Subject: Re: [PATCH] perf build: Suppress openssl v3 deprecation warnings in libcrypto feature test

From: Jiri Olsa <[email-masked]>
Date: Wed, 3 Aug 2022 09:32:48 +0200

On Tue, Aug 02, 2022 at 03:09:05PM -0300, Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo wrote:
> Em Mon, Aug 01, 2022 at 03:24:18PM +0200, Jiri Olsa escreveu:
> > On Tue, Jun 28, 2022 at 08:16:06AM +0200, Jiri Olsa wrote:
> > > On Mon, Jun 27, 2022 at 11:08:34AM +0800, 谭梓煊 wrote:
> > > > On Sun, Jun 26, 2022 at 10:45 PM Jiri Olsa <[email-masked]> wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > On Sat, Jun 25, 2022 at 11:34:38PM +0800, Zixuan Tan wrote:
> > > > > > With OpenSSL v3 installed, the libcrypto feature check fails as it use the
> > > > > > deprecated MD5_* API (and is compiled with -Werror). The error message is
> > > > > > as follows.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > $ make tools/perf
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > > Makefile.config:778: No libcrypto.h found, disables jitted code injection,
> > > > > > please install openssl-devel or libssl-dev
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Auto-detecting system features:
> > > > > > ...                         dwarf: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...            dwarf_getlocations: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                         glibc: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                        libbfd: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                libbfd-buildid: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                        libcap: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                        libelf: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                       libnuma: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...        numa_num_possible_cpus: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                       libperl: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                     libpython: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                     libcrypto: [ OFF ]
> > > > > > ...                     libunwind: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...            libdw-dwarf-unwind: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                          zlib: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                          lzma: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                     get_cpuid: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                           bpf: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                        libaio: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...                       libzstd: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ...        disassembler-four-args: [ on  ]
> > > > > > ```
> > > > > >
> > > > > > This is very confusing because the suggested library (on my Ubuntu 20.04
> > > > > > it is libssl-dev) is already installed. As the test only checks for the
> > > > > > presence of libcrypto, this commit suppresses the deprecation warning to
> > > > > > allow the test to pass.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Signed-off-by: Zixuan Tan <[email-masked]>
> > > > > > ---
> > > > > >  tools/build/feature/test-libcrypto.c | 6 ++++++
> > > > > >  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > diff --git a/tools/build/feature/test-libcrypto.c b/tools/build/feature/test-libcrypto.c
> > > > > > index a98174e0569c..31afff093d0b 100644
> > > > > > --- a/tools/build/feature/test-libcrypto.c
> > > > > > +++ b/tools/build/feature/test-libcrypto.c
> > > > > > @@ -2,6 +2,12 @@
> > > > > >  #include <openssl/sha.h>
> > > > > >  #include <openssl/md5.h>
> > > > > >
> > > > > > +/*
> > > > > > + * The MD5_* API have been deprecated since OpenSSL 3.0, which causes the
> > > > > > + * feature test to fail silently. This is a workaround.
> > > > > > + */
> > > > >
> > > > > then we use these deprecated MD5 calls in util/genelf.c if libcrypto is detected,
> > > > > so I wonder how come the rest of the compilation passed for you.. do you have
> > > > > CONFIG_JITDUMP disabled?
> > > > >
> > > > > thanks,
> > > > > jirka
> > > > >
> > > > No, CONFIG_JITDUMP is not disabled. I am using the default configuration.
> > > > 
> > > > Yes, you are right. The rest of the compilation should fail, but it doesn't.
> > > > I checked the verbose build commands. This seems to be the result of another
> > > > inconsistency.
> > > > 
> > > > If libcrypto is detected, the macro "HAVE_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORT" will be
> > > > defined, but in perf/util/genelf.c, "HAVE_LIBCRYPTO" without the "_SUPPORT"
> > > > prefix is checked. This causes urandom always be used to create build id
> > > > rather than MD5 and SHA1, no matter what the detection result is.
> > > > 
> > > > In perf/Makefile.config, from line 776
> > > > ```
> > > > ifndef NO_LIBCRYPTO
> > > >   ifneq ($(feature-libcrypto), 1)
> > > >     msg := $(warning No libcrypto.h found, disables jitted code injection,
> > > >             please install openssl-devel or libssl-dev);
> > > >     NO_LIBCRYPTO := 1
> > > >   else                                  <-- if libcrypto feature detected
> > > >     CFLAGS += -DHAVE_LIBCRYPTO_SUPPORT  <-- define this
> > > >     EXTLIBS += -lcrypto
> > > >     $(call detected,CONFIG_CRYPTO)
> > > >   endif
> > > > endif
> > > > ```
> > > > 
> > > > In perf/util/genelf.c, from line 33
> > > > ```
> > > > #ifdef HAVE_LIBCRYPTO                <-- but check this, it's always false
> > > 
> > > nice :)
> > > 
> > > > 
> > > > #define BUILD_ID_MD5
> > > > #undef BUILD_ID_SHA /* does not seem to work well when linked with Java */
> > > > #undef BUILD_ID_URANDOM /* different uuid for each run */
> > > > 
> > > > #ifdef BUILD_ID_SHA
> > > > #include <openssl/sha.h>
> > > > #endif
> > > > 
> > > > #ifdef BUILD_ID_MD5
> > > > #include <openssl/md5.h>
> > > > #endif
> > > > #endif                               <-- this block will be skipped
> > > > ```
> > > > 
> > > > Maybe we should fix this, to really make use of libcrypto if it is available?
> > > 
> > > yea, I think that was the original idea, let's keep the variable with
> > > SUPPORT suffix and use the -Wdeprecated-declarations for genelf.c
> > > 
> > > full fix would be to detect the new API and use it when it's available but..
> > > given that the check was false at least since 2016, perhaps we could remove
> > > that code? ;-) Stephane?
> > 
> > ping
> 
> So, we should start with 谭梓煊 patch, then fix that ifdef and go on
> from there?

yes, I thought we could remove that, but there's no reply from
Stephane so let's fix that

jirka