diff --git a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml index 01b85ee5..a44eb4d2 100644 --- a/.github/workflows/codeql.yml +++ b/.github/workflows/codeql.yml @@ -2,13 +2,15 @@ # # Results are uploaded to GitHub Code Scanning. # -# Note: Important: This file currently only works with "CI" builds. "Platform" builds can -# be supported without much effort but that will be done in the future. +# Note: Important: This file only works with "CI" builds. "Platform" builds are +# supported with the codeql-platform.yml file. # # Note: This workflow only supports Windows as CodeQL CLI has confirmed issues running # against edk2-style codebases on Linux (only tested on Ubuntu). Therefore, this # workflow is written only for Windows but could easily be adapted to run on Linux -# in the future if needed (e.g. swap out "windows" with agent OS var value, etc.) +# in the future if needed (e.g. swap out "windows" with agent OS var value, etc.). +# +# For details about the Linux issue see: https://github.com/github/codeql-action/issues/1338 # # NOTE: This file is automatically synchronized from Mu DevOps. Update the original file there # instead of the file in this repo. @@ -270,7 +272,14 @@ jobs: import sys from pathlib import Path - # Find the plugin directory that contains the CodeQL plugin + # + # Find the plugin directory that contains the CodeQL plugin. + # + # Prior to Mu Basecore 202311, the CodeQL plugin was located in .pytool. After it + # is located in BaseTools. First check BaseTools, but consider .pytool as a backup + # for backward compatibility. The .pytool backup can be removed when no longer needed + # for supported branches. + # plugin_dir = list(Path(os.environ['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']).rglob('BaseTools/Plugin/CodeQL')) if not plugin_dir: plugin_dir = list(Path(os.environ['GITHUB_WORKSPACE']).rglob('.pytool/Plugin/CodeQL')) @@ -352,7 +361,14 @@ jobs: import shutil from pathlib import Path - # Only these two plugins are needed for CodeQL + # Only these two plugins are needed for CodeQL. + # + # CodeQL build time is reduced by removing other plugins that are not needed for the CodeQL + # build in the .pytool directory. The CompilerPlugin is required to compile code for CodeQL + # to extract results from and the CodeQL plugin is necessary to to analyze the results and + # build the CodeQL database from them. The CodeQL plugin should be in BaseTools moving forward + # but still might be in .pytool in older branches so it is kept here as an exception. + # plugins_to_keep = ['CodeQL', 'CompilerPlugin'] plugin_dir = Path(os.environ['PYTOOL_PLUGIN_DIR']).absolute()