Re: + arch-x86-makefile-use-config_shell.patch added to -mm tree

From: Borislav Petkov
Date: Tue May 05 2020 - 17:19:44 EST


On Tue, May 05, 2020 at 02:13:01PM -0700, akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
>
> The patch titled
> Subject: arch/x86/Makefile: use $(CONFIG_SHELL)
> has been added to the -mm tree. Its filename is
> arch-x86-makefile-use-config_shell.patch
>
> This patch should soon appear at
> http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmots/broken-out/arch-x86-makefile-use-config_shell.patch
> and later at
> http://ozlabs.org/~akpm/mmotm/broken-out/arch-x86-makefile-use-config_shell.patch
>
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> ------------------------------------------------------
> From: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: arch/x86/Makefile: use $(CONFIG_SHELL)
>
> When scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh doesn't have the x bit set:
>
> q:/usr/src/25> make clean
> make: execvp: ./scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh: Permission denied
>
> Fix this by using $(CONFIG_SHELL).
>
> This will happen if the user downloads and applies patch-5.7.tar.gz, since
> patch(1) doesn't preserve the x bit.
>
> Fixes: 73da86741e7f7 ("x86/build: Check whether the compiler is sane")
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@xxxxxxx>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/x86/Makefile | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> --- a/arch/x86/Makefile~arch-x86-makefile-use-config_shell
> +++ a/arch/x86/Makefile
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> # Unified Makefile for i386 and x86_64
>
> # Check the compiler
> -sane_compiler := $(shell $(srctree)/scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh $(CC))
> +sane_compiler := $($(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/x86-check-compiler.sh $(CC))
> $(if $(sane_compiler),$(error $(CC) check failed. Aborting),)
>
> # select defconfig based on actual architecture
> _

Ah, interesting.

Thanks Andrew, I'll queue it tomorrow through tip.

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Regards/Gruss,
Boris.

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