kbuild: Skip module BTF generation for out-of-tree external modules

In some modes of operation, Kbuild allows to build modules without having
vmlinux image around. In such case, generation of module BTF is impossible.
This patch changes the behavior to emit a warning about impossibility of
generating kernel module BTF, instead of breaking the build. This is especially
important for out-of-tree external module builds.

In vmlinux-less mode:

$ make clean
$ make modules_prepare
$ touch drivers/acpi/button.c
$ make M=drivers/acpi
...
  CC [M]  drivers/acpi/button.o
  MODPOST drivers/acpi/Module.symvers
  LD [M]  drivers/acpi/button.ko
  BTF [M] drivers/acpi/button.ko
Skipping BTF generation for drivers/acpi/button.ko due to unavailability of vmlinux
...
$ readelf -S ~/linux-build/default/drivers/acpi/button.ko | grep BTF -A1
... empty ...

Now with normal build:

$ make all
...
LD [M]  drivers/acpi/button.ko
BTF [M] drivers/acpi/button.ko
...
$ readelf -S ~/linux-build/default/drivers/acpi/button.ko | grep BTF -A1
  [60] .BTF              PROGBITS         0000000000000000  00029310
       000000000000ab3f  0000000000000000           0     0     1

Fixes: 5f9ae91f7c0d ("kbuild: Build kernel module BTFs if BTF is enabled and pahole supports it")
Reported-by: Bruce Allan <bruce.w.allan@intel.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Daniel Borkmann <daniel@iogearbox.net>
Cc: Jessica Yu <jeyu@kernel.org>
Cc: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20201121070829.2612884-1-andrii@kernel.org

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index 02b8924..d49ec00 100644 (file)
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -38,7 +38,12 @@ quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M]  $@
        $(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
 
 quiet_cmd_btf_ko = BTF [M] $@
-      cmd_btf_ko = LLVM_OBJCOPY=$(OBJCOPY) $(PAHOLE) -J --btf_base vmlinux $@
+      cmd_btf_ko =                                                     \
+       if [ -f vmlinux ]; then                                         \
+               LLVM_OBJCOPY=$(OBJCOPY) $(PAHOLE) -J --btf_base vmlinux $@; \
+       else                                                            \
+               printf "Skipping BTF generation for %s due to unavailability of vmlinux\n" $@ 1>&2; \
+       fi;
 
 # Same as newer-prereqs, but allows to exclude specified extra dependencies
 newer_prereqs_except = $(filter-out $(PHONY) $(1),$?)
@@ -49,7 +54,7 @@ if_changed_except = $(if $(call newer_prereqs_except,$(2))$(cmd-check),      \
        printf '%s\n' 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd, @:)
 
 # Re-generate module BTFs if either module's .ko or vmlinux changed
-$(modules): %.ko: %.o %.mod.o scripts/module.lds vmlinux FORCE
+$(modules): %.ko: %.o %.mod.o scripts/module.lds $(if $(KBUILD_BUILTIN),vmlinux) FORCE
        +$(call if_changed_except,ld_ko_o,vmlinux)
 ifdef CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF_MODULES
        +$(if $(newer-prereqs),$(call cmd,btf_ko))