Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v6 07/14] kernel: Disable ccache when kernel rust support is enabled

["Yoann Congal" <yoann.congal@smile.fr>]

On Thu Feb 12, 2026 at 7:10 PM CET, Harish via lists.openembedded.org Sadineni wrote:
> From: Harish Sadineni <Harish.Sadineni@windriver.com>
>
> Currently, a ccache enabled build fails with:
>   |   HOSTRUSTC scripts/generate_rust_target
>   |   HOSTCC  scripts/kallsyms
>   |   HOSTCC  scripts/sorttable
>   |   HOSTCC  scripts/asn1_compiler
>   |   TOUCH   include/generated/gcc-plugins.h
>   |   DESCEND objtool
>   | error: multiple input filenames provided (first two filenames are gcc and
> .../tmp/work-shared/qemux86-64/kernel-source/scripts/generate_rust_target.rs)
>
> Linux rust build infrastructure does not currently support ccache (Opened bug[0]).
>
> Quick summary: There are 2 issues: $HOSTCC is not escaped and rustc
> expect a path (and not a command)
>
> Disable ccache if KERNEL_RUST_SUPPORT is 'True' for kernel and kernel module builds, including
> auxiliary tooling such as make-mod-scripts.
>
> More details in: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/229336
>
> [0]: https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1224

FYI, a patch has been submitted for this:
https://lore.kernel.org/rust-for-linux/20260225102819.16553-1-mo@sdhn.cc/
(It has a negative review though...)

> Co-developed-by: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>
> Signed-off-by: El Mehdi YOUNES <elmehdi.younes@smile.fr>
> Cc: Alban MOIZAN <alban.moizan@smile.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Yoann Congal <yoann.congal@smile.fr>
> Signed-off-by: Harish Sadineni <Harish.Sadineni@windriver.com>
> ---
>  meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto-rust.bbclass              | 7 +++++++
>  .../make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb               | 7 +++++++
>  2 files changed, 14 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto-rust.bbclass b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto-rust.bbclass
> index fd9ee91c79..608ccc4609 100644
> --- a/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto-rust.bbclass
> +++ b/meta/classes-recipe/kernel-yocto-rust.bbclass
> @@ -16,3 +16,10 @@ do_kernel_configme[depends] += "${RUST_KERNEL_TASK_DEPENDS}"
>  do_kernel_configme:append () {
>          oe_runmake -C ${S} O=${B} rustavailable
>  }
> +
> +# Linux rust build infrastructure does not currently support ccache
> +# see https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1224
> +# Quick summary: There are 2 issues: $HOSTCC is not escaped and rustc expect a path (and not a command)
> +# More details in: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/229336
> +# Disable ccache for kernel build if kernel rust support is enabled to workaround this.
> +CCACHE_DISABLE ?= "1"
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb b/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
> index 874e16e642..6226382001 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/make-mod-scripts/make-mod-scripts_1.0.bb
> @@ -36,3 +36,10 @@ do_configure() {
>  		-C ${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR} O=${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR} $t
>  	done
>  }
> +
> +# Linux rust build infrastructure does not currently support ccache
> +# see https://github.com/Rust-for-Linux/linux/issues/1224
> +# Quick summary: There are 2 issues: $HOSTCC is not escaped and rustc expect a path (and not a command)
> +# More details in: https://lists.openembedded.org/g/openembedded-core/message/229336
> +# Disable ccache for kernel build if kernel rust support is enabled to workaround this
> +CCACHE_DISABLE ?= "${@bb.utils.contains('KERNEL_RUST_SUPPORT', 'True', '1', '0', d)}"


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Yoann Congal
Smile ECS