When there is not enough space on your storage device, the build will fail with 'No space left on device' error message. The reason is obvious from the message, so you will free up some disk space, then you will resume the build. However, sometimes you may still see a mysterious error message: unterminated call to function 'wildcard': missing ')'. If you run out of the disk space, fixdep may end up with generating incomplete .*.cmd files. For example, if the disk-full error occurs while fixdep is running print_dep(), the .*.cmd might be truncated like this: $(wildcard include/config/ When you run 'make' next time, this broken .*.cmd will be included, then Make will terminate parsing since it is a wrong syntax. Once this happens, you need to run 'make clean' or delete the broken .*.cmd file manually. Even if you do not see any error message, the .*.cmd files after any error could be potentially incomplete, and unreliable. You may miss the re-compilation due to missing header dependency. If printf() cannot output the string for disk shortage or whatever reason, it returns a negative value, but currently fixdep does not check it at all. Consequently, fixdep *successfully* generates a broken .*.cmd file. Make never notices that since fixdep exits with 0, which means success. Given the intended usage of fixdep, it must respect the return value of not only malloc(), but also printf() and putchar(). This seems a long-standing issue since the introduction of fixdep. In old days, Kbuild tried to provide an extra safety by letting fixdep output to a temporary file and renaming it after everything is done: scripts/basic/fixdep $(depfile) $@ '$(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).tmp;\ rm -f $(depfile); \ mv -f $(dot-target).tmp $(dot-target).cmd) It was no help to avoid the current issue; fixdep successfully created a truncated tmp file, which would be renamed to a .*.cmd file. This problem should be fixed by propagating the error status to the build system because: [1] Since commit 9c2af1c7377a ("kbuild: add .DELETE_ON_ERROR special target"), Make will delete the target automatically on any failure in the recipe. [2] Since commit 392885ee82d3 ("kbuild: let fixdep directly write to .*.cmd files"), .*.cmd file is included only when the corresponding target already exists.
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| @@ -99,6 +99,7 @@ · 98 unmodified lines | ||
| 99 | 99 | #include <unistd.h> |
| 100 | 100 | #include <fcntl.h> |
| 101 | 101 | #include <string.h> |
| 102 | +#include <stdarg.h> | |
| 102 | 103 | #include <stdlib.h> |
| 103 | 104 | #include <stdio.h> |
| 104 | 105 | #include <ctype.h> |
| @@ -109,6 +110,36 @@ static void usage(void) · 4 unmodified lines | ||
| 109 | 110 | exit(1); |
| 110 | 111 | } |
| 111 | 112 | |
| 113 | +/* | |
| 114 | + * In the intended usage of this program, the stdout is redirected to .*.cmd | |
| 115 | + * files. The return value of printf() and putchar() must be checked to catch | |
| 116 | + * any error, e.g. "No space left on device". | |
| 117 | + */ | |
| 118 | +static void xprintf(const char *format, ...) | |
| 119 | +{ | |
| 120 | + va_list ap; | |
| 121 | + int ret; | |
| 122 | + | |
| 123 | + va_start(ap, format); | |
| 124 | + ret = vprintf(format, ap); | |
| 125 | + if (ret < 0) { | |
| 126 | + perror("fixdep"); | |
| 127 | + exit(1); | |
| 128 | + } | |
| 129 | + va_end(ap); | |
| 130 | +} | |
| 131 | + | |
| 132 | +static void xputchar(int c) | |
| 133 | +{ | |
| 134 | + int ret; | |
| 135 | + | |
| 136 | + ret = putchar(c); | |
| 137 | + if (ret == EOF) { | |
| 138 | + perror("fixdep"); | |
| 139 | + exit(1); | |
| 140 | + } | |
| 141 | +} | |
| 142 | + | |
| 112 | 143 | /* |
| 113 | 144 | * Print out a dependency path from a symbol name |
| 114 | 145 | */ |
| @@ -116,7 +147,7 @@ static void print_dep(const char *m, int slen, const char *dir) · 1 unmodified line | ||
| 116 | 147 | { |
| 117 | 148 | int c, prev_c = '/', i; |
| 118 | 149 | |
| 119 | − printf(" $(wildcard %s/", dir); | |
| 150 | + xprintf(" $(wildcard %s/", dir); | |
| 120 | 151 | for (i = 0; i < slen; i++) { |
| 121 | 152 | c = m[i]; |
| 122 | 153 | if (c == '_') |
| @@ -124,10 +155,10 @@ static void print_dep(const char *m, int slen, const char *dir) · 1 unmodified line | ||
| 124 | 155 | else |
| 125 | 156 | c = tolower(c); |
| 126 | 157 | if (c != '/' || prev_c != '/') |
| 127 | − putchar(c); | |
| 158 | + xputchar(c); | |
| 128 | 159 | prev_c = c; |
| 129 | 160 | } |
| 130 | − printf(".h) \\\n"); | |
| 161 | + xprintf(".h) \\\n"); | |
| 131 | 162 | } |
| 132 | 163 | |
| 133 | 164 | struct item { |
| @@ -324,13 +355,13 @@ static void parse_dep_file(char *m, const char *target) · 190 unmodified lines | ||
| 324 | 355 | */ |
| 325 | 356 | if (!saw_any_target) { |
| 326 | 357 | saw_any_target = 1; |
| 327 | − printf("source_%s := %s\n\n", | |
| 328 | − target, m); | |
| 329 | − printf("deps_%s := \\\n", target); | |
| 358 | + xprintf("source_%s := %s\n\n", | |
| 359 | + target, m); | |
| 360 | + xprintf("deps_%s := \\\n", target); | |
| 330 | 361 | } |
| 331 | 362 | is_first_dep = 0; |
| 332 | 363 | } else { |
| 333 | − printf(" %s \\\n", m); | |
| 364 | + xprintf(" %s \\\n", m); | |
| 334 | 365 | } |
| 335 | 366 | |
| 336 | 367 | buf = read_file(m); |
| @@ -353,8 +384,8 @@ static void parse_dep_file(char *m, const char *target) · 16 unmodified lines | ||
| 353 | 384 | exit(1); |
| 354 | 385 | } |
| 355 | 386 | |
| 356 | − printf("\n%s: $(deps_%s)\n\n", target, target); | |
| 357 | − printf("$(deps_%s):\n", target); | |
| 387 | + xprintf("\n%s: $(deps_%s)\n\n", target, target); | |
| 388 | + xprintf("$(deps_%s):\n", target); | |
| 358 | 389 | } |
| 359 | 390 | |
| 360 | 391 | int main(int argc, char *argv[]) |
| @@ -369,7 +400,7 @@ int main(int argc, char *argv[]) · 8 unmodified lines | ||
| 369 | 400 | target = argv[2]; |
| 370 | 401 | cmdline = argv[3]; |
| 371 | 402 | |
| 372 | − printf("cmd_%s := %s\n\n", target, cmdline); | |
| 403 | + xprintf("cmd_%s := %s\n\n", target, cmdline); | |
| 373 | 404 | |
| 374 | 405 | buf = read_file(depfile); |
| 375 | 406 | parse_dep_file(buf, target); |