[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v4 1/5] mk: introduce helper to check valid compiler argument

[Pavan Nikhilesh Bhagavatula]

From: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>

Introduce rte_cc_has_argument() Makefile helper to
check a given argument is support by the compiler.

Example Usage:

include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/rte.helper.mk
MACHINE_CFLAGS += $(call rte_cc_has_argument, -mcpu=octeontx2)

This would allow adding -mcpu=octeontx2 in MACHINE_CFLAGS
if it is only supported by the compiler. The use case for such
scheme is to enable the mcpu optimization if the compiler
supports else it needs to compile the source code without
any errors.

This patch also moves inclusion of toolchain's rte.vars.mk
to before the machine's rte.vars.mk inclusion to make
correct CC available for the cross compile case.

Signed-off-by: Jerin Jacob <jerinj at marvell.com>
Signed-off-by: Pavan Nikhilesh <pbhagavatula at marvell.com>
---

 v2 Changes:
 - Add meson build support.

 v3 Changes:
 - Squash meson build support into config support for thunderx2/octeontx2.

 v4 Changes:
 - Fix incorrect signoff marrvell -> marvell.

 mk/rte.helper.mk              | 12 ++++++++++++
 mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk | 22 +++++++++++-----------
 2 files changed, 23 insertions(+), 11 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 mk/rte.helper.mk

diff --git a/mk/rte.helper.mk b/mk/rte.helper.mk
new file mode 100644
index 000000000..2c5d5275e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/mk/rte.helper.mk
@@ -0,0 +1,12 @@
+# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
+# Copyright(c) 2018 Marvell International Ltd
+
+# rte_cc_has_argument
+# Usage: MACHINE_CFLAGS += $(call rte_cc_has_argument, -mno-avx512f)
+# Return the argument if the argument is supported by the compiler.
+#
+define rte_cc_has_argument
+	$(shell $(CC) -Werror $(1) -c -x c /dev/null -o tmp$$ 2> /dev/null && rm -f tmp$$ && echo $(1) | xargs echo -n)
+endef
+
+
diff --git a/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk b/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk
index dd149acc9..25a578ad7 100644
--- a/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk
+++ b/mk/target/generic/rte.vars.mk
@@ -7,6 +7,17 @@
 # executive environment.
 #

+#
+# toolchain:
+#
+#   - define CC, LD, AR, AS, ...
+#   - define TOOLCHAIN_CFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
+#   - define TOOLCHAIN_LDFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
+#   - define TOOLCHAIN_ASFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
+#   - may override any previously defined variable
+#
+include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/toolchain/$(RTE_TOOLCHAIN)/rte.vars.mk
+
 #
 # machine:
 #
@@ -45,17 +56,6 @@ endif
 #
 include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/arch/$(RTE_ARCH)/rte.vars.mk

-#
-# toolchain:
-#
-#   - define CC, LD, AR, AS, ...
-#   - define TOOLCHAIN_CFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
-#   - define TOOLCHAIN_LDFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
-#   - define TOOLCHAIN_ASFLAGS variable (overridden by cmdline value)
-#   - may override any previously defined variable
-#
-include $(RTE_SDK)/mk/toolchain/$(RTE_TOOLCHAIN)/rte.vars.mk
-
 #
 # exec-env:
 #
--
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