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Subject:    Re: [OE-core] [PATCH v2] kernel-devsrc: restructure for out of tree (and on target) module builds
From:       Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield () windriver ! com>
Date:       2018-02-28 21:12:06
Message-ID: bff2627e-3655-a6cc-753c-29999fbbe941 () windriver ! com
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On 2018-02-28 4:10 PM, Mark Hatle wrote:
> One question, below inline:
> 
> On 2/28/18 1:20 PM, Bruce Ashfield wrote:
> > The existing kernel-devsrc package starts with a full copy of the kernel
> > source and then starts to strip out elements that are not required.
> > 
> > This results in extra time (I/O) and extra space being taken up in the
> > final package. The main purpose of the kernel-devsrc package has been to
> > build modules against the running kernel, not to include a full copy of
> > the source code for re-building the kernel. The end result was a
> > 600M kernel-devsrc package.
> > 
> > This restructuring of the package uses an approach similar to other
> > distros, where the kernel-devsrc package is for building against the
> > running kernel and uses a curated set of copied infrastructure, versus
> > a mass copy of the entire kernel.
> > 
> > The differences in this approach versus other is largely due to the
> > architecture support and the split build/source directory of the
> > kernel.
> > 
> > The result is a kernel-devsrc package of about 10M, which is capable
> > of running "make scripts" and compiling kernel modules against the
> > running kernel.
> > 
> > Along with the changes to the copying of the infrascture, we also
> > have the following changes:
> > 
> > - a better/more explicit listing of dependencies for on-target
> > builds of "make scripts" or "make modules_prepare"
> > 
> > - The kernel source is installed into /lib/modules/<version>/build
> > and a symlink created from /usr/src/kernel to the new location.
> > This aligns with the standard location for module support
> > code
> > 
> > - There is also a symlink from /lib/modules/<version>/source -> build
> > to reserve a spot for a new package that is simply the kernel
> > source. That package is not part of this update.
> > 
> > [YOCTO #12535]
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Bruce Ashfield <bruce.ashfield@windriver.com>
> > ---
> > 
> > v2: fix arch/arm devsrc builds
> > 
> > The arch conditional code for ARM was using invalid variables for the
> > current version of the recipe. Those are now fixed, and we can package
> > for ARM.
> > 
> > meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb | 178 ++++++++++++++++++++++-------
> > 1 file changed, 138 insertions(+), 40 deletions(-)
> > 
> > diff --git a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb \
> > b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb index c1b5b7786d7c..738290ac2dc3 \
> >                 100644
> > --- a/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
> > +++ b/meta/recipes-kernel/linux/kernel-devsrc.bb
> > @@ -30,50 +30,148 @@ do_populate_sysroot[noexec] = "1"
> > S = "${STAGING_KERNEL_DIR}"
> > B = "${STAGING_KERNEL_BUILDDIR}"
> > 
> > -KERNEL_VERSION = "${@get_kernelversion_headers('${S}')}"
> > -
> 
> I see this is removed, but later items reference KERNEL_VERSION.  Is that
> defined elsewhere?

Yup. It comes from the base classes. That variable in the current
form, is actually empty.

