Hi Sam, Thanks for your review. 2017-11-09 14:35 GMT+09:00 Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx>: > Hi Masahiro. > > Thanks for picking this up. > >> A key point is, the parent Makefile knows whether built-in.o is needed >> or not. If a subdirectory needs to create built-in.o, its parent can >> tell the fact when Kbuild descends into it. > Good observation! >> >> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile >> index 008a4e5..cc0b618 100644 >> --- a/Makefile >> +++ b/Makefile >> @@ -1003,7 +1003,7 @@ $(sort $(vmlinux-deps)): $(vmlinux-dirs) ; >> >> PHONY += $(vmlinux-dirs) >> $(vmlinux-dirs): prepare scripts >> - $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@ >> + $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$@ need-builtin=1 > > The need-bultin may also be required for the shortcuts > that allows one to use: > > make <dir>/ > > example: > > make net/ I do not want to add need-builtin=1 for single targets. make scripts/ would create false scripts/built-in.o This is odd. I wrote the solution in the commit log: $(obj-y) should be still checked to support the single target "%/". If net/Makefile contains at least one obj-y, "make net/" will create built-in.o > And maybe selftest, documentation shortcuts too? > Other than that - looks good. > > Reviewed-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sam > > -- > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kbuild" in > the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe devicetree" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html