Re: [PATCH] scripts: recordmcount: break hardlinks

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On Fri, Dec 11, 2015 at 09:31:25AM -0500, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> On Fri, 11 Dec 2015 12:09:03 +0000
> Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > recordmcount edits the file in-place, which can cause problems when
> > using ccache in hardlink mode.  Arrange for recordmcount to break a
> > hardlinked object.
> > 
> > Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > Steven, sorry it took a while to get this out...
> 
> Should this be for stable, or is it fine to just add this to my 4.5
> queue?

I thought you wanted to test it first - although I've been running with
this for a while now, my nightly builds have masked out the mcount
warning, and I suspect it'll take a while for ccache to purge itself
of the modified objects.

If you're happy to add a stable tag to it, then please do so.

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