From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> arch/um/Makefile passes the -f option to the ln command: linux: vmlinux @echo ' LINK $@' $(Q)ln -f $< $@ So, the hard link is always re-created, and the old one is removed anyway. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 1 - 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh index a6c4d0bce3ba..7b9c62e4d54a 100755 --- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh +++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh @@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ vmlinux_link() -Wl,-T,${lds} \ ${objects} \ -lutil -lrt -lpthread - rm -f linux fi } -- 2.31.1