scripts/mkcompile_h uses $(CC) only for getting the version string. I suspected there was a specific reason why the additional flags were needed, and dug the commit history. This code dates back to at least 2002 [1], but I could not get any more clue. Just get rid of it. [1]: https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=29f3df7eba8ddf91a55183f9967f76fbcc3ab742 Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- init/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/init/Makefile b/init/Makefile index 30aa8ab11120..d45e967483b2 100644 --- a/init/Makefile +++ b/init/Makefile @@ -35,4 +35,4 @@ include/generated/compile.h: FORCE @$($(quiet)chk_compile.h) $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/mkcompile_h $@ \ "$(UTS_MACHINE)" "$(CONFIG_SMP)" "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT)" \ - "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" "$(LD)" + "$(CONFIG_PREEMPT_RT)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" -- 2.17.1
