[PATCH v2 0/4] Slight code cleanup - remove dead code, fix typos, unify patterns

[PATCH v2 0/4] Slight code cleanup - remove dead code, fix typos, unify patterns

[Adam Blank]

Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>
---
Changes in v2:
- add commit message bodies following patchtest failures
- Link to v1: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20260402-dead_code_and_unification-v1-0-5a3906b6340d@gmail.com

---
Adam Blank (4):
      lib/packagedata.py: slight improvement to code readability
      package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function
      sstate: remove dead code and unify path operations
      package: update the comment block explaining 'emit_pkgdata'

 meta/classes-global/package.bbclass         | 3 +--
 meta/classes-global/package_pkgdata.bbclass | 4 +---
 meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass          | 5 ++---
 meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py                  | 3 +--
 4 files changed, 5 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
---
base-commit: c56990178b31b893fbf695eaf6b67de501e9d2e9
change-id: 20260402-dead_code_and_unification-d2b31d998515

Best regards,
-- 
Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>

[PATCH v2 1/4] lib/packagedata.py: slight improvement to code readability

[Adam Blank]

Make use of an existing variable rather than creating a new one
when collecting files of a package.

Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>
---
 meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py b/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py
index b6a10a930a..65092261f6 100644
--- a/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py
+++ b/meta/lib/oe/packagedata.py
@@ -340,8 +340,7 @@ fi
         allow_empty = d.getVar('ALLOW_EMPTY:%s' % pkg)
         if not allow_empty:
             allow_empty = d.getVar('ALLOW_EMPTY')
-        root = "%s/%s" % (pkgdest, pkg)
-        os.chdir(root)
+        os.chdir(pkgdestpkg)
         g = glob('*')
         if g or allow_empty == "1":
             # Symlinks needed for reverse lookups (from the final package name)

-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH v2 2/4] package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function

[Adam Blank]

The function is named 'package_populate_pkgdata_dir' but the
call was to 'staging_package_populate_pkgdata_dir'.

Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>
---
 meta/classes-global/package_pkgdata.bbclass | 4 +---
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes-global/package_pkgdata.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/package_pkgdata.bbclass
index f653bd9240..5312ca873c 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/package_pkgdata.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/package_pkgdata.bbclass
@@ -47,7 +47,7 @@ python package_prepare_pkgdata() {
     # Detect bitbake -b usage
     nodeps = d.getVar("BB_LIMITEDDEPS") or False
     if nodeps:
-        staging_package_populate_pkgdata_dir(pkgdatadir, d)
+        package_populate_pkgdata_dir(pkgdatadir, d)
         return
 
     start = None
@@ -169,5 +169,3 @@ python package_prepare_pkgdata() {
 }
 package_prepare_pkgdata[cleandirs] = "${WORKDIR_PKGDATA}"
 package_prepare_pkgdata[vardepsexclude] += "MACHINE_ARCH PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS SDK_ARCH BUILD_ARCH SDK_OS BB_TASKDEPDATA SSTATETASKS"
-
-

-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH v2 3/4] sstate: remove dead code and unify path operations

[Adam Blank]

Most substring replacement operations performed on
'dirs' and 'plaindirs' are implemented in the same
pattern, except two. Unify the implementation.

Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>
---
 meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass | 5 ++---
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
index 88449d19c7..6d5ff265c5 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/sstate.bbclass
@@ -333,9 +333,9 @@ def sstate_install(ss, d):
     for plain in ss['plaindirs']:
         workdir = d.getVar('WORKDIR')
         sharedworkdir = os.path.join(d.getVar('TMPDIR'), "work-shared")
-        src = sstateinst + "/" + plain.replace(workdir, '')
+        src = plain.replace(workdir, sstateinst)
         if sharedworkdir in plain:
-            src = sstateinst + "/" + plain.replace(sharedworkdir, '')
+            src = plain.replace(sharedworkdir, sstateinst)
         dest = plain
         bb.utils.mkdirhier(src)
         prepdir(dest)
@@ -639,7 +639,6 @@ def sstate_package(ss, d):
     for state in ss['dirs']:
         if not os.path.exists(state[1]):
             continue
-        srcbase = state[0].rstrip("/").rsplit('/', 1)[0]
         # Find and error for absolute symlinks. We could attempt to relocate but its not
         # clear where the symlink is relative to in this context. We could add that markup
         # to sstate tasks but there aren't many of these so better just avoid them entirely.

