Hi, IA64 maintainers, Could you check this series, please? The build warning is still remaining. On Sat, Aug 29, 2020 at 2:16 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > Randy Dunlap reports the following warning with CONFIG_IA64_PALINFO=m: > > ../scripts/Makefile.build:68: 'arch/ia64/kernel/palinfo.ko' will not be built even though obj-m is specified. > ../scripts/Makefile.build:69: You cannot use subdir-y/m to visit a module Makefile. Use obj-y/m instead. > > This comes from the fact Kbuild descends into arch/ia64/kernel/ twice. > > First, to generate <generated/nr-irqs.h>, > Second, to build kernel and module objects. > > The warning is emitted in the first descend because it is not the > intended usage. > > I looked into the code closely, and noticed arch/ia64/kernel/nr-irqs.c > was not needed in the first place. > > It was separated out of arch/ia64/kernel/asm-offsets.c just because > <asm/mca.h> was including too many bogus headers. > > IA64 is not actively maintained, and there exists unneeded obsolete code. > > The first two patches are the outcome when I played with ARCH=ia64 builds, > but not prerequisites for 3/3. Anyway I believe they are nice cleanups > and folded in this patch set. > > 3/3 is the important one to fix the false positive warning, > and it is a nice cleanup too. > > > > Masahiro Yamada (3): > ia64: do not typedef struct pal_min_state_area_s > ia64: remove unneeded header includes from <asm/mca.h> > ia64: remove generated/nr-irqs.h generation to fix build warning > > arch/ia64/Makefile | 6 ------ > arch/ia64/include/asm/irq.h | 4 +++- > arch/ia64/include/asm/mca.h | 11 ++++------- > arch/ia64/include/asm/pal.h | 4 ++-- > arch/ia64/include/asm/sal.h | 2 +- > arch/ia64/kernel/Makefile | 5 ----- > arch/ia64/kernel/asm-offsets.c | 18 +++++++++--------- > arch/ia64/kernel/efi.c | 1 + > arch/ia64/kernel/mca.c | 5 +++-- > arch/ia64/kernel/mca_drv.c | 2 +- > arch/ia64/kernel/nr-irqs.c | 22 ---------------------- > 11 files changed, 24 insertions(+), 56 deletions(-) > delete mode 100644 arch/ia64/kernel/nr-irqs.c > > -- > 2.25.1 > -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada