KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS makes sense only when building external modules. Moreover, the modpost sets 'external_module' if the -e option is given. I replaced $(patsubst %, -e %,...) with simpler $(addprefix -e,...) while I was here. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- scripts/Makefile.modpost | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost index ad4b9829a456..c856512349cd 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost @@ -78,7 +78,7 @@ modpost = scripts/mod/modpost \ $(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_SRCVERSION_ALL),-a,) \ $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-i,-o) $(kernelsymfile) \ $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-I $(modulesymfile)) \ - $(if $(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS), $(patsubst %, -e %,$(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS))) \ + $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(addprefix -e ,$(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS))) \ $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-o $(modulesymfile)) \ $(if $(CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY),,-E) \ $(if $(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w) -- 2.17.1