When cross compiling a MIPS kernel on a BSD based HOSTCC leads
to errors like
SYNC include/config/auto.conf.cmd - due to: .config
egrep: empty (sub)expression
UPD include/config/kernel.release
HOSTCC scripts/dtc/dtc.o - due to target missing
It turns out that egrep uses this egrep pattern:
(|MINOR_|PATCHLEVEL_)
This is not valid syntax or gives undefined results according
to POSIX 9.5.3 ERE Grammar
https://pubs.opengroup.org/onlinepubs/
9699919799/basedefs/V1_chap09.html
It seems to be silently accepted by the Linux egrep implementation
while a BSD host complains.
Such patterns can be replaced by a transformation like
"(|p1|p2)" -> "(p1|p2)?"
Fixes: 48c35b2d245f ("[MIPS] There is no __GNUC_MAJOR__")
Signed-off-by: H. Nikolaus Schaller <hns@goldelico.com>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
ifdef CONFIG_MIPS
CHECKFLAGS += $(shell $(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS) -dM -E -x c /dev/null | \
- egrep -vw '__GNUC_(|MINOR_|PATCHLEVEL_)_' | \
+ egrep -vw '__GNUC_(MINOR_|PATCHLEVEL_)?_' | \
sed -e "s/^\#define /-D'/" -e "s/ /'='/" -e "s/$$/'/" -e 's/\$$/&&/g')
endif