[Buildroot] [PATCH 1/1] package/cairo: fix pthread detection

Fabrice Fontaine fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com
Thu Feb 23 15:32:36 UTC 2023


pthreads detection fails if a warning is emitted resulting in the
following build failure with some toolchains:

onfigure:34189: checking for cairo's pthread feature
configure:34300: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/bin/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc-gcc -o conftest -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mlongcalls -mauto-litpools -O0 -g2  -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  conftest.c -lrt -latomic -lexecinfo -lm -lpthread >&5
/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: warning: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/crtend.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
configure:34300: $? = 0
configure:34419: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/bin/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc-gcc -o conftest -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mlongcalls -mauto-litpools -O0 -g2  -pthread -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  conftest.c -lrt -latomic -lexecinfo -lm  >&5
/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: warning: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/crtend.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
configure:34419: $? = 0
configure:34500: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/bin/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc-gcc -o conftest -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mlongcalls -mauto-litpools -O0 -g2  -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  conftest.c -lrt -latomic -lexecinfo -lm  >&5
/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: warning: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/crtend.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
configure:34500: $? = 0
configure:34555: checking whether cairo's pthread feature could be enabled
configure:34557: result: no (can't link with -lpthread or -pthread)

[...]

In file included from cairo-mutex-type-private.h:45,
                 from cairo-scaled-font-private.h:45,
                 from cairoint.h:434,
                 from cairo-analysis-surface.c:37:
cairo-mutex-impl-private.h:262:3: error: #error "XXX: No mutex implementation found.  Cairo will not work with multiple threads.  Define CAIRO_NO_MUTEX to 1 to acknowledge and accept this limitation and compile cairo without thread-safety support."
  262 | # error "XXX: No mutex implementation found.  Cairo will not work with multiple threads.  Define CAIRO_NO_MUTEX to 1 to acknowledge and accept this limitation and compile cairo without thread-safety support."
      |   ^~~~~

To avoid this build failure, add a patch that overrides this broken
mechanism

Fixes:
 - http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/5420beaf94855e47eeb08627e8e3c169dc00419a

Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com>
---
 ...e.ac.pthread-respect-enable-pthreads.patch | 59 +++++++++++++++++++
 package/cairo/cairo.mk                        | 13 ++--
 2 files changed, 68 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
 create mode 100644 package/cairo/0005-build-configure.ac.pthread-respect-enable-pthreads.patch

