Re: [PATCH] kbuild: replace LANG=C with LC_ALL=C
From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Sun Apr 25 2021 - 07:29:07 EST
Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> writes:
> LANG gives a weak default to each LC_* in case it is not explicitly
> defined. LC_ALL, if set, overrides all other LC_* variables.
>
> LANG < LC_CTYPE, LC_COLLATE, LC_MONETARY, LC_NUMERIC, ... < LC_ALL
>
> This is why documentation such as [1] suggests to set LC_ALL in build
> scripts to get the deterministic result.
>
> LANG=C is not strong enough to override LC_* that may be set by end
> users.
>
> [1]: https://reproducible-builds.org/docs/locales/
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper | 2 +-
Acked-by: Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> (powerpc)
cheers
> scripts/nsdeps | 2 +-
> scripts/recordmcount.pl | 2 +-
> scripts/setlocalversion | 2 +-
> scripts/tags.sh | 2 +-
> tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh | 2 +-
> usr/gen_initramfs.sh | 2 +-
> 7 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
> index 41fa0a8715e3..cdb796b76e2e 100755
> --- a/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
> +++ b/arch/powerpc/boot/wrapper
> @@ -191,7 +191,7 @@ if [ -z "$kernel" ]; then
> kernel=vmlinux
> fi
>
> -LANG=C elfformat="`${CROSS}objdump -p "$kernel" | grep 'file format' | awk '{print $4}'`"
> +LC_ALL=C elfformat="`${CROSS}objdump -p "$kernel" | grep 'file format' | awk '{print $4}'`"
> case "$elfformat" in
> elf64-powerpcle) format=elf64lppc ;;
> elf64-powerpc) format=elf32ppc ;;
> diff --git a/scripts/nsdeps b/scripts/nsdeps
> index e8ce2a4d704a..04c4b96e95ec 100644
> --- a/scripts/nsdeps
> +++ b/scripts/nsdeps
> @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ generate_deps() {
> for source_file in $mod_source_files; do
> sed '/MODULE_IMPORT_NS/Q' $source_file > ${source_file}.tmp
> offset=$(wc -l ${source_file}.tmp | awk '{print $1;}')
> - cat $source_file | grep MODULE_IMPORT_NS | LANG=C sort -u >> ${source_file}.tmp
> + cat $source_file | grep MODULE_IMPORT_NS | LC_ALL=C sort -u >> ${source_file}.tmp
> tail -n +$((offset +1)) ${source_file} | grep -v MODULE_IMPORT_NS >> ${source_file}.tmp
> if ! diff -q ${source_file} ${source_file}.tmp; then
> mv ${source_file}.tmp ${source_file}
> diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.pl b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
> index 867860ea57da..0a7fc9507d6f 100755
> --- a/scripts/recordmcount.pl
> +++ b/scripts/recordmcount.pl
> @@ -497,7 +497,7 @@ sub update_funcs
> #
> # Step 2: find the sections and mcount call sites
> #
> -open(IN, "LANG=C $objdump -hdr $inputfile|") || die "error running $objdump";
> +open(IN, "LC_ALL=C $objdump -hdr $inputfile|") || die "error running $objdump";
>
> my $text;
>
> diff --git a/scripts/setlocalversion b/scripts/setlocalversion
> index bb709eda96cd..db941f6d9591 100755
> --- a/scripts/setlocalversion
> +++ b/scripts/setlocalversion
> @@ -126,7 +126,7 @@ scm_version()
> fi
>
> # Check for svn and a svn repo.
> - if rev=$(LANG= LC_ALL= LC_MESSAGES=C svn info 2>/dev/null | grep '^Last Changed Rev'); then
> + if rev=$(LC_ALL=C svn info 2>/dev/null | grep '^Last Changed Rev'); then
> rev=$(echo $rev | awk '{print $NF}')
> printf -- '-svn%s' "$rev"
>
> diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
> index fd96734deff1..db8ba411860a 100755
> --- a/scripts/tags.sh
> +++ b/scripts/tags.sh
> @@ -326,5 +326,5 @@ esac
>
> # Remove structure forward declarations.
> if [ -n "$remove_structs" ]; then
> - LANG=C sed -i -e '/^\([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)\t.*\t\/\^struct \1;.*\$\/;"\tx$/d' $1
> + LC_ALL=C sed -i -e '/^\([a-zA-Z_][a-zA-Z0-9_]*\)\t.*\t\/\^struct \1;.*\$\/;"\tx$/d' $1
> fi
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
> index 10a030b53b23..1d2a6e7b877c 100755
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/mptcp_connect.sh
> @@ -273,7 +273,7 @@ check_mptcp_disabled()
> ip netns exec ${disabled_ns} sysctl -q net.mptcp.enabled=0
>
> local err=0
> - LANG=C ip netns exec ${disabled_ns} ./mptcp_connect -t $timeout -p 10000 -s MPTCP 127.0.0.1 < "$cin" 2>&1 | \
> + LC_ALL=C ip netns exec ${disabled_ns} ./mptcp_connect -t $timeout -p 10000 -s MPTCP 127.0.0.1 < "$cin" 2>&1 | \
> grep -q "^socket: Protocol not available$" && err=1
> ip netns delete ${disabled_ns}
>
> diff --git a/usr/gen_initramfs.sh b/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
> index 8ae831657e5d..63476bb70b41 100755
> --- a/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
> +++ b/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
> @@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ dir_filelist() {
> header "$1"
>
> srcdir=$(echo "$1" | sed -e 's://*:/:g')
> - dirlist=$(find "${srcdir}" -printf "%p %m %U %G\n" | LANG=C sort)
> + dirlist=$(find "${srcdir}" -printf "%p %m %U %G\n" | LC_ALL=C sort)
>
> # If $dirlist is only one line, then the directory is empty
> if [ "$(echo "${dirlist}" | wc -l)" -gt 1 ]; then
> --
> 2.27.0