Re: [PATCH 6/7] kbuild: make *.mod not depend on *.o

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 9:37 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Fri, Apr 8, 2022 at 6:39 AM David Laight <David.Laight@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> > From: Nick Desaulniers
> > > Sent: 07 April 2022 18:59
> > >
> > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 8:31 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > > >
> > > > The dependency
> > > >
> > > >     $(obj)/%.mod: $(obj)/%$(mod-prelink-ext).o
> > > >
> > > > ... exists because *.mod files previously contained undefined symbols,
> > > > which are computed from *.o files when CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y.
> > > >
> > > > Now that the undefined symbols are put into separate *.usyms files,
> > > > there is no reason to make *.mod depend on *.o files.
> > > >
> > > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > ---
> > > >
> > > >  Makefile               | 3 ++-
> > > >  scripts/Makefile.build | 5 ++---
> > > >  2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> > > >
> > > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > > > index 82ee893909e9..e915aacd02b0 100644
> > > > --- a/Makefile
> > > > +++ b/Makefile
> > > > @@ -1792,7 +1792,8 @@ ifdef single-build
> > > >
> > > >  # .ko is special because modpost is needed
> > > >  single-ko := $(sort $(filter %.ko, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
> > > > -single-no-ko := $(sort $(patsubst %.ko,%.mod, $(MAKECMDGOALS)))
> > > > +single-no-ko := $(filter-out $(single-ko), $(MAKECMDGOALS)) \
> > > > +               $(foreach x, o mod, $(patsubst %.ko, %.$x, $(single-ko)))
> > >
> > > I'm on board with this patch, and the overall goal with the series. My
> > > brain is having a hard time parsing `o mod` though. Can you walk me
> > > through that? Are those targets for .o and .mod files, respectively?
>
>
> Yes.
>
> Kbuild can build a module individually.
>
>     make  foo/bar/baz.ko
>
> (but modpost check does not work well)
>
> To do this, Kbuild needs to descend to
> the directory and generate
> foo/bar/baz.o  and  foo/bar/baz.mod.
>
> Previously, foo/bar/baz.o was generated as a
> prerequisite of foo/bar/baz.mod, but now we
> need to request Kbuild to generate both of them.
>


BTW, this feature is broken for CONFIG_LTO_CLANG=y
because the ELF object is not foo/bar/baz.o
but foo/bar/baz.prelink.o
(which was renamed from foo/bar/baz.lto.o).

I will not fix it, though.




-- 
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada