From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
To: patches@lists.linux.dev, stable@vger.kernel.org
Cc: "Thomas Weißschuh" <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>,
"Thomas Weißschuh" <linux@weissschuh.net>,
"Sasha Levin" <sashal@kernel.org>,
nathan@kernel.org, rostedt@goodmis.org, tglozar@redhat.com,
jolsa@kernel.org, acme@redhat.com, charlie@rivosinc.com,
llvm@lists.linux.dev
Subject: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.6 24/59] tools/build: Fix s390(x) cross-compilation with clang
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2025 20:33:38 -0400 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <20250804003413.3622950-24-sashal@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250804003413.3622950-1-sashal@kernel.org>
From: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
[ Upstream commit a40f0cdce78be8a559ee8a85c908049c65a410b2 ]
The heuristic to derive a clang target triple from a GCC one does not work
for s390. GCC uses "s390-linux" while clang expects "s390x-linux" or
"powerz-linux".
Add an explicit override.
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@linutronix.de>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20250620-tools-cross-s390-v2-1-ecda886e00e5@linutronix.de
Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
---
LLM Generated explanations, may be completely bogus:
Now let me understand better what the issue is. Based on my analysis:
**Backport Status: YES**
This commit fixes a critical cross-compilation issue where the heuristic
to derive a clang target triple from a GCC one fails for s390
architecture. Here's my detailed analysis:
## Analysis of Code Changes:
The patch modifies `tools/scripts/Makefile.include` by adding two lines
after line 104:
```makefile
CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS := --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
+CLANG_TARGET := $(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
+CLANG_TARGET := $(subst s390-linux,s390x-linux,$(CLANG_TARGET))
+CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS := --target=$(CLANG_TARGET)
```
## Key Findings:
1. **Bug Type**: This fixes a build failure when cross-compiling kernel
tools for s390 architecture using clang.
2. **Root Cause**: GCC uses "s390-linux" as the target triple while
clang expects "s390x-linux" or "systemz-linux". The existing
heuristic that derives the clang target from the GCC cross-compiler
prefix fails for s390.
3. **Similar Fixes Already Present**: I found that other parts of the
kernel already handle this incompatibility:
- `tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile:` converts s390-linux to
systemz-linux
- `tools/include/nolibc/Makefile:` converts s390-linux to systemz-
linux
- `scripts/Makefile.clang:` directly uses s390x-linux-gnu
4. **Impact**: Without this fix, cross-compilation of kernel tools for
s390 using clang will fail, affecting:
- Developers building tools for s390 systems
- CI/CD pipelines that cross-compile for multiple architectures
- Distribution builders who need to build kernel tools
5. **Risk Assessment**:
- The change is minimal and isolated to the build system
- It only affects the clang target selection logic
- No runtime behavior changes
- Similar transformations are already proven in other makefiles
6. **Stable Tree Criteria**:
- ✓ Fixes a real bug that affects users (build failure)
- ✓ Small and contained fix (2 lines)
- ✓ No side effects beyond fixing the issue
- ✓ No architectural changes
- ✓ Only touches build infrastructure
- ✓ Minimal risk of regression
This is a clear candidate for stable backporting as it fixes a concrete
build failure with minimal risk.
tools/scripts/Makefile.include | 4 +++-
1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
index ff527ac065cf..c006e72b4f43 100644
--- a/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
+++ b/tools/scripts/Makefile.include
@@ -98,7 +98,9 @@ else ifneq ($(CROSS_COMPILE),)
# Allow userspace to override CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS to specify their own
# sysroots and flags or to avoid the GCC call in pure Clang builds.
ifeq ($(CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS),)
-CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS := --target=$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
+CLANG_TARGET := $(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE:%-=%))
+CLANG_TARGET := $(subst s390-linux,s390x-linux,$(CLANG_TARGET))
+CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS := --target=$(CLANG_TARGET)
GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR := $(dir $(shell which $(CROSS_COMPILE)gcc 2>/dev/null))
ifneq ($(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR),)
CLANG_CROSS_FLAGS += --prefix=$(GCC_TOOLCHAIN_DIR)$(notdir $(CROSS_COMPILE))
--
2.39.5
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