[PATCH] Makefile: Correctly propagate failure when removing target

On more places is used pattern 'command > $@ || rm -f $@'. But it does not propagate failure from 'command' as 'rm -f' returns success.
Fix it by calling 'false' to correctly propagate failure after 'rm -f'.
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org --- Makefile | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 5a0ef18668..94feb7d9a5 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ cmd_cat = cat $(filter-out $(PHONY), $^) > $@ append = cat $(filter-out $< $(PHONY), $^) >> $@
quiet_cmd_pad_cat = CAT $@ -cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || rm -f $@ +cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || { rm -f $@; false; }
quiet_cmd_lzma = LZMA $@ cmd_lzma = lzma -c -z -k -9 $< > $@ @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ endif shell_cmd = { $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1)); }
quiet_cmd_objcopy_uboot = OBJCOPY $@ -cmd_objcopy_uboot = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(call shell_cmd,static_rela,$<,$@,$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)) || rm -f $@ +cmd_objcopy_uboot = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(call shell_cmd,static_rela,$<,$@,$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)) || { rm -f $@; false; }
u-boot-nodtb.bin: u-boot FORCE $(call if_changed,objcopy_uboot) @@ -1584,12 +1584,12 @@ u-boot.spr: spl/u-boot-spl.img u-boot.img FORCE ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_SOCFPGA),) quiet_cmd_gensplx4 = GENSPLX4 $@ cmd_gensplx4 = cat spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp \ - spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp > $@ || rm -f $@ + spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp: spl/u-boot-spl.sfp FORCE $(call if_changed,gensplx4)
quiet_cmd_socboot = SOCBOOT $@ -cmd_socboot = cat spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || rm -f $@ +cmd_socboot = cat spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } u-boot-with-spl.sfp: spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img FORCE $(call if_changed,socboot)
@@ -1599,12 +1599,12 @@ cmd_gensplpadx4 = dd if=/dev/zero of=spl/u-boot-spl.pad bs=64 count=1024 ; \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad > $@ || \ - rm -f $@ spl/u-boot-spl.pad + { rm -f $@ spl/u-boot-spl.pad; false; } u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp: spl/u-boot-spl.sfp FORCE $(call if_changed,gensplpadx4)
quiet_cmd_socnandboot = SOCNANDBOOT $@ -cmd_socnandboot = cat u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || rm -f $@ +cmd_socnandboot = cat u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } u-boot-with-nand-spl.sfp: u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img FORCE $(call if_changed,socnandboot)

Hi Paul,
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 07:11, Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org wrote:
On more places is used pattern 'command > $@ || rm -f $@'. But it does not propagate failure from 'command' as 'rm -f' returns success.
Fix it by calling 'false' to correctly propagate failure after 'rm -f'.
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org
Makefile | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
But I'm not sure about the use of {}. I would normally use ()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 5a0ef18668..94feb7d9a5 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ cmd_cat = cat $(filter-out $(PHONY), $^) > $@ append = cat $(filter-out $< $(PHONY), $^) >> $@
quiet_cmd_pad_cat = CAT $@ -cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || rm -f $@ +cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || { rm -f $@; false; }
quiet_cmd_lzma = LZMA $@ cmd_lzma = lzma -c -z -k -9 $< > $@ @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ endif shell_cmd = { $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1)); }
quiet_cmd_objcopy_uboot = OBJCOPY $@ -cmd_objcopy_uboot = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(call shell_cmd,static_rela,$<,$@,$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)) || rm -f $@ +cmd_objcopy_uboot = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(call shell_cmd,static_rela,$<,$@,$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)) || { rm -f $@; false; }
u-boot-nodtb.bin: u-boot FORCE $(call if_changed,objcopy_uboot) @@ -1584,12 +1584,12 @@ u-boot.spr: spl/u-boot-spl.img u-boot.img FORCE ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_SOCFPGA),) quiet_cmd_gensplx4 = GENSPLX4 $@ cmd_gensplx4 = cat spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp \
spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp > $@ || rm -f $@
spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; }
spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp: spl/u-boot-spl.sfp FORCE $(call if_changed,gensplx4)
quiet_cmd_socboot = SOCBOOT $@ -cmd_socboot = cat spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || rm -f $@ +cmd_socboot = cat spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } u-boot-with-spl.sfp: spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img FORCE $(call if_changed,socboot)
@@ -1599,12 +1599,12 @@ cmd_gensplpadx4 = dd if=/dev/zero of=spl/u-boot-spl.pad bs=64 count=1024 ; \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad > $@ || \
rm -f $@ spl/u-boot-spl.pad
{ rm -f $@ spl/u-boot-spl.pad; false; }
u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp: spl/u-boot-spl.sfp FORCE $(call if_changed,gensplpadx4)
quiet_cmd_socnandboot = SOCNANDBOOT $@ -cmd_socnandboot = cat u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || rm -f $@ +cmd_socnandboot = cat u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } u-boot-with-nand-spl.sfp: u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img FORCE $(call if_changed,socnandboot)
-- 2.20.1

