1. 09 Jun, 2022 1 commit
    • Shahab Vahedi's avatar
      bpftool: Fix bootstrapping during a cross compilation · 0b817059
      Shahab Vahedi authored
      This change adjusts the Makefile to use "HOSTAR" as the archive tool
      to keep the sanity of the build process for the bootstrap part in
      check. For the rationale, please continue reading.
      
      When cross compiling bpftool with buildroot, it leads to an invocation
      like:
      
      $ AR="/path/to/buildroot/host/bin/arc-linux-gcc-ar" \
        CC="/path/to/buildroot/host/bin/arc-linux-gcc"    \
        ...
        make
      
      Which in return fails while building the bootstrap section:
      
      ----------------------------------8<----------------------------------
      
        make: Entering directory '/src/bpftool-v6.7.0/src'
        ...                        libbfd: [ on  ]
        ...        disassembler-four-args: [ on  ]
        ...                          zlib: [ on  ]
        ...                        libcap: [ OFF ]
        ...               clang-bpf-co-re: [ on  ] <-- triggers bootstrap
      
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          LINK     /src/bpftool-v6.7.0/src/bootstrap/bpftool
        /usr/bin/ld: /src/bpftool-v6.7.0/src/bootstrap/libbpf/libbpf.a:
                     error adding symbols: archive has no index; run ranlib
                     to add one
        collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
        make: *** [Makefile:211: /src/bpftool-v6.7.0/src/bootstrap/bpftool]
                  Error 1
        make: *** Waiting for unfinished jobs....
          AR       /src/bpftool-v6.7.0/src/libbpf/libbpf.a
          make[1]: Leaving directory '/src/bpftool-v6.7.0/libbpf/src'
          make: Leaving directory '/src/bpftool-v6.7.0/src'
      
      ---------------------------------->8----------------------------------
      
      This occurs because setting "AR" confuses the build process for the
      bootstrap section and it calls "arc-linux-gcc-ar" to create and index
      "libbpf.a" instead of the host "ar".
      Signed-off-by: default avatarShahab Vahedi <shahab@synopsys.com>
      Signed-off-by: default avatarDaniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
      Reviewed-by: default avatarQuentin Monnet <quentin@isovalent.com>
      Cc: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@linaro.org>
      Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/8d297f0c-cfd0-ef6f-3970-6dddb3d9a87a@synopsys.com
      0b817059
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