[dpdk-dev] [PATCH v2] build: add pkg-config validation
Bruce Richardson
bruce.richardson at intel.com
Mon Nov 2 13:11:23 CET 2020
On Mon, Nov 02, 2020 at 08:45:48AM +0200, Gregory Etelson wrote:
> DPDK relies on pkg-config(1) to provide correct parameters for
> compiler and linker used in application build.
> Inaccurate build parameters, produced by pkg-config from DPDK .pc
> files could fail application build or cause unpredicted results
> during application runtime.
>
> This patch validates host pkg-config utility and notifies about
> known issues.
>
> Signed-off-by: Gregory Etelson <getelson at nvidia.com>
> ---
> buildtools/pkg-config/meson.build | 11 ++++++
> buildtools/pkg-config/pkgconfig-validate.sh | 40 +++++++++++++++++++++
> doc/guides/linux_gsg/sys_reqs.rst | 5 +++
> 3 files changed, 56 insertions(+)
> create mode 100755 buildtools/pkg-config/pkgconfig-validate.sh
>
> diff --git a/buildtools/pkg-config/meson.build b/buildtools/pkg-config/meson.build
> index 5f19304289..4f907d7638 100644
> --- a/buildtools/pkg-config/meson.build
> +++ b/buildtools/pkg-config/meson.build
> @@ -53,3 +53,14 @@ This is required for a number of static inline functions in the public headers.'
> # For static linking with dependencies as shared libraries,
> # the internal static libraries must be flagged explicitly.
> run_command(py3, 'set-static-linker-flags.py', check: true)
> +
> +pkgconf = find_program('pkg-config', 'pkgconf', required: false)
> +if (pkgconf.found())
> + cmd = run_command('./pkgconfig-validate.sh', pkgconf.path(),
> + check:false)
> + if cmd.returncode() != 0
> + version = run_command(pkgconf, '--version')
> + warning('invalid pkg-config version @0@'.format(
> + version.stdout().strip()))
> + endif
> +endif
> diff --git a/buildtools/pkg-config/pkgconfig-validate.sh b/buildtools/pkg-config/pkgconfig-validate.sh
> new file mode 100755
> index 0000000000..61ddd6d5a3
> --- /dev/null
> +++ b/buildtools/pkg-config/pkgconfig-validate.sh
> @@ -0,0 +1,40 @@
> +#! /bin/sh
> +# SPDX-License-Identifier: BSD-3-Clause
> +
> +# Statically linked private DPDK objects of form
> +# -l:file.a must be positionned between --whole-archive … --no-whole-archive
> +# linker parameters.
> +# Old pkg-config versions misplace --no-whole-archive parameter and put it
> +# next to --whole-archive.
> +test1_static_libs_order () {
> + PKG_CONFIG_PATH="${PKG_CONFIG_PATH}:$pc_dir" \
Should the $pc_dir not be put first, in case there are older .pc files
around for DPDK?
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