On Tuesday 27 October 2020 20:10:37 Simon Glass wrote:
Hi Paul,
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 07:11, Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org wrote:
On more places is used pattern 'command > $@ || rm -f $@'. But it does not propagate failure from 'command' as 'rm -f' returns success.
Fix it by calling 'false' to correctly propagate failure after 'rm -f'.
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org
Makefile | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
But I'm not sure about the use of {}. I would normally use ()
( ... ) spawns new shell and run commands in that new shell { ... ; } groups command together and runs them in the current shell
So { ... ; } should be more efficient as it spawns less processes. But result should be same, return value from 'false', which returns 1.
I'm using { ... ; } when it is not needed to spawns new processes and running commands in current shell is fine. I think that writing ( ... ) should be equivalent to sh -c '...' (with correctly exported variables).
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 5a0ef18668..94feb7d9a5 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ cmd_cat = cat $(filter-out $(PHONY), $^) > $@ append = cat $(filter-out $< $(PHONY), $^) >> $@
quiet_cmd_pad_cat = CAT $@ -cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || rm -f $@ +cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || { rm -f $@; false; }
quiet_cmd_lzma = LZMA $@ cmd_lzma = lzma -c -z -k -9 $< > $@ @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ endif shell_cmd = { $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1)); }
quiet_cmd_objcopy_uboot = OBJCOPY $@ -cmd_objcopy_uboot = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(call shell_cmd,static_rela,$<,$@,$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)) || rm -f $@ +cmd_objcopy_uboot = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(call shell_cmd,static_rela,$<,$@,$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)) || { rm -f $@; false; }
u-boot-nodtb.bin: u-boot FORCE $(call if_changed,objcopy_uboot) @@ -1584,12 +1584,12 @@ u-boot.spr: spl/u-boot-spl.img u-boot.img FORCE ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_SOCFPGA),) quiet_cmd_gensplx4 = GENSPLX4 $@ cmd_gensplx4 = cat spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp \
spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp > $@ || rm -f $@
spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; }
spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp: spl/u-boot-spl.sfp FORCE $(call if_changed,gensplx4)
quiet_cmd_socboot = SOCBOOT $@ -cmd_socboot = cat spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || rm -f $@ +cmd_socboot = cat spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } u-boot-with-spl.sfp: spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img FORCE $(call if_changed,socboot)
@@ -1599,12 +1599,12 @@ cmd_gensplpadx4 = dd if=/dev/zero of=spl/u-boot-spl.pad bs=64 count=1024 ; \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad > $@ || \
rm -f $@ spl/u-boot-spl.pad
{ rm -f $@ spl/u-boot-spl.pad; false; }
u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp: spl/u-boot-spl.sfp FORCE $(call if_changed,gensplpadx4)
quiet_cmd_socnandboot = SOCNANDBOOT $@ -cmd_socnandboot = cat u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || rm -f $@ +cmd_socnandboot = cat u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } u-boot-with-nand-spl.sfp: u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img FORCE $(call if_changed,socnandboot)
-- 2.20.1

Hi Paul,
On Tue, 27 Oct 2020 at 20:25, Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org wrote:
On Tuesday 27 October 2020 20:10:37 Simon Glass wrote:
Hi Paul,
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 07:11, Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org wrote:
On more places is used pattern 'command > $@ || rm -f $@'. But it does not propagate failure from 'command' as 'rm -f' returns success.
Fix it by calling 'false' to correctly propagate failure after 'rm -f'.
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org
Makefile | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
But I'm not sure about the use of {}. I would normally use ()
( ... ) spawns new shell and run commands in that new shell { ... ; } groups command together and runs them in the current shell
So { ... ; } should be more efficient as it spawns less processes. But result should be same, return value from 'false', which returns 1.
I'm using { ... ; } when it is not needed to spawns new processes and running commands in current shell is fine. I think that writing ( ... ) should be equivalent to sh -c '...' (with correctly exported variables).
OK thank you.
Regards, Simon

