The directory creation can be more simplified by two levels. [1] Drop $(dir ...) $(dir $(f)) always returns non-empty string. So, $(if $(dir $(f)),$(dir $(f)) is equivalent to $(dir $(f)). [2] Unroll $(foreach ...) loop $(dir ...) can take one or more arguments and returns a list of directories of them. $(foreach f, $(progs), $(dir $(f))) can be unrolled as $(dir $(progs)). Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.m@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Changes in v3: None Changes in v2: - Further more clean-up by enrolling $(foreach ) loop scripts/Makefile.host | 10 +++------- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.host b/scripts/Makefile.host index 1c2e570..bb6a11f 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.host +++ b/scripts/Makefile.host @@ -44,15 +44,11 @@ host-cxxobjs := $(sort $(foreach m,$(host-cxxmulti),$($(m)-cxxobjs))) # output directory for programs/.o files # hostprogs-y := tools/build may have been specified. Retrieve directory -host-objdirs := $(foreach f,$(__hostprogs), $(if $(dir $(f)),$(dir $(f)))) +host-objdirs := $(dir $(__hostprogs)) # directory of .o files from prog-objs notation -host-objdirs += $(foreach f,$(host-cmulti), \ - $(foreach m,$($(f)-objs), \ - $(if $(dir $(m)),$(dir $(m))))) +host-objdirs += $(dir $(foreach f,$(host-cmulti), $($(f)-objs))) # directory of .o files from prog-cxxobjs notation -host-objdirs += $(foreach f,$(host-cxxmulti), \ - $(foreach m,$($(f)-cxxobjs), \ - $(if $(dir $(m)),$(dir $(m))))) +host-objdirs += $(dir $(foreach f,$(host-cxxmulti), $($(f)-cxxobjs))) host-objdirs := $(strip $(sort $(filter-out ./,$(host-objdirs)))) -- 1.9.1 -- 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