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SubjectRe: [PATCH] samples: binderfs: really compile this sample and fix build issues
On Sun, Jun 07, 2020 at 12:20:53PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Even after commit c624adc9cb6e ("samples: fix binderfs sample"), this
> sample is never compiled.
>
> 'hostprogs' teaches Kbuild that this is a host program, but not enough
> to order to compile it. You must add it to 'always-y' to really compile
> it.
>
> Since this sample has never been compiled in upstream, various issues
> are left unnoticed.
>
> [1] compilers without <linux/android/binderfs.h> are still widely used
>
> <linux/android/binderfs.h> is only available since commit c13295ad219d
> ("binderfs: rename header to binderfs.h"), i.e., Linux 5.0
>
> If your compiler is based on UAPI headers older than Linux 5.0, you
> will see the following error:
>
> samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c:16:10: fatal error: linux/android/binderfs.h: No such file or directory
> #include <linux/android/binderfs.h>
> ^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> compilation terminated.
>
> You cannot rely on compilers to have such a new header.
>
> The common approach is to install UAPI headers of this kernel into
> usr/include, and then add it to the header include path.
>
> I added 'depends on HEADERS_INSTALL' in Kconfig, and '-I usr/include'
> compiler flag in Makefile.
>
> [2] compile the sample for target architecture
>
> Since headers_install works for the target architecture, only the native
> build was able to build sample code that requires '-I usr/include'.
>
> Commit 7f3a59db274c ("kbuild: add infrastructure to build userspace
> programs") added the new syntax 'userprogs' to compile user-space
> programs for the target architecture.
>
> Use it, and 'ifndef CROSS_COMPILE' will go away.
>
> I added 'depends on CC_CAN_LINK' because $(CC) is not necessarily capable
> of linking user-space programs.
>
> [3] use subdir-y to descend into samples/binderfs/
>
> Since this directory does not contain any kernel-space code, it has no
> point to generate built-in.a or modules.order.
>
> Replace obj-$(CONFIG_...) with subdir-$(CONFIG_...).
>
> [4] -Wunused-variable warning
>
> If I compile this, I see the following warning.
>
> samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c: In function 'main':
> samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c:21:9: warning: unused variable 'len' [-Wunused-variable]
> 21 | size_t len;
> | ^~~
>
> I removed the unused 'len'.
>
> [5] CONFIG_ANDROID_BINDERFS is not required
>
> Since this is a user-space standalone program, it is independent of
> the kernel configuration.
>
> Remove 'depends on ANDROID_BINDERFS'.
>
> Fixes: 9762dc1432e1 ("samples: add binderfs sample program")
> Fixes: c624adc9cb6e ("samples: fix binderfs sample")
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

Sorry, I missed this:

Acked-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@ubuntu.com>

Thanks!
Christian

> ---
>
> samples/Kconfig | 2 +-
> samples/Makefile | 2 +-
> samples/binderfs/Makefile | 9 ++++-----
> samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c | 1 -
> 4 files changed, 6 insertions(+), 8 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/samples/Kconfig b/samples/Kconfig
> index 0cbb6146f3cf..953abbdebf7b 100644
> --- a/samples/Kconfig
> +++ b/samples/Kconfig
> @@ -185,7 +185,7 @@ config SAMPLE_VFIO_MDEV_MBOCHS
>
> config SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS
> bool "Build Android binderfs example"
> - depends on ANDROID_BINDERFS
> + depends on CC_CAN_LINK && HEADERS_INSTALL
> help
> Builds a sample program to illustrate the use of the Android binderfs
> filesystem.
> diff --git a/samples/Makefile b/samples/Makefile
> index 29c66aadd954..4029d207cebb 100644
> --- a/samples/Makefile
> +++ b/samples/Makefile
> @@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
> # Makefile for Linux samples code
>
> subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_AUXDISPLAY) += auxdisplay
> -obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS) += binderfs/
> +subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS) += binderfs
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CONFIGFS) += configfs/
> obj-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_CONNECTOR) += connector/
> subdir-$(CONFIG_SAMPLE_HIDRAW) += hidraw
> diff --git a/samples/binderfs/Makefile b/samples/binderfs/Makefile
> index a3ac5476338a..989e4badaee2 100644
> --- a/samples/binderfs/Makefile
> +++ b/samples/binderfs/Makefile
> @@ -1,6 +1,5 @@
> # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> -ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
> -ifdef CONFIG_SAMPLE_ANDROID_BINDERFS
> -hostprogs := binderfs_example
> -endif
> -endif
> +userprogs := binderfs_example
> +always-y := $(userprogs)
> +
> +userccflags += -I usr/include
> diff --git a/samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c b/samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c
> index 5bbd2ebc0aea..0fd92cdda460 100644
> --- a/samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c
> +++ b/samples/binderfs/binderfs_example.c
> @@ -18,7 +18,6 @@
> int main(int argc, char *argv[])
> {
> int fd, ret, saved_errno;
> - size_t len;
> struct binderfs_device device = { 0 };
>
> ret = unshare(CLONE_NEWNS);
> --
> 2.25.1
>

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