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| author | HONG Yifan <elsk@google.com> | 2024-11-12 19:44:55 +0100 |
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| committer | Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org> | 2025-01-15 09:53:54 +0100 |
| commit | ceff0757f5dafb5be5205988171809c877b1d3e3 (patch) | |
| tree | 42252dc871a00bed5a16ce098a7c4289e95f6007 /Documentation | |
| parent | c80dd3fc45d573458bc763d599d97c82cf5dc212 (diff) | |
kbuild: rust: add PROCMACROLDFLAGSrust-6.14
These are flags to be passed when linking proc macros for the Rust
toolchain. If unset, it defaults to $(KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS).
This is needed because the list of flags to link hostprogs is not
necessarily the same as the list of flags used to link libmacros.so.
When we build proc macros, we need the latter, not the former (e.g. when
using a Rust compiler binary linked to a different C library than host
programs).
To distinguish between the two, introduce this new variable to stand
out from KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS used to link other host progs.
Signed-off-by: HONG Yifan <elsk@google.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241017210430.2401398-2-elsk@google.com
[ v3:
- `export`ed the variable. Otherwise it would not be visible in
`rust/Makefile`.
- Removed "additional" from the documentation and commit message,
since this actually replaces the other flags, unlike other cases.
- Added example of use case to documentation and commit message.
Thanks Alice for the details on what Google needs!
- Instead of `HOSTLDFLAGS`, used `KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS` as the fallback
to preserve the previous behavior as much as possible, as discussed
with Alice/Yifan. Thus moved the variable down too (currently we
do not modify `KBUILD_HOSTLDFLAGS` elsewhere) and avoided
mentioning `HOSTLDFLAGS` directly in the documentation.
- Fixed documentation header formatting.
- Reworded slightly.
- Miguel ]
Tested-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: Alice Ryhl <aliceryhl@google.com>
Reviewed-by: HONG Yifan <elsk@google.com>
Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20241112184455.855133-1-ojeda@kernel.org
Signed-off-by: Miguel Ojeda <ojeda@kernel.org>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst | 11 |
1 files changed, 11 insertions, 0 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst index 17c9f920f03d..3388a10f2dcc 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/kbuild.rst @@ -91,6 +91,17 @@ HOSTRUSTFLAGS ------------- Additional flags to be passed to $(HOSTRUSTC) when building host programs. +PROCMACROLDFLAGS +---------------- +Flags to be passed when linking Rust proc macros. Since proc macros are loaded +by rustc at build time, they must be linked in a way that is compatible with +the rustc toolchain being used. + +For instance, it can be useful when rustc uses a different C library than +the one the user wants to use for host programs. + +If unset, it defaults to the flags passed when linking host programs. + HOSTLDFLAGS ----------- Additional flags to be passed when linking host programs. |