kbuild: uapi: also test UAPI headers against C++ compilers

C++ language requirements differ from those of C.

Also test the headers against C++ compilers to make sure no errors
creep in accidentally.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
Reviewed-by: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260316-kbuild-uapi-c-v2-5-35d6d0ed863f@weissschuh.net
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
This commit is contained in:
Thomas Weißschuh
2026-03-16 17:52:02 +01:00
committed by Nicolas Schier
parent b187c1a1a0
commit dcc99abebf

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@@ -10,6 +10,7 @@ UAPI_CFLAGS := -std=c90 -Werror=implicit-function-declaration
UAPI_ARCH := $(or $(HEADER_ARCH),$(SRCARCH))
override c_flags = $(KBUILD_USERCFLAGS) $(UAPI_CFLAGS) -Wp,-MMD,$(depfile)
cxx_flags = $(filter-out -Wmissing-prototypes -Wstrict-prototypes -std=%, $(KBUILD_USERCFLAGS)) -std=c++98
# The following are excluded for now because they fail to build.
#
@@ -61,6 +62,27 @@ endif
# asm-generic/*.h is used by asm/*.h, and should not be included directly
no-header-test += asm-generic/%
# The following are not compatible with C++.
#
# Do not add a new header to the list without legitimate reason.
# Please consider to fix the header first.
#
# Sorted alphabetically.
no-header-test-cxx += linux/auto_dev-ioctl.h
no-header-test-cxx += linux/map_to_14segment.h
no-header-test-cxx += linux/map_to_7segment.h
no-header-test-cxx += linux/netfilter/xt_sctp.h
no-header-test-cxx += linux/target_core_user.h
no-header-test-cxx += linux/vhost.h
no-header-test-cxx += linux/vhost_types.h
no-header-test-cxx += linux/virtio_net.h
no-header-test-cxx += linux/virtio_ring.h
no-header-test-cxx += scsi/fc/fc_els.h
ifeq ($(UAPI_ARCH),x86)
no-header-test-cxx += asm/elf.h
endif
# The following are using libc header and types.
#
# Do not add a new header to the list without legitimate reason.
@@ -138,8 +160,12 @@ endif
always-y := $(patsubst $(obj)/%.h,%.hdrtest, $(shell find $(obj) -name '*.h' 2>/dev/null))
# $(cc-option) forces '-x c' which breaks '-x c++' detection.
cc-can-compile-cxx := $(call try-run,$(CC) $(CLANG_FLAGS) -c -x c++ /dev/null -o "$$TMP", 1)
target-libc = $(filter $(uses-libc), $*.h)
target-can-compile = $(filter-out $(no-header-test), $*.h)
target-can-compile-cxx = $(and $(cc-can-compile-cxx), $(target-can-compile), $(filter-out $(no-header-test-cxx), $*.h))
hdrtest-flags = -fsyntax-only -Werror \
-nostdinc -I $(obj) $(if $(target-libc), -I $(srctree)/usr/dummy-include)
@@ -149,6 +175,8 @@ quiet_cmd_hdrtest = HDRTEST $<
cmd_hdrtest = \
$(CC) $(c_flags) $(hdrtest-flags) -x c /dev/null \
$(if $(target-can-compile), -include $< -include $<); \
$(if $(target-can-compile-cxx), \
$(CC) $(cxx_flags) $(hdrtest-flags) -x c++ /dev/null -include $<;) \
$(PERL) $(src)/headers_check.pl $(obj) $<; \
touch $@