-- 
2.43.0

[PATCH v2 4/4] package: update the comment block explaining 'emit_pkgdata'

[Adam Blank]

The comment block mentioned PKGDATA_DIR which is now used
differently.

Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>
---
 meta/classes-global/package.bbclass | 3 +--
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
index bd32a6ede5..fc3c539f68 100644
--- a/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
+++ b/meta/classes-global/package.bbclass
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 #
 # k) package_depchains - Adds automatic dependencies to -dbg and -dev packages
 #
-# l) emit_pkgdata - saves the packaging data into PKGDATA_DIR for use in later
+# l) emit_pkgdata - saves the packaging data into PKGDESTWORK for use in later
 #    packaging steps
 
 inherit packagedata
@@ -610,4 +610,3 @@ python do_packagedata_setscene () {
     sstate_setscene(d)
 }
 addtask do_packagedata_setscene
-

-- 
2.43.0

Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 2/4] package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function

[Mathieu Dubois-Briand]

On Thu Apr 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM CEST, Adam Blank via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> The function is named 'package_populate_pkgdata_dir' but the
> call was to 'staging_package_populate_pkgdata_dir'.
>
> Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>
> ---

Hi Adam,

Thanks for your patch.

I can't say if this is another issue or something wrong with the tests,
but two of these are failing because of this patch:

2026-04-02 19:56:53,924 - oe-selftest - INFO - sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_allarch_samesigs (subunit.RemotedTestCase)
2026-04-02 19:56:53,926 - oe-selftest - INFO -  ... FAIL
...
2026-04-02 19:56:53,926 - oe-selftest - INFO - 13: 17/52 271/679 (95.16s) (0 failed) (sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_allarch_samesigs)
2026-04-02 19:56:53,926 - oe-selftest - INFO - testtools.testresult.real._StringException: Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-debian/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py", line 469, in test_sstate_allarch_samesigs
    self.sstate_common_samesigs(configA, configB, allarch=True)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-debian/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py", line 206, in sstate_common_samesigs
    self.assertEqual(files1, files2)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/unittest/case.py", line 907, in assertEqual
    assertion_func(first, second, msg=msg)
    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/unittest/case.py", line 1206, in assertDictEqual
    self.fail(self._formatMessage(msg, standardMsg))
    ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
  File "/usr/lib/python3.13/unittest/case.py", line 732, in fail
    raise self.failureException(msg)
AssertionError: {'nat[31 chars]ckage_qa': '1cf298a771718a59519250687e84c92de5[302150 chars]adb'} != {'nat[31 chars]ckagedata': 'e9b33afd6d363736c82af96ef0a991046[302150 chars]bb4'}
  {'adwaita-icon-theme/do_compile': '18aab6f6fe8018875194a0636a0f373a55f73fb4b8129d77a2e1d086d2ec578e',
   'adwaita-icon-theme/do_configure': '7380b23df0d0ef5ef3abc408bf06c4b25284a707bbb39391092412c9e5fdd0f0',
-  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_package_spdx': '71291be90a9aae925880a5fb43a06ac5e77b516d30297dc2a512939386160379',
+  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_package_spdx': 'e79bbe627c2567a418bd672bef357e0e2561f24100be568749bd5e0618503328',
   'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_recipe_spdx': '4a4714266c3fb489eb4e563917ccccb38cc0b9f66594a6107f3a502036a3c5b3',
-  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_spdx': 'd4a4708d298a5dd62e647fe7e886d5c673e9c3aac4365c743360dbcafb18be38',
+  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_spdx': '98cd801f20f0ffb0e9bdffd12ee44f748e4d292e828f1cd37b7fdb1d24f195d6',
   'adwaita-icon-theme/do_deploy_source_date_epoch': '9f88202fbc0193ad762daea7e7b614cbed0c61ff6a60a2dfba4bbd770e21f91f',
   'adwaita-icon-theme/do_fetch': '2ddf4b31dca442e88c40cbadb087f7f14aa5e7903ddf25a9eaa010a784df31e0',
   'adwaita-icon-theme/do_install': '997dd989d8d5379abaeaea11cb76db90603e4fd8e5b15eaa7d3bed5efc6c2f28',
-  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package': 'ae407bcb5d420c505b3de2dd5d67eb6c9d81b31da8008393c72bda7d1f7d4e3e',
-  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package_qa': '0f93d17760ba7d350147722bf7a49a88580f3d2d511acace784be8737ab28624',
-  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package_write_rpm': 'd672adc3f3a53d3392340974f4a7edc92bd455a6b5782a527a0f22f76ffc18d3',
-  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_packagedata': '252ddb5c78401938a7e0cc11803932ec5d5c55083a7bdcdee4e23c1f992c0f2f',
+  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package': 'fcae5f450961cf5319679099fa4948312f289150a73b75f4e6271aa41eaf35f4',
+  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package_qa': '4d363ce538fd446486e157c8c4e7c304e8bb39fcddc70effc8779dee824984e8',
+  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package_write_rpm': 'b9b134d7912f00b50297f2d18d64ff3589054c48574655b5f6749d9517451651',
+  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_packagedata': '25015261e21fd33d2c29b66af7158a8818612793eb676574355245c359bfbb99',
   'adwaita-icon-theme/do_patch': 'fbb075a802b4418e22df82386efbb58dd9bcb6902a5a2599d7b57921ba142e29',
...
2026-04-02 19:59:11,956 - oe-selftest - INFO - sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_nativesdk_samesigs_multilib (subunit.RemotedTestCase)
2026-04-02 19:59:11,957 - oe-selftest - INFO -  ... FAIL
...

