From: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
To: Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>
Cc: Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org>,
Jarod Wilson <jarod@redhat.com>,
Prarit Bhargava <prarit@redhat.com>,
Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/7] kbuild: touch autoksyms.h when it is really missing
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2018 15:26:41 +0900 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <CAK7LNAQMLA9-wOJ5Tgr1tuOTox33544cty3rVzAxvvyGQgs5Dg@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <nycvar.YSQ.7.76.1803141324420.28583@knanqh.ubzr>
2018-03-15 2:26 GMT+09:00 Nicolas Pitre <nicolas.pitre@linaro.org>:
> On Thu, 15 Mar 2018, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
>
>> From the comment, I expect this code creates autoksyms.h in case it
>> is missing, but it actually touches it when it does exists.
>
> Oops, indeed.
>
>> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
>> ---
>>
>> I do not know when this code is useful...
>>
>> If autoksyms.h were missing, build should have already failed because
>> include/{linux,asm-generic}/export.h need it.
>>
>> Maybe for standalone test?
>> Or, in order to make this script self-contained?
>
> I agree it isn't very useful. Proof: it was wrong and wouldn't have
> worked as intended. So the best fix might be to simply remove that line.
>
OK, I will remove the code.
--
Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada
next prev parent reply other threads:[~2018-03-15 6:27 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 23+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2018-03-14 16:44 [PATCH 0/7] kbuild: various fix, clean-up, improvements of CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-14 16:44 ` [PATCH 1/7] kbuild: clear LDFLAGS in the top Makefile Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-14 16:44 ` [PATCH 2/7] kbuild: touch autoksyms.h when it is really missing Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-14 17:26 ` Nicolas Pitre
2018-03-15 6:26 ` Masahiro Yamada [this message]
2018-03-14 16:44 ` [PATCH 3/7] kbuild: move 'scripts' target below Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-16 7:13 ` kbuild test robot
2018-03-16 7:20 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-14 16:44 ` [PATCH 4/7] kbuild: restore touching autoksyms.h to the top Makefile Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-14 17:52 ` Nicolas Pitre
2018-03-14 16:44 ` [PATCH 5/7] kbuild: hide CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS code from external module building Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-14 18:32 ` Nicolas Pitre
2018-03-15 6:36 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-15 18:30 ` Nicolas Pitre
2018-03-14 16:44 ` [PATCH 6/7] kbuild: move include/config/ksym/* to include/ksym/* Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-14 18:47 ` Nicolas Pitre
2018-03-15 10:04 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-15 11:01 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-15 18:59 ` Nicolas Pitre
2018-03-14 16:44 ` [PATCH 7/7] kbuild: link vmlinux just once for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-14 19:06 ` Nicolas Pitre
2018-03-15 8:00 ` Masahiro Yamada
2018-03-15 18:50 ` Nicolas Pitre
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