Hello! I would like to remind this patch. I do not know who is maintainer of Makefile and therefore who can take this patch but Simon has already reviewed it.
On Tuesday 27 October 2020 20:10:37 Simon Glass wrote:
On Mon, 26 Oct 2020 at 07:11, Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org wrote:
On more places is used pattern 'command > $@ || rm -f $@'. But it does not propagate failure from 'command' as 'rm -f' returns success.
Fix it by calling 'false' to correctly propagate failure after 'rm -f'.
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org
Makefile | 12 ++++++------ 1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
But I'm not sure about the use of {}. I would normally use ()
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 5a0ef18668..94feb7d9a5 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1005,7 +1005,7 @@ cmd_cat = cat $(filter-out $(PHONY), $^) > $@ append = cat $(filter-out $< $(PHONY), $^) >> $@
quiet_cmd_pad_cat = CAT $@ -cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || rm -f $@ +cmd_pad_cat = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(append) || { rm -f $@; false; }
quiet_cmd_lzma = LZMA $@ cmd_lzma = lzma -c -z -k -9 $< > $@ @@ -1312,7 +1312,7 @@ endif shell_cmd = { $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1)); }
quiet_cmd_objcopy_uboot = OBJCOPY $@ -cmd_objcopy_uboot = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(call shell_cmd,static_rela,$<,$@,$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)) || rm -f $@ +cmd_objcopy_uboot = $(cmd_objcopy) && $(call shell_cmd,static_rela,$<,$@,$(CONFIG_SYS_TEXT_BASE)) || { rm -f $@; false; }
u-boot-nodtb.bin: u-boot FORCE $(call if_changed,objcopy_uboot) @@ -1584,12 +1584,12 @@ u-boot.spr: spl/u-boot-spl.img u-boot.img FORCE ifneq ($(CONFIG_ARCH_SOCFPGA),) quiet_cmd_gensplx4 = GENSPLX4 $@ cmd_gensplx4 = cat spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp \
spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp > $@ || rm -f $@
spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.sfp > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; }
spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp: spl/u-boot-spl.sfp FORCE $(call if_changed,gensplx4)
quiet_cmd_socboot = SOCBOOT $@ -cmd_socboot = cat spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || rm -f $@ +cmd_socboot = cat spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } u-boot-with-spl.sfp: spl/u-boot-splx4.sfp u-boot.img FORCE $(call if_changed,socboot)
@@ -1599,12 +1599,12 @@ cmd_gensplpadx4 = dd if=/dev/zero of=spl/u-boot-spl.pad bs=64 count=1024 ; \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad \ spl/u-boot-spl.sfp spl/u-boot-spl.pad > $@ || \
rm -f $@ spl/u-boot-spl.pad
{ rm -f $@ spl/u-boot-spl.pad; false; }
u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp: spl/u-boot-spl.sfp FORCE $(call if_changed,gensplpadx4)
quiet_cmd_socnandboot = SOCNANDBOOT $@ -cmd_socnandboot = cat u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || rm -f $@ +cmd_socnandboot = cat u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img > $@ || { rm -f $@; false; } u-boot-with-nand-spl.sfp: u-boot-spl-padx4.sfp u-boot.img FORCE $(call if_changed,socnandboot)
-- 2.20.1

On Tue, Nov 17, 2020 at 10:44:52PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
Hello! I would like to remind this patch. I do not know who is maintainer of Makefile and therefore who can take this patch but Simon has already reviewed it.
I'll take it, at some point. Unless this is missing a Fixes tag, I'm going to grab it for -next, when I start collecting there. Thanks.

On Mon, Oct 26, 2020 at 02:10:49PM +0100, Pali Rohár wrote:
On more places is used pattern 'command > $@ || rm -f $@'. But it does not propagate failure from 'command' as 'rm -f' returns success.
Fix it by calling 'false' to correctly propagate failure after 'rm -f'.
Signed-off-by: Pali Rohár pali@kernel.org Reviewed-by: Simon Glass sjg@chromium.org
Applied to u-boot/next, thanks!
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