Re: [PATCH] kbuild: cancel sub_make_done for the install target to fix DKMS

[Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>]

On Sat, Jul 31, 2021 at 2:38 AM John S Gruber <johnsgruber@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> On Wed, Jul 28, 2021 at 8:13 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org> wrote:
> >
> > Since commit bcf637f54f6d ("kbuild: parse C= and M= before changing the
> > working directory"), external modules invoked by DKMS fail to build
> > because M= option is not parsed.
> >
> > I wanted to add 'unset sub_make_done' in install.sh but similar scripts,
> > arch/*/boot/install.sh, are duplicated, so I set sub_make_done empty
> > in the top Makefile.
> >
> > Fixes: bcf637f54f6d ("kbuild: parse C= and M= before changing the working directory")
> > Reported-by: John S Gruber <johnsgruber@gmail.com>
> > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> > ---
> >
> >  Makefile | 10 ++++++++++
> >  1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)
> >
> > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> > index bb10a93edf5c..4193092f7c38 100644
> > --- a/Makefile
> > +++ b/Makefile
> > @@ -1316,6 +1316,16 @@ PHONY += scripts_unifdef
> >  scripts_unifdef: scripts_basic
> >         $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts scripts/unifdef
> >
> > +# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> > +# Install
> > +
> > +# Many distros have the custom install script, /sbin/kernelinstall.


I fixed up  /sbin/kernelinstall to /sbin/installkernel


Applied to linux-kbuild.



> > +# If DKMS is installed, 'make install' will eventually recuses back
> > +# to the this Makefile to build and install external modules.
> > +# Cancel sub_make_done so that options such as M=, V=, etc. are parsed.
> > +
> > +install: sub_make_done=
> > +
> >  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> >  # Tools
> >
> > --
> > 2.27.0
> >
>
> This patch tested successfully on my system on 5.14.0-rc3.





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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada