On Thu, Jan 14, 2021 at 1:50 PM Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > From: Mahesh Kumar Kalikot Veetil <mkalikot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Modules with a large number of compilation units may be > exceeding AR and LD command argument list. Handle this gracefully by > writing the long argument list in a file. The command line options > read from file are inserted in place of the original @file option. > > The usage is well documented at > https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/File-Function.html > > Signed-off-by: Mahesh Kumar Kalikot Veetil <mkalikot@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Jeff Johnson <jjohnson@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Changes in v2: > - Remove spurious endif > > scripts/Makefile.build | 5 ++++- > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build > index 252b7d2..787dca2 100644 > --- a/scripts/Makefile.build > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build > @@ -425,7 +425,10 @@ $(obj)/lib.a: $(lib-y) FORCE > # module is turned into a multi object module, $^ will contain header file > # dependencies recorded in the .*.cmd file. > quiet_cmd_link_multi-m = LD [M] $@ > - cmd_link_multi-m = $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(filter %.o,$^) > + cmd_link_multi-m = \ > + $(file >$@.in,$(filter %.o,$^)) \ > + $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ @$@.in; \ > + rm -f $@.in The GNU Make docs linked above use an `@` before the invocation of `rm`. I don't know what that's about, but that or even this patch doesn't affect my ability to build negatively. LGTM Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> Tested-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx> > > $(multi-used-m): FORCE > $(call if_changed,link_multi-m) > -- > The Qualcomm Innovation Center, Inc. is a member of the Code Aurora Forum, > a Linux Foundation Collaborative Project > -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers
