[OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] db: disable the ARM assembler mutex code

[Khem Raj]

On 6/14/18 5:10 AM, Herve Jourdain wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I believe I solved that same problem by just adding, in the case of armv8
> (which I believe may be the new architecture you're referring to):
> MUTEX_armv8 = ""
> This way, it allows previous versions to work just like they did before,
> without having to disable ARM assembler mutex code for architectures that
> support it correctly - up to armv7ve I believe.
> Of course, we might need to also have a good definition for armv8, which is
> the object of another thread.

right thats a better approach.

> 
> Cheers,
> Herve
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org
> [mailto:openembedded-core-bounces at lists.openembedded.org] On Behalf Of
> Ovidiu Panait
> Sent: jeudi 14 juin 2018 13:55
> To: openembedded-core at lists.openembedded.org
> Subject: [OE-core] [PATCH 1/1] db: disable the ARM assembler mutex code
> 
> The swpb in macro MUTEX_SET will cause "undefined instruction" error on the
> new arm arches which don't support this assembly instruction any more. If
> use ldrex/strex to replace swpb, the old arm arches don't support them. So
> to avoid this issue, just disable the ARM assembler mutex code, and use the
> default pthreads mutex.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhou <li.zhou at windriver.com>
> Signed-off-by: Catalin Enache <catalin.enache at windriver.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ovidiu Panait <ovidiu.panait at windriver.com>
> ---
>  meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb | 13 +------------
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 12 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb
> b/meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb
> index 093ee44909..15b4155a29 100644
> --- a/meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb
> +++ b/meta/recipes-support/db/db_5.3.28.bb
> @@ -59,18 +59,7 @@ FILES_SOLIBSDEV = "${libdir}/libdb.so
> ${libdir}/libdb_cxx.so"
>  # All the --disable-* options replace --enable-smallbuild, which breaks a
> bunch of stuff (eg. postfix)  DB5_CONFIG ?= "--enable-o_direct
> --disable-cryptography --disable-queue --disable-replication
> --disable-verify --disable-compat185 --disable-sql"
>  
> -EXTRA_OECONF = "${DB5_CONFIG} --enable-shared --enable-cxx --with-sysroot"
> -
> -# Override the MUTEX setting here, the POSIX library is -# the default -
> "POSIX/pthreads/library".
> -# Don't ignore the nice SWP instruction on the ARM:
> -# These enable the ARM assembler mutex code, this won't -# work with thumb
> compilation...
> -ARM_MUTEX = "--with-mutex=ARM/gcc-assembly"
> -MUTEX = ""
> -MUTEX_arm = "${ARM_MUTEX}"
> -MUTEX_armeb = "${ARM_MUTEX}"
> -EXTRA_OECONF += "${MUTEX} STRIP=true"
> +EXTRA_OECONF = "${DB5_CONFIG} --enable-shared --enable-cxx --with-sysroot
> STRIP=true"
>  EXTRA_OEMAKE += "LIBTOOL='./${HOST_SYS}-libtool'"
>  
>  EXTRA_AUTORECONF += "--exclude=autoheader  -I ${S}/dist/aclocal
> -I${S}/dist/aclocal_java"
> --
> 2.17.1
> 
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