I fixed a similar build error in commit 1b1e4ee86e00 ("sh: fix build
error for empty CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE"), but it came back again.
Since commit 37c8a5fafa3b ("kbuild: consolidate Devicetree dtb
build rules"), the combination of CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE=y and
CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB=n results in the following build error:
make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'arch/sh/boot/dts/.dtb.o', needed by 'arch/sh/boot/dts/built-in.a'. Stop.
make: *** [Makefile;1727: arch/sh/boot/dts/] Error 2
Prior to that commit, there was only one path to descend into
arch/sh/boot/dts/, and arch/sh/Makefile correctly guards it with
CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB:
core-$(CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB) += arch/sh/boot/dts/
Now, there is another path to descend there from the top Makefile
when CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE=y. If CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB is disabled,
CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE is invisible instead of defined as "".
Add obj-$(CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB) guard to avoid the attempt to build
the non-existing file.
Fixes: 37c8a5fafa3b ("kbuild: consolidate Devicetree dtb build rules")
Reported-by: kbuild test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Observant reviewers may point out another problem.
There is a race condition when CONFIG_OF_EARLY_FLATTREE=y.
Some architectures (sh, xtensa, etc.) embed a DTB in vmlinux,
so there are two paths to descend into arch/*/boot/dts/.
For parallel build with -j<N> option, two threads may build
under arch/*/boot/dts/ simultaneously.
Yes, this is a problem, and it is in my TODO list.
For some reasons, I will postpone it by the next development cycle.
For now, I want to fix this sh build error first because kbuild test
robot is still complaining about it.
Changes in v2:
- Change the subject a bit because the cause of the error is different
arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile b/arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile
index 01d0f7f..2563d1e 100644
--- a/arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile
+++ b/arch/sh/boot/dts/Makefile
@@ -1,3 +1,3 @@
ifneq ($(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE),"")
-obj-y += $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE)).dtb.o
+obj-$(CONFIG_USE_BUILTIN_DTB) += $(patsubst "%",%,$(CONFIG_BUILTIN_DTB_SOURCE)).dtb.o
endif
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2.7.4
