembedded.org/openembedded-core/tree/meta/classes/rm_work.bbclass#n168
>> > >> >> > >>>
>> > >> >> > >>> Ideally we wouldn't be doing this for the kernel recipes.
>> > >> >> > >>>
>> > >> >> > >>> There is also a big difference to that and the proposed
>> patch. The
>> > >> >> > >>> proposed patch was preserving a specific directory rather
>> than an
>> > >> >> > >>> entire recipe. Removing the task stamps but leaving a small
>> piece of
>> > >> >> > >>> WORKDIR is quite different to preserving WORKDIR and STAMPS
>> for a
>> > >> >> > >>> specific recipe. The former is not tested and will break
>> things. The
>> > >> >> > >>> latter is better tolerated by bitbake.
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >> Agreed.
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >> Plus, I am working on this now.
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >> I have static linking of the scripts/tools working, but what
>> I haven't
>> > >> >> > >> figured out is how to do that without patching the Makefiles.
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >
>> > >> >> > > It turned out to be quite the battle to get older kernels
>> what was
>> > >> >> > > required for static linking of the tools.
>> > >> >> > >
>> > >> >> > > Attached is my WIP patch. I'm out of the office early next
>> week, but
>> > >> >> > > will revisit it once I'm back.
>> > >> >> > >
>> > >> >> > > Bruce
>> > >> >> > >
>> > >> >> > >> Next up will be some rpath trickery.
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >> Bruce
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >>>
>> > >> >> > >>> So yes, we could do the same. I'm sure there will be other
>> recipes
>> > >> >> > >>> people want to preserve for other reasons. Where do we draw
>> the line?
>> > >> >> > >>> We could preserve everything and drop rm_work, then we
>> wouldn't have
>> > >> >> > >>> these problems? :)
>> > >> >> > >>>
>> > >> >> > >>> Cheers,
>> > >> >> > >>>
>> > >> >> > >>> Richard
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >> --
>> > >> >> > >> - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and
>> madness await
>> > >> >> > >> thee at its end
>> > >> >> > >> - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >>
>> > >> >> > >
>> > >> >> > >
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Thank you for your work, I see you put some time and effort
>> into it.
>> > >> >> > HOSTPKG_CONFIG is, as you mentioned, available since kernel
>> version 5.19
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Yes, I realize that and documented it in the patch ... but I also
>> > >> >> tested on pre-5.19 kernels and what I have in the patch works.
>> Did it
>> > >> >> not work in your testing ?
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > I will test the patch on a couple of kernel versions with some of
>> them pre-5.19
>> > >> > but all in 5 major versions.
>> > >> > I will say something about my results later this week.
>> > >>
>> > >> 5.15-stable also has the pkg-config changes
>> > >>
>> > >> Bruce
>> > >>
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Thanks for working on this one.
>> > >> >
>> > >> > Jose
>> > >> >
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> > (see kernel patch [1]), so we need a way to call 'pkg-config
>> --static'
>> > >> >> > with pre-5.19 kernels. A way without modifying the Makefile
>> would be to
>> > >> >> > modify openssls pkg-config in recipe-sysroot-native of
>> make-mod-script,
>> > >> >> > so 'pkg-config --libs' actually shows the dependencies of
>> 'pkg-config
>> > >> >> > --static --libs', but it's a bit hacky.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Already considered, and discarded. That's not going to fly.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > Also fully-static executables still need the same glibc during
>> runtime
>> > >> >> > that they were built with, which makes them error-prone and is
>> generally
>> > >> >> > discouraged. As an alternative, we could build dynamic
>> executables that
>> > >> >> > use the static libcrypto library. The linker links by default
>> against
>> > >> >> > the shared library, so we could remove them from
>> recipe-sysroot-native
>> > >> >> > to force linking against the static library (again, somewhat
>> hacky).
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Also considered and discarded.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> As do the dynamically linked ones for the c runtime. We aren't
>> talking
>> > >> >> about using these outside of a single build and they are
>> generated on
>> > >> >> the fly, so again, there's very little concern about runtimes
>> changing
>> > >> >> after linking.. There's less risk in static than in the
>> alternatives.
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> Bruce
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> >
>> > >> >> > [1]
>> > >> >> >
>> https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/d5ea4fece4508bf8e72b659cd22fa4840d8d61e5
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >>
>> > >> >> --
>> > >> >> - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness
>> await
>> > >> >> thee at its end
>> > >> >> - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> >
>> > >> > --
>> > >> > Best regards,
>> > >> >
>> > >> > José Quaresma
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >>
>> > >> --
>> > >> - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await
>> > >> thee at its end
>> > >> - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
>> > >
>> > >
>> > >
>> > > --
>> > > Best regards,
>> > >
>> > > José Quaresma
>> >
>> >
>> >
>> > --
>> > - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await
>> > thee at its end
>> > - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
>> >
>> >
>> >
>>
>>
>> --
>> - Thou shalt not follow the NULL pointer, for chaos and madness await
>> thee at its end
>> - "Use the force Harry" - Gandalf, Star Trek II
>>
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>
> José Quaresma
>
> 
>
>

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Best regards,

José Quaresma
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