If unifdef fails for any reason (like segfaulting), we should be aborting the install steps. So check its exit status in this unlikely scenario. Reported-by: Diego Elio Pettenà <flameeyes@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Mike Frysinger <vapier@xxxxxxxxxx> --- v2 - apparently exit status of 1 is normal for unifdef, so need to handle that too scripts/headers_install.pl | 7 +++++++ 1 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 0 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/headers_install.pl b/scripts/headers_install.pl index 4ca3be3..59ad768 100644 --- a/scripts/headers_install.pl +++ b/scripts/headers_install.pl @@ -45,6 +45,13 @@ foreach my $file (@files) { close $in; system $unifdef . " $tmpfile > $installdir/$file"; + # unifdef will exit 0 on success, and will exit 1 when the + # file was processed successfully but no changes were made, + # so abort only when it's higher than that. + my $e = $? >> 8; + if ($e > 2) { + die "$tmpfile: $!\n"; + } unlink $tmpfile; } exit 0; -- 1.7.3.2 -- 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