https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/35/builds/3580
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/23/builds/3678
https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/48/builds/3468

Can you have a look at the issue?

Thanks,
Mathieu

-- 
Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 2/4] package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function

[Adam Blank]

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Hmmm, can't see any connection between those tests and this particular
patch...
The thing is, that since the patch fixes a call to an undefined function,
there could not have been a test covering this case in the first place ;-)
In addition, the function call takes place only in the 'bitbake -b' case...

Where can it be found, which other changes took place in those builds?

On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 at 10:00, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:

> On Thu Apr 2, 2026 at 5:39 PM CEST, Adam Blank via lists.openembedded.org
> wrote:
> > The function is named 'package_populate_pkgdata_dir' but the
> > call was to 'staging_package_populate_pkgdata_dir'.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Adam Blank <adam.blank.g@gmail.com>
> > ---
>
> Hi Adam,
>
> Thanks for your patch.
>
> I can't say if this is another issue or something wrong with the tests,
> but two of these are failing because of this patch:
>
> 2026-04-02 19:56:53,924 - oe-selftest - INFO -
> sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_allarch_samesigs
> (subunit.RemotedTestCase)
> 2026-04-02 19:56:53,926 - oe-selftest - INFO -  ... FAIL
> ...
> 2026-04-02 19:56:53,926 - oe-selftest - INFO - 13: 17/52 271/679 (95.16s)
> (0 failed) (sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_allarch_samesigs)
> 2026-04-02 19:56:53,926 - oe-selftest - INFO -
> testtools.testresult.real._StringException: Traceback (most recent call
> last):
>   File
> "/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-debian/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py",
> line 469, in test_sstate_allarch_samesigs
>     self.sstate_common_samesigs(configA, configB, allarch=True)
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File
> "/srv/pokybuild/yocto-worker/oe-selftest-debian/build/layers/openembedded-core/meta/lib/oeqa/selftest/cases/sstatetests.py",
> line 206, in sstate_common_samesigs
>     self.assertEqual(files1, files2)
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.13/unittest/case.py", line 907, in assertEqual
>     assertion_func(first, second, msg=msg)
>     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.13/unittest/case.py", line 1206, in
> assertDictEqual
>     self.fail(self._formatMessage(msg, standardMsg))
>     ~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>   File "/usr/lib/python3.13/unittest/case.py", line 732, in fail
>     raise self.failureException(msg)
> AssertionError: {'nat[31 chars]ckage_qa':
> '1cf298a771718a59519250687e84c92de5[302150 chars]adb'} != {'nat[31
> chars]ckagedata': 'e9b33afd6d363736c82af96ef0a991046[302150 chars]bb4'}
