'make clean' should remove build artifacts unneeded by external module builds. Obviously, you do not need to keep this directory. Fixes: dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO") Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 4 ++-- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index b18dbc634690..8601a86ebe38 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES # Directories & files removed with 'make clean' CLEAN_FILES += include/ksym vmlinux.symvers \ modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps \ - compile_commands.json + compile_commands.json .thinlto-cache # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper' MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated \ @@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated \ *.spec # Directories & files removed with 'make distclean' -DISTCLEAN_FILES += tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS .thinlto-cache +DISTCLEAN_FILES += