From: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/Makefile builds a static library, which is not linked into the main vmlinux target in the ordinary way [arm64], or at all [ARM, x86]. Since commit 7f2084fa55e6 ("[kbuild] handle exports in lib-y objects reliably"), any Makefile using lib-y generates lib-ksyms.o which is linked into vmlinux. In this case, the following garbage object is linked into vmlinux. drivers/firmware/efi/libstub/lib-ksyms.o We do not want to follow the default linking rules for static libraries built under libstub/ so using subdir-y instead of obj-y is the correct way to descend into this directory. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20200305055047.6097-1-masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx [ardb: update commit log to clarify that arm64 deviates in this respect] Signed-off-by: Ard Biesheuvel <ardb@xxxxxxxxxx> --- drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile b/drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile index 317a05cd388b..7a216984552b 100644 --- a/drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile +++ b/drivers/firmware/efi/Makefile @@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_VARS_PSTORE) += efi-pstore.o obj-$(CONFIG_UEFI_CPER) += cper.o obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_MAP) += runtime-map.o obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_RUNTIME_WRAPPERS) += runtime-wrappers.o -obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += libstub/ +subdir-$(CONFIG_EFI_STUB) += libstub obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_FAKE_MEMMAP) += fake_map.o obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_BOOTLOADER_CONTROL) += efibc.o obj-$(CONFIG_EFI_TEST) += test/ -- 2.17.1