diff --git a/package/cairo/0005-build-configure.ac.pthread-respect-enable-pthreads.patch b/package/cairo/0005-build-configure.ac.pthread-respect-enable-pthreads.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000..c350c596cf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/package/cairo/0005-build-configure.ac.pthread-respect-enable-pthreads.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,59 @@
+From 243fe7f3d51c23159e25f36adee7e953fee29f6c Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
+From: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com>
+Date: Thu, 23 Feb 2023 16:07:04 +0100
+Subject: [PATCH] build/configure.ac.pthread: respect --enable-pthreads
+
+Respect --enable-pthreads as pthreads detection fails if a warning is
+emitted resulting in the following build failure with some toolchains:
+
+onfigure:34189: checking for cairo's pthread feature
+configure:34300: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/bin/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc-gcc -o conftest -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mlongcalls -mauto-litpools -O0 -g2  -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  conftest.c -lrt -latomic -lexecinfo -lm -lpthread >&5
+/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: warning: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/crtend.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
+/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
+configure:34300: $? = 0
+configure:34419: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/bin/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc-gcc -o conftest -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mlongcalls -mauto-litpools -O0 -g2  -pthread -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  conftest.c -lrt -latomic -lexecinfo -lm  >&5
+/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: warning: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/crtend.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
+/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
+configure:34419: $? = 0
+configure:34500: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/bin/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc-gcc -o conftest -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64 -mlongcalls -mauto-litpools -O0 -g2  -D_REENTRANT -D_LARGEFILE_SOURCE -D_LARGEFILE64_SOURCE -D_FILE_OFFSET_BITS=64  conftest.c -lrt -latomic -lexecinfo -lm  >&5
+/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: warning: /home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/crtend.o: missing .note.GNU-stack section implies executable stack
+/home/buildroot/autobuild/instance-1/output-1/host/lib/gcc/xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/11.3.0/../../../../xtensa-buildroot-linux-uclibc/bin/ld: NOTE: This behaviour is deprecated and will be removed in a future version of the linker
+configure:34500: $? = 0
+configure:34555: checking whether cairo's pthread feature could be enabled
+configure:34557: result: no (can't link with -lpthread or -pthread)
+
+[...]
+
+In file included from cairo-mutex-type-private.h:45,
+                 from cairo-scaled-font-private.h:45,
+                 from cairoint.h:434,
+                 from cairo-analysis-surface.c:37:
+cairo-mutex-impl-private.h:262:3: error: #error "XXX: No mutex implementation found.  Cairo will not work with multiple threads.  Define CAIRO_NO_MUTEX to 1 to acknowledge and accept this limitation and compile cairo without thread-safety support."
+  262 | # error "XXX: No mutex implementation found.  Cairo will not work with multiple threads.  Define CAIRO_NO_MUTEX to 1 to acknowledge and accept this limitation and compile cairo without thread-safety support."
+      |   ^~~~~
+
+Fixes:
+ - http://autobuild.buildroot.org/results/5420beaf94855e47eeb08627e8e3c169dc00419a
+
+Signed-off-by: Fabrice Fontaine <fontaine.fabrice at gmail.com>
+---
+ build/configure.ac.pthread | 3 ++-
+ 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
+
+diff --git a/build/configure.ac.pthread b/build/configure.ac.pthread
+index 29c930da9..084445587 100644
+--- a/build/configure.ac.pthread
++++ b/build/configure.ac.pthread
+@@ -244,7 +244,8 @@ AC_DEFUN([CAIRO_CONFIGURE_PTHREAD],[dnl
+ 
+ 	dnl Make sure we scored some pthreads.
+ 	if test "x$enable_pthread" = "xyes" -a "x$have_pthread" != "xyes"; then
+-		AC_MSG_ERROR([pthread requested but not found])
++		AC_MSG_WARN([pthread requested but not found])
++		have_pthread=yes
+ 	fi
+ 
+ 	dnl Set the output variables for CAIRO_ENABLE.
+-- 
+2.39.1
+
diff --git a/package/cairo/cairo.mk b/package/cairo/cairo.mk
index e8a704c7da..9034068403 100644
--- a/package/cairo/cairo.mk
+++ b/package/cairo/cairo.mk
@@ -11,6 +11,8 @@ CAIRO_LICENSE_FILES = COPYING COPYING-LGPL-2.1 COPYING-MPL-1.1
 CAIRO_CPE_ID_VENDOR = cairographics
 CAIRO_SITE = http://cairographics.org/releases
 CAIRO_INSTALL_STAGING = YES
+# We're patching build/configure.ac.pthread
+CAIRO_AUTORECONF = YES
 
 # 0002-ft-Use-FT_Done_MM_Var-instead-of-free-when-available-in-cairo_ft_apply_variation.patch
 CAIRO_IGNORE_CVES += CVE-2018-19876
@@ -26,10 +28,6 @@ ifeq ($(BR2_m68k_cf),y)
 CAIRO_CONF_ENV += CFLAGS="$(TARGET_CFLAGS) -mxgot"
 endif
 
-ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),)
-CAIRO_CONF_ENV += CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -DCAIRO_NO_MUTEX=1"
-endif
-
 # cairo can use C++11 atomics when available, so we need to link with
 # libatomic for the architectures who need libatomic.
 ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_LIBATOMIC),y)
@@ -70,6 +68,13 @@ HOST_CAIRO_DEPENDENCIES = \
 	host-pixman \
 	host-pkgconf
 
+ifeq ($(BR2_TOOLCHAIN_HAS_THREADS),y)
+CAIRO_CONF_OPTS += --enable-pthread
+else
+CAIRO_CONF_OPTS += --disable-pthread
+CAIRO_CONF_ENV += CPPFLAGS="$(TARGET_CPPFLAGS) -DCAIRO_NO_MUTEX=1"
+endif
+
 # DirectFB svg support rely on Cairo and Cairo DirectFB support depends on
 # DirectFB. Break circular dependency by disabling DirectFB support in Cairo
 # (which is experimental)
-- 
2.39.1




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