>   {'adwaita-icon-theme/do_compile':
> '18aab6f6fe8018875194a0636a0f373a55f73fb4b8129d77a2e1d086d2ec578e',
>    'adwaita-icon-theme/do_configure':
> '7380b23df0d0ef5ef3abc408bf06c4b25284a707bbb39391092412c9e5fdd0f0',
> -  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_package_spdx':
> '71291be90a9aae925880a5fb43a06ac5e77b516d30297dc2a512939386160379',
> +  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_package_spdx':
> 'e79bbe627c2567a418bd672bef357e0e2561f24100be568749bd5e0618503328',
>    'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_recipe_spdx':
> '4a4714266c3fb489eb4e563917ccccb38cc0b9f66594a6107f3a502036a3c5b3',
> -  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_spdx':
> 'd4a4708d298a5dd62e647fe7e886d5c673e9c3aac4365c743360dbcafb18be38',
> +  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_create_spdx':
> '98cd801f20f0ffb0e9bdffd12ee44f748e4d292e828f1cd37b7fdb1d24f195d6',
>    'adwaita-icon-theme/do_deploy_source_date_epoch':
> '9f88202fbc0193ad762daea7e7b614cbed0c61ff6a60a2dfba4bbd770e21f91f',
>    'adwaita-icon-theme/do_fetch':
> '2ddf4b31dca442e88c40cbadb087f7f14aa5e7903ddf25a9eaa010a784df31e0',
>    'adwaita-icon-theme/do_install':
> '997dd989d8d5379abaeaea11cb76db90603e4fd8e5b15eaa7d3bed5efc6c2f28',
> -  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package':
> 'ae407bcb5d420c505b3de2dd5d67eb6c9d81b31da8008393c72bda7d1f7d4e3e',
> -  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package_qa':
> '0f93d17760ba7d350147722bf7a49a88580f3d2d511acace784be8737ab28624',
> -  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package_write_rpm':
> 'd672adc3f3a53d3392340974f4a7edc92bd455a6b5782a527a0f22f76ffc18d3',
> -  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_packagedata':
> '252ddb5c78401938a7e0cc11803932ec5d5c55083a7bdcdee4e23c1f992c0f2f',
> +  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package':
> 'fcae5f450961cf5319679099fa4948312f289150a73b75f4e6271aa41eaf35f4',
> +  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package_qa':
> '4d363ce538fd446486e157c8c4e7c304e8bb39fcddc70effc8779dee824984e8',
> +  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_package_write_rpm':
> 'b9b134d7912f00b50297f2d18d64ff3589054c48574655b5f6749d9517451651',
> +  'adwaita-icon-theme/do_packagedata':
> '25015261e21fd33d2c29b66af7158a8818612793eb676574355245c359bfbb99',
>    'adwaita-icon-theme/do_patch':
> 'fbb075a802b4418e22df82386efbb58dd9bcb6902a5a2599d7b57921ba142e29',
> ...
> 2026-04-02 19:59:11,956 - oe-selftest - INFO -
> sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_nativesdk_samesigs_multilib
> (subunit.RemotedTestCase)
> 2026-04-02 19:59:11,957 - oe-selftest - INFO -  ... FAIL
> ...
>
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/35/builds/3580
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/23/builds/3678
> https://autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/#/builders/48/builds/3468
>
> Can you have a look at the issue?
>
> Thanks,
> Mathieu
>
> --
> Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
>
>

