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[v2,04/12] package/clang: install a toolchain-wrapper for the host clang cross-compiler

Message ID 20190907094027.9537-5-romain.naour@smile.fr
State Changes Requested
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Series Add the support for Clang cross-compiler | expand

Commit Message

Romain Naour Sept. 7, 2019, 9:40 a.m. UTC
In order to use clang as a host cross-compiler for Buildroot, we need
to provide at least the path to the sysroot (using --sysroot) and
some other compiler flags.

Hoppefully, we can reuse the toolchain wrapper for gcc since
clang support most of the gcc flags used in the Buildroot's toolchain
wrapper.

Only the flag -mfused-madd (deprecated since gcc 4.6) for mips is
not supported by clang. Since Clang require gcc >= 5.x this flag
can never be used.

Since host-clang is always build by Buildroot as an internal toolchain,
we have to use a second toolchain-wrapper called toolchain-wrapper-clang
when an external toolchain is used.
Inded, the two wrapper use a different path BR_CROSS_PATH_SUFFIX in this
case.

After building the clang toolchain wrapper, create the symlinks needed
to force package infrastructure to use clang througt the wrapper.

Initially clang install the clang-8 binary and create all other symlinks:

 # clang -> clang-8
 # clang++ -> clang
 # clang-8
 # clang-cl -> clang
 # clang-cpp -> clang

Use a post install hook to rename the clang-8 binary to clang-8.br_real
and recreate all symlinks:

 # clang -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
 # clang++ -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
 # clang-8 -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
 # clang-8.br_real
 # clang++.br_real -> clang-8.br_real
 # clang.br_real -> clang-8.br_real
 # clang-cl -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
 # clang-cl.br_real -> clang-8.br_real
 # clang-cpp -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
 # clang-cpp.br_real -> clang-8.br_real

Use the previously introduced CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR variable to create
theses symlinks.

Set BR_CROSS_PATH_SUFFIX to ".br_real" as for the Buildroot's internal
GCC toolchain backend to find the "real" clang binary installed in
$(HOST_DIR)/bin.

Borrow TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_BUILD and TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_INSTALL to
build and install the specific clang toolchain wrapper.

Signed-off-by: Romain Naour <romain.naour@smile.fr>
Cc: Matt Weber <matthew.weber@rockwellcollins.com>
Cc: Valentin Korenblit <valentinkorenblit@gmail.com>
---
 package/clang/clang.mk | 34 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
 1 file changed, 34 insertions(+)

Comments

Arnout Vandecappelle Aug. 29, 2020, 7:40 p.m. UTC | #1
On 07/09/2019 11:40, Romain Naour wrote:
> Since host-clang is always build by Buildroot as an internal toolchain,
> we have to use a second toolchain-wrapper called toolchain-wrapper-clang
> when an external toolchain is used.
> Inded, the two wrapper use a different path BR_CROSS_PATH_SUFFIX in this
> case.

 I didn't think this was very clear, so I reworded it as follows:

    host-clang refers to an existing GCC-based toolchain (internal or
    external) for libstdc++. However, a Buildroot external toolchain gets a
    different BR_CROSS_PATH_SUFFIX. Therefore, we can't reuse the
    toolchain-wrapper that gets built for the GCC-based toolchain, but
    instead have to compile an additional clang-specific wrapper, called
    toolchain-wrapper-clang.

 BTW, I've also fixed small typos in the commit messages here and there, and
also some check-package warnings, I'm not going to mention those explicitly.

> Use a post install hook to rename the clang-8 binary to clang-8.br_real
> and recreate all symlinks:
> 
>  # clang -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
>  # clang++ -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
>  # clang-8 -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
>  # clang-8.br_real
>  # clang++.br_real -> clang-8.br_real

 Are these *.br_real -> clang-8.br_real symlinks useful for anything? I don't
think so, since nobody "knows" that clang++.br_real even exists.

