Re: [Qemu-devel] [PATCH] makefile: detect corrupted elf files

[Peter Maydell]

On 26 May 2013 08:35, Michael S. Tsirkin <address@hidden> wrote:
> On Sat, May 25, 2013 at 05:32:24PM +0000, Blue Swirl wrote:
>> Another way to handle this would be to enhance GCC and linker to use
>> atomic operations when producing or combining object files. The tools
>> could also print a SHA of the object which the next user should
>> verify. Even better, the object files should include a robust checksum
>> to ensure integrity.
>
> I think we can make the makefile more robust. It can create a temporary
> file in same directory and rename when ready. This will prevent
> corrupted files from appearing in the first place.

I definitely think individual project makefiles are the wrong place
to fix this. If create-as-temp-and-rename is useful functionality
it needs to go in the compiler so that everybody benefits. Or you
could write yourself a cc wrapper that did the renaming and use
configure's --cc= flag.

thanks
-- PMM