Bruce

> 
> --Mark
> 
> > PACKAGE_ARCH = "${MACHINE_ARCH}"
> > 
> > +KERNEL_BUILD_ROOT="/lib/modules/"
> > +
> > do_install() {
> > -        kerneldir=${D}${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}
> > -        install -d $kerneldir
> > -
> > -        #
> > -        # Copy the staging dir source (and module build support) into the devsrc \
> >                 structure.
> > -        # We can keep this copy simple and take everything, since a we'll clean \
> >                 up any build
> > -        # artifacts afterwards, and the extra i/o is not significant
> > -        #
> > -        cd ${B}
> > -        find . -type d -name '.git*' -prune -o -path '.debug' -prune -o -type f \
> >                 -print0 | cpio --null -pdlu $kerneldir
> > -        cd ${S}
> > -	find . -type d -name '.git*' -prune -o -type d -name '.kernel-meta' -prune -o \
> >                 -type f -print0 | cpio --null -pdlu $kerneldir
> > -
> > -        # Explicitly set KBUILD_OUTPUT to ensure that the image directory is \
> >                 cleaned and not
> > -        # The main build artifacts. We clean the directory to avoid QA errors on \
> >                 mismatched
> > -        # architecture (since scripts and helpers are native format).
> > -        KBUILD_OUTPUT="$kerneldir"
> > -        oe_runmake -C $kerneldir CC="${KERNEL_CC}" LD="${KERNEL_LD}" clean \
> >                 _mrproper_scripts
> > -        # make clean generates an absolute path symlink called "source"
> > -        # in $kerneldir points to $kerneldir, which doesn't make any
> > -        # sense, so remove it.
> > -        if [ -L $kerneldir/source ]; then
> > -            bbnote "Removing $kerneldir/source symlink"
> > -            rm -f $kerneldir/source
> > -        fi
> > -
> > -        # As of Linux kernel version 3.0.1, the clean target removes
> > -        # arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o which is present in
> > -        # KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE, making it required to build external modules.
> > -        if [ ${ARCH} = "powerpc" ]; then
> > -                mkdir -p $kerneldir/arch/powerpc/lib/
> > -                cp ${B}/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o \
> >                 $kerneldir/arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.o
> > -        fi
> > -
> > -        chown -R root:root ${D}
> > +    kerneldir=${D}${KERNEL_BUILD_ROOT}${KERNEL_VERSION}
> > +    install -d $kerneldir
> > +
> > +    # create the directory structure
> > +    rm -f $kerneldir/build
> > +    rm -f $kerneldir/source
> > +    mkdir -p $kerneldir/build
> > +
> > +    # for compatibility with some older variants of this package, we
> > +    # create  a /usr/src/kernel symlink to /lib/modules/<version>/source
> > +    mkdir -p ${D}/usr/src
> > +    (
> > +	cd ${D}/usr/src
> > +	ln -s ${KERNEL_BUILD_ROOT}${KERNEL_VERSION}/source kernel
> > +    )
> > +
> > +    # for on target purposes, we unify build and source
> > +    (
> > +	cd $kerneldir
> > +	ln -s build source
> > +    )
> > +
> > +    # first copy everything
> > +    (
> > +	cd ${S}
> > +	cp --parents $(find  -type f -name "Makefile*" -o -name "Kconfig*") \
> > $kerneldir/build +    )
> > +
> > +    # then drop all but the needed Makefiles/Kconfig files
> > +    rm -rf $kerneldir/build/Documentation
> > +    rm -rf $kerneldir/build/scripts
> > +    rm -rf $kerneldir/build/include
> > +
> > +    # now copy in parts from the build that we'll need later
> > +    (
> > +	cd ${B}
> > +
> > +	cp Module.symvers $kerneldir/build
> > +	cp System.map* $kerneldir/build
> > +	if [ -s Module.markers ]; then
> > +	    cp Module.markers $kerneldir/build
> > +	fi
> > +
> > +	cp .config $kerneldir/build
> > +
> > +	# TODO: this scripts copy will likely blow up QA, so for now, we
> > +	#       require a more complex 'make scripts' to restore these, versus
> > +	#       copying them here. Left as a reference to indicate that we
> > +	#       know the scripts must be dealt with.
> > +	# cp -a scripts $kerneldir/build
> > +
> > +	if [ -f tools/objtool/objtool ]; then
> > +	    cp -a tools/objtool/objtool $kerneldir/build/tools/objtool/
> > +	fi
> > +	if [ -d arch/${ARCH}/scripts ]; then
> > +	    cp -a arch/${ARCH}/scripts $kerneldir/build/arch/${ARCH}
> > +	fi
> > +	if [ -f arch/${ARCH}/*lds ]; then
> > +	    cp -a arch/${ARCH}/*lds $kerneldir/build/arch/${ARCH}
> > +	fi
> > +
> > +	rm -f $kerneldir/build/scripts/*.o
> > +	rm -f $kerneldir/build/scripts/*/*.o
> > +
> > +	if [ "${ARCH}" = "powerpc" ]; then
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/powerpc/lib/crtsavres.[So] $kerneldir/build/
> > +	fi
> > +
> > +	cp -a include $kerneldir/build/include
> > +    )
> > +
> > +    # now grab the chunks from the source tree that we need
> > +    (
> > +	cd ${S}
> > +
> > +	cp -a scripts $kerneldir/build
> > +	if [ "${ARCH}" = "arm64" ]; then
> > +	    # arch/arm64/include/asm/xen references arch/arm
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/arm/include/asm/xen $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    # arch/arm64/include/asm/opcodes.h references arch/arm
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/arm/include/asm/opcodes.h $kerneldir/build/
> > +	fi
> > +
> > +	# include the machine specific headers for ARM variants, if available.
> > +	if [ "${ARCH}" = "arm" ]; then
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/${ARCH}/mach-*/include $kerneldir/build/
> > +
> > +	    # include a few files for 'make prepare'
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/arm/tools/gen-mach-types $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/arm/tools/mach-types $kerneldir/build/
> > +	fi
> > +
> > +	if [ -d arch/${ARCH}/include ]; then
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/${ARCH}/include $kerneldir/build/
> > +	fi
> > +
> > +	cp -a include $kerneldir/build
> > +
> > +	if [ "${ARCH}" = "x86" ]; then
> > +	    # files for 'make prepare' to succeed with kernel-devel
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_32.tbl $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscalltbl.sh $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscallhdr.sh $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/entry/syscalls/syscall_64.tbl $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs_32.c $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs_64.c $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs.c $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs_common.c $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/tools/relocs.h $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents tools/include/tools/le_byteshift.h $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents tools/include/tools/be_byteshift.h $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/purgatory.c $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.h $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/sha256.c $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/stack.S $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/string.c $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/setup-x86_64.S $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/purgatory/entry64.S $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/boot/string.h $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/boot/string.c $kerneldir/build/
> > +	    cp -a --parents arch/x86/boot/ctype.h $kerneldir/build/
> > +	fi
> > +    )
> > +
> > +    # Make sure the Makefile and version.h have a matching timestamp so that
> > +    # external modules can be built
> > +    touch -r $kerneldir/build/Makefile \
> > $kerneldir/build/include/generated/uapi/linux/version.h +
> > +    # Copy .config to include/config/auto.conf so "make prepare" is unnecessary.
> > +    cp $kerneldir/build/.config $kerneldir/build/include/config/auto.conf
> > +
> > +    chown -R root:root ${D}
> > }
> > +
> > # Ensure we don't race against "make scripts" during cpio
> > do_install[lockfiles] = "${TMPDIR}/kernel-scripts.lock"
> > 
> > -PACKAGES = "kernel-devsrc"
> > -FILES_${PN} = "${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}"
> > -RDEPENDS_${PN} = "bc"
> > +FILES_${PN} = "${KERNEL_BUILD_ROOT} ${KERNEL_SRC_PATH}"
> > +FILES_${PN}-dbg += "${KERNEL_BUILD_ROOT}*/build/scripts/*/.debug/*"
> > +RDEPENDS_${PN} = "bc glibc-utils"
> > 
> 

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