On Tue, 1 Dec 2015 17:10:14 +0000 Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Another suggestion - maybe recordmcount, which fstat()s the file, > should check the st_nlink before modifying the file, and error out > with a helpful error message telling people not to use hardlinks, > which would stop nasty surprises (and make it a rule that this should > be implemented as a general principle for good build behaviour) - iow, Actually I like this solution the best. > something like this (untested): Can you test it to see if it gives you the error, otherwise I need to set up a CCACHE_HARDLINK environment :-) I guess another solution is to do a copy instead of modifying in place if it detects the multiple hard link? -- Steve > > scripts/recordmcount.c | 4 ++++ > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/scripts/recordmcount.c b/scripts/recordmcount.c > index 698768bdc581..bb7589fd7392 100644 > --- a/scripts/recordmcount.c > +++ b/scripts/recordmcount.c > @@ -203,6 +203,10 @@ static void *mmap_file(char const *fname) > fprintf(stderr, "not a regular file: %s\n", fname); > fail_file(); > } > + if (sb.st_nlink != 1) { > + fprintf(stderr, "file is hard linked: %s\n", fname); > + fail_file(); > + } > addr = mmap(0, sb.st_size, PROT_READ|PROT_WRITE, MAP_PRIVATE, > fd_map, 0); > mmap_failed = 0; > > -- 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