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Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 2/4] package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function

[Mathieu Dubois-Briand]

On Fri Apr 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM CEST, Adam Blank wrote:
> Hmmm, can't see any connection between those tests and this particular
> patch...
> The thing is, that since the patch fixes a call to an undefined function,
> there could not have been a test covering this case in the first place ;-)
> In addition, the function call takes place only in the 'bitbake -b' case...
>
> Where can it be found, which other changes took place in those builds?
>
> On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 at 10:00, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
> mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:
>

The tested branch can be found here:
https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-ci-archive/log/?h=oecore/autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/a-full-3579

But I confirm git bisect points to this commit, and the error is gone
after a revert. You can easily reproduce the issue on your side:
oe-selftest -r sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_allarch_samesigs

Thanks,
Mathieu

-- 
Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 2/4] package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function

[Adam Blank]

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On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 at 13:31, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:

> On Fri Apr 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM CEST, Adam Blank wrote:
> > Hmmm, can't see any connection between those tests and this particular
> > patch...
> > The thing is, that since the patch fixes a call to an undefined function,
> > there could not have been a test covering this case in the first place
> ;-)
> > In addition, the function call takes place only in the 'bitbake -b'
> case...
> >
> > Where can it be found, which other changes took place in those builds?
> >
> > On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 at 10:00, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
> > mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:
> >
>
> The tested branch can be found here:
>
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-ci-archive/log/?h=oecore/autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/a-full-3579
>
> But I confirm git bisect points to this commit, and the error is gone
> after a revert. You can easily reproduce the issue on your side:
> oe-selftest -r sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_allarch_samesigs
>
>
I've run this test with my change cherry-picked onto the master, and have
got some inconclusive, partially random results... Here's what I did:
- the test started FAILING (as in the autobuilder)
- I replaced the corrected function invocation with an exception throw and
nothing changed (this proves, that this branch does not take part in this
test)
- I limited the packages built during the test to only some of the ones
failing - the test started PASSING
- I started restoring the original package list, and finally restored its
original state - the test kept PASSING
- I restored the original state of the workspace - master + my commit (the
exact same configuration that I started with) and the test kept PASSING
- I rerun the test a few times, each time in a new, fresh build, and after
about 3 FAILING runs it suddenly PASSED 2 times, before it started FAILING
again - all the time in the same state of the workspace

I did confirm, that the signatures differed indeed in the failing runs. I
chased it for a while, looked here and there (e.g. found it suspicious that
native, nativesdk, cross-canadian, etc. clear
out do_packagedata[stamp-extra-info] and allarch does not) but I cannot
even dream of the type of free time I'd need to familiarise myself
sufficiently with BitBake's hashing machinery.

I think the way to go now is to file a bug - what do you think?

Thanks,
Adam



> Thanks,
> Mathieu
>
> --
> Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
>
>

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Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 2/4] package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function

[Mathieu Dubois-Briand]

On Sat Apr 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM CEST, Adam Blank via lists.openembedded.org wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 at 13:31, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
> mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:
>
>> On Fri Apr 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM CEST, Adam Blank wrote:
>> > Hmmm, can't see any connection between those tests and this particular
>> > patch...
>> > The thing is, that since the patch fixes a call to an undefined function,
>> > there could not have been a test covering this case in the first place
>> ;-)
>> > In addition, the function call takes place only in the 'bitbake -b'
>> case...
>> >
>> > Where can it be found, which other changes took place in those builds?
>> >
>> > On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 at 10:00, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
>> > mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:
>> >
>>
>> The tested branch can be found here:
>>
>> https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-ci-archive/log/?h=oecore/autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/a-full-3579
>>
>> But I confirm git bisect points to this commit, and the error is gone
>> after a revert. You can easily reproduce the issue on your side:
>> oe-selftest -r sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_allarch_samesigs
>>
>>
> I've run this test with my change cherry-picked onto the master, and have
> got some inconclusive, partially random results... Here's what I did:
> - the test started FAILING (as in the autobuilder)
> - I replaced the corrected function invocation with an exception throw and
> nothing changed (this proves, that this branch does not take part in this
> test)
> - I limited the packages built during the test to only some of the ones
> failing - the test started PASSING
> - I started restoring the original package list, and finally restored its
> original state - the test kept PASSING
> - I restored the original state of the workspace - master + my commit (the
> exact same configuration that I started with) and the test kept PASSING
> - I rerun the test a few times, each time in a new, fresh build, and after
> about 3 FAILING runs it suddenly PASSED 2 times, before it started FAILING
> again - all the time in the same state of the workspace
>
> I did confirm, that the signatures differed indeed in the failing runs. I
> chased it for a while, looked here and there (e.g. found it suspicious that
> native, nativesdk, cross-canadian, etc. clear
> out do_packagedata[stamp-extra-info] and allarch does not) but I cannot
> even dream of the type of free time I'd need to familiarise myself
> sufficiently with BitBake's hashing machinery.
>
> I think the way to go now is to file a bug - what do you think?
>
> Thanks,
> Adam
>