>  # clang.br_real -> clang-8.br_real
>  # clang-cl -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
>  # clang-cl.br_real -> clang-8.br_real
>  # clang-cpp -> toolchain-wrapper-clang
>  # clang-cpp.br_real -> clang-8.br_real
[snip]
> +define HOST_CLANG_INSTALL_WRAPPER_AND_SIMPLE_SYMLINKS
> +	$(Q)cd $(HOST_DIR)/bin; \
> +	for i in clang clang-$(CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR) clang++ clang-cl clang-cpp; do \
> +		case "$$i" in \
> +		*clang-$(CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR)) \

 This loop with cases is not needed here. With gcc and friends, we need it
because we loop over a wildcard. Here, however, we know exactly what we loop
over. So it's much simpler to move this outside of the loop.

> +			rm -f $$i.br_real; \
> +			mv $$i $$i.br_real; \
> +			ln -sf toolchain-wrapper-clang $$i; \
> +			;; \
> +		*) \
> +			ln -snf toolchain-wrapper-clang $$i; \
> +			ln -snf clang-$(CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR).br_real $$i.br_real; \

 Given the remark above, I removed this line.

 Regards,
 Arnout

> +			;; \
> +		esac; \
> +	done
> +endef
> +
> +define HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_BUILD
> +	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS) \
> +		-s -Wl,--hash-style=$(TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_HASH_STYLE) \
> +		toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c \
> +		-o $(@D)/toolchain-wrapper-clang
> +endef
> +
> +define HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_INSTALL
> +	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/toolchain-wrapper-clang \
> +		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/toolchain-wrapper-clang
> +endef
> +
> +HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_CROSS_PATH_SUFFIX='".br_real"'
> +HOST_CLANG_POST_BUILD_HOOKS += HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_BUILD
> +HOST_CLANG_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_INSTALL
> +HOST_CLANG_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_CLANG_INSTALL_WRAPPER_AND_SIMPLE_SYMLINKS
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diff --git a/package/clang/clang.mk b/package/clang/clang.mk
index 857ec148ac..148df8e611 100644
--- a/package/clang/clang.mk
+++ b/package/clang/clang.mk
@@ -110,5 +110,39 @@  ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL),y)
 HOST_CLANG_CONF_OPTS += -DGCC_INSTALL_PREFIX:PATH=`realpath --relative-to=$(HOST_DIR)/bin/ $(TOOLCHAIN_EXTERNAL_INSTALL_DIR)`
 endif
 
+define HOST_CLANG_INSTALL_WRAPPER_AND_SIMPLE_SYMLINKS
+	$(Q)cd $(HOST_DIR)/bin; \
+	for i in clang clang-$(CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR) clang++ clang-cl clang-cpp; do \
+		case "$$i" in \
+		*clang-$(CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR)) \
+			rm -f $$i.br_real; \
+			mv $$i $$i.br_real; \
+			ln -sf toolchain-wrapper-clang $$i; \
+			;; \
+		*) \
+			ln -snf toolchain-wrapper-clang $$i; \
+			ln -snf clang-$(CLANG_VERSION_MAJOR).br_real $$i.br_real; \
+			;; \
+		esac; \
+	done
+endef
+
+define HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_BUILD
+	$(HOSTCC) $(HOST_CFLAGS) $(TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS) \
+		-s -Wl,--hash-style=$(TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_HASH_STYLE) \
+		toolchain/toolchain-wrapper.c \
+		-o $(@D)/toolchain-wrapper-clang
+endef
+
+define HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_INSTALL
+	$(INSTALL) -D -m 0755 $(@D)/toolchain-wrapper-clang \
+		$(HOST_DIR)/bin/toolchain-wrapper-clang
+endef
+
+HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_ARGS += -DBR_CROSS_PATH_SUFFIX='".br_real"'
+HOST_CLANG_POST_BUILD_HOOKS += HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_BUILD
+HOST_CLANG_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_CLANG_TOOLCHAIN_WRAPPER_INSTALL
+HOST_CLANG_POST_INSTALL_HOOKS += HOST_CLANG_INSTALL_WRAPPER_AND_SIMPLE_SYMLINKS
+
 $(eval $(cmake-package))
 $(eval $(host-cmake-package))