From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.8 required=3.0 tests=HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS, MAILING_LIST_MULTI,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95617C3279B for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 21:54:55 +0000 (UTC) Received: from vger.kernel.org (vger.kernel.org [209.132.180.67]) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 42D6924248 for ; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 21:54:55 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 42D6924248 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=none (p=none dis=none) header.from=suse.com Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=none smtp.mailfrom=linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752999AbeGDVyw (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:54:52 -0400 Received: from mx2.suse.de ([195.135.220.15]:40056 "EHLO mx1.suse.de" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-FAIL) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752607AbeGDVyv (ORCPT ); Wed, 4 Jul 2018 17:54:51 -0400 X-Virus-Scanned: by amavisd-new at test-mx.suse.de Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.220.254]) by mx1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id A2968AE7B; Wed, 4 Jul 2018 21:54:49 +0000 (UTC) From: NeilBrown To: Masahiro Yamada Date: Thu, 05 Jul 2018 07:54:38 +1000 Cc: Michal Marek , Linux Kernel Mailing List , Linux Kbuild mailing list Subject: Re: [PATCH 4/5] kbuild: disable KBUILD_MODNAME when building for mod.a In-Reply-To: References: <152929708853.17463.17302660556961083137.stgit@noble> <152929772052.17463.10728056000221362647.stgit@noble> <87efgk0xx7.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> Message-ID: <87po02zmxt.fsf@notabene.neil.brown.name> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org Precedence: bulk List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain On Wed, Jul 04 2018, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > 2018-07-04 7:14 GMT+09:00 NeilBrown : >> >> Where I've been using these patches I've sometimes been adding >> >> ccflags-y += -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"FOO"' >> >> to Makefiles so that modules_params get handled correctly on non-module >> builds. I've thought about instead allowing "modobj-name" to be defined >> and requiring that it be set if either modobj-[yn] is set. Then it gets >> used for the KBUILD_MODNAME when building modobj modules. >> >> Would you prefer to always require KBUILD_MODNAME, or to use a default >> name for dynamic-debug? >> >> Thanks, >> NeilBrown > > > I prefer flat directory structure for modules. > Most of modules fit in a single directory. I'd prefer that too in general. But some modules are bigger than others and some times it helps to sub-divide a module. xfs, btrfs, ceph, net/dccp, and lustre all already use multiple directories despite the poor support, so clearly some developers like a more structured approach to organizing their code. Wouldn't it be good to allow them to make full use of the kbuild system? Thanks, NeilBrown --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEEG8Yp69OQ2HB7X0l6Oeye3VZigbkFAls9Qh8ACgkQOeye3VZi gbnwbBAAukVXTvGp9Ex5BEkDF6fjnH5145HO5ImPrZ220H2P5fX1EmUxnxczah8o dAA6tqgjRJXnTsK8VtnVIOu/aYqV2m7WS5T5vSQyMMrL32Jf56kO2vQlamCiMLNt omOQqKDI21g6j3Y0N97ZF9YzXJFqKsZWhCA4Phm8L/a8MvyWOTonvylWUM0gN6ME hOIlof6+vWj9dlVZAD50xxO6AQ2PrbzIhyeIIgqm7F7icU25ZLb53o3CV8w6d0mk i1c5gdBLk/STw2dBBJwDKF9y1wZgLF1XryyOn3FjJQ/IKCzJjJAKyA3KKUWCcXSL pWYI5b6W/qUh3XJ5SwboW6vQnhdfxMj+S5+EXgmnPG6EW/FZdOfZ3xVj9PNF1jTs iWHdWAGXJVuOX9ot98Brp0z8Gy0Dvw9uFRNwRx16+rXnzd1lLkdNGey6QDqTtnbA 2EcVQxcqyVDp2LO0yIdl+Ye8GKC4HmPZnnfDOA9SqR7VF20C8IOLsSvd5PbCAvZq CXqN7FDDZPHOk2hSt3sopaEq0o3hWtNzVRdq0WgXg9i97vWHqbwOcOM8P0VcSKs9 2nM5/OYNOY/euo5OqqVostcyKZNdiM5xwEm0+uytlugGHNFkAMXRMzoChxNBEyGc 4rJ78UR1l0H5mdq9ahC0IeX1HoO5G4MJlp6VdlYN+d9KmOoAMx0= =l4yM -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--