Thanks for taking the time to make these tests.

I am not familiar either with these bitbake parts, so yes, except if
someone else comes with an explanation, opening a bug entry is probably
the best move here.

Thanks,
Mathieu

-- 
Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
https://bootlin.com

Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 2/4] package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function

[Adam Blank]

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I've dug some more, as I couldn't come to terms with it ;-)

I've got a fix and a reasoning behind it: when the typo is fixed, a new
callable function is identified and treated as a dependency of
'do_package'. This in turn pulls in its dependency on 'PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS'
and the test must fail.
The fix is simply about making sure, that 'package_populate_pkgdata_dir'
has 'PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS' and a few other variables in its 'vardepsexclude'.

What bothered me was something else though. I could clearly see, how this
part of code in 'package.bbclass' was based on 'staging.bbclass'. There is
an identical chain of dependencies:
- do_prepare_recipe_sysroot -> extend_recipe_sysroot
-> staging_populate_sysroot_dir (referencing 'PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS')
- do_package -> package_prepare_pkgdata -> package_populate_pkgdata_dir
(referencing 'PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS')

I couldn't believe that somehow 'do_package' had this issue, but
'do_prepare_recipe_sysroot' didn't (for no apparent reason). After an
extremely long chase, I found 'extend_recipe_sysroot' in
'BB_BASEHASH_IGNORE_VARS'... Since this was more unexpected to me than the
Spanish Inquisition, and has been there since 2017, I'd like to ask:

- Is it truly justified for 'extend_recipe_sysroot' to have this sort of
globally unique, special treatment?
- Wouldn't it be better for it to be handled using the same mechanism that
are applied to other functions?

Thanks,
Adam


On Tue, 7 Apr 2026 at 14:52, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:

