Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests/openat2: fix clang build failures: -static-libasan, LOCAL_HDRS

Ryan Roberts
2024-05-10T11:52:27Z

On 04/05/2024 05:43, John Hubbard wrote:
> When building with clang via:
>
> make LLVM=1 -C tools/testing/selftests
>
> two distinct failures occur:
>
> 1) gcc requires -static-libasan in order to ensure that Address
> Sanitizer's library is the first one loaded. However, this leads to
> build failures on clang, when building via:
>
> make LLVM=1 -C tools/testing/selftests
>
> However, clang already does the right thing by default: it statically
> links the Address Sanitizer if -fsanitize is specified. Therefore, fix
> this by simply omitting -static-libasan for clang builds. And leave
> behind a comment, because the whole reason for static linking might not
> be obvious.
>
> 2) clang won't accept invocations of this form, but gcc will:
>
> $(CC) file1.c header2.h
>
> Fix this by using selftests/lib.mk facilities for tracking local header
> file dependencies: add them to LOCAL_HDRS, leaving only the .c files to
> be passed to the compiler.
>
> Cc: Ryan Roberts <ryan.roberts@arm.com>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@nvidia.com>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile | 14 ++++++++++++--
> 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile
> index 254d676a2689..185dc76ebb5f 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/Makefile
> @@ -1,8 +1,18 @@
> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-or-later
>
> -CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined -static-libasan
> +CFLAGS += -Wall -O2 -g -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined
> TEST_GEN_PROGS := openat2_test resolve_test rename_attack_test
>
> +# gcc requires -static-libasan in order to ensure that Address Sanitizer's
> +# library is the first one loaded. However, clang already statically links the
> +# Address Sanitizer if -fsanitize is specified. Therefore, simply omit
> +# -static-libasan for clang builds.
> +ifeq ($(LLVM),)
> + CFLAGS += -static-libasan
> +endif

It just occured to me that the bug report I was fixing with my attempt was
invoking make like this (see [1]):

# tools/testing/selftests/fchmodat2$ make CC=clang
# tools/testing/selftests/openat2$ make CC=clang

So LLVM is not set in this case. Perhaps my approach [2] (suggested by Arnd) of
using cc-option is more robust? (cc-option is alredy used by other selftests).

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/202404141807.LgsqXPY5-lkp@intel.com/
[2]
https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kselftest/20240417160740.2019530-1-ryan.roberts@arm.com/

> +
> +LOCAL_HDRS += helpers.h
> +
> include ../lib.mk
>
> -$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): helpers.c helpers.h
> +$(TEST_GEN_PROGS): helpers.c
>
> base-commit: ddb4c3f25b7b95df3d6932db0b379d768a6ebdf7
> prerequisite-patch-id: b901ece2a5b78503e2fb5480f20e304d36a0ea27