> On Sat Apr 4, 2026 at 7:14 PM CEST, Adam Blank via lists.openembedded.org
> wrote:
> > On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 at 13:31, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
> > mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:
> >
> >> On Fri Apr 3, 2026 at 12:32 PM CEST, Adam Blank wrote:
> >> > Hmmm, can't see any connection between those tests and this particular
> >> > patch...
> >> > The thing is, that since the patch fixes a call to an undefined
> function,
> >> > there could not have been a test covering this case in the first place
> >> ;-)
> >> > In addition, the function call takes place only in the 'bitbake -b'
> >> case...
> >> >
> >> > Where can it be found, which other changes took place in those builds?
> >> >
> >> > On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 at 10:00, Mathieu Dubois-Briand <
> >> > mathieu.dubois-briand@bootlin.com> wrote:
> >> >
> >>
> >> The tested branch can be found here:
> >>
> >>
> https://git.yoctoproject.org/poky-ci-archive/log/?h=oecore/autobuilder.yoctoproject.org/valkyrie/a-full-3579
> >>
> >> But I confirm git bisect points to this commit, and the error is gone
> >> after a revert. You can easily reproduce the issue on your side:
> >> oe-selftest -r
> sstatetests.SStateHashSameSigs2.test_sstate_allarch_samesigs
> >>
> >>
> > I've run this test with my change cherry-picked onto the master, and have
> > got some inconclusive, partially random results... Here's what I did:
> > - the test started FAILING (as in the autobuilder)
> > - I replaced the corrected function invocation with an exception throw
> and
> > nothing changed (this proves, that this branch does not take part in this
> > test)
> > - I limited the packages built during the test to only some of the ones
> > failing - the test started PASSING
> > - I started restoring the original package list, and finally restored its
> > original state - the test kept PASSING
> > - I restored the original state of the workspace - master + my commit
> (the
> > exact same configuration that I started with) and the test kept PASSING
> > - I rerun the test a few times, each time in a new, fresh build, and
> after
> > about 3 FAILING runs it suddenly PASSED 2 times, before it started
> FAILING
> > again - all the time in the same state of the workspace
> >
> > I did confirm, that the signatures differed indeed in the failing runs. I
> > chased it for a while, looked here and there (e.g. found it suspicious
> that
> > native, nativesdk, cross-canadian, etc. clear
> > out do_packagedata[stamp-extra-info] and allarch does not) but I cannot
> > even dream of the type of free time I'd need to familiarise myself
> > sufficiently with BitBake's hashing machinery.
> >
> > I think the way to go now is to file a bug - what do you think?
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Adam
> >
>
> Thanks for taking the time to make these tests.
>
> I am not familiar either with these bitbake parts, so yes, except if
> someone else comes with an explanation, opening a bug entry is probably
> the best move here.
>
> Thanks,
> Mathieu
>
> --
> Mathieu Dubois-Briand, Bootlin
> Embedded Linux and Kernel engineering
> https://bootlin.com
>
>

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Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2 2/4] package_pkgdata: fix typo to stop calling undefined function

[Richard Purdie]

On Sun, 2026-04-12 at 16:18 +0200, Adam Blank wrote:
> I've dug some more, as I couldn't come to terms with it ;-)

I'm certainly a bit concerned with what you found and have been wanting
to try and find time to understand what is going on. It would seem we
simply must not be calling that code path?

> I've got a fix and a reasoning behind it: when the typo is fixed, a
> new callable function is identified and treated as a dependency of
> 'do_package'. This in turn pulls in its dependency on
> 'PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS' and the test must fail.
> The fix is simply about making sure, that
> 'package_populate_pkgdata_dir' has 'PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS' and a few
> other variables in its 'vardepsexclude'.

That is a good find and would certainly explain the error.

> What bothered me was something else though. I could clearly see, how
> this part of code in 'package.bbclass' was based on
> 'staging.bbclass'. There is an identical chain of dependencies:
> - do_prepare_recipe_sysroot -> extend_recipe_sysroot -
> > staging_populate_sysroot_dir (referencing 'PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS')
> - do_package -> package_prepare_pkgdata -
> > package_populate_pkgdata_dir (referencing 'PACKAGE_EXTRA_ARCHS')

That would bother me too and is a very good question.

> I couldn't believe that somehow 'do_package' had this issue, but
> 'do_prepare_recipe_sysroot' didn't (for no apparent reason). After an
> extremely long chase, I found 'extend_recipe_sysroot' in
> 'BB_BASEHASH_IGNORE_VARS'... Since this was more unexpected to me
> than the Spanish Inquisition, and has been there since 2017, I'd like
> to ask:
> 
> - Is it truly justified for 'extend_recipe_sysroot' to have this sort
> of globally unique, special treatment?
> - Wouldn't it be better for it to be handled using the same mechanism
> that are applied to other functions? 

Those are good questions. I suspect this:

* was done to make things a little easier on rebuilds if/as/when 
  that code changes
* was by 'design' in that it was anticipated that 
  extend_recipe_sysroot would be called from more places than it 
  may have ended up being called from
* may have predated the exclusion mechanisms being reliable

I'd not be against using more exclusions and moving it out of
BB_BASEHASH_IGNORE_VARS but we'd have to be very careful about the
potential new dependency chains and carefully audit them.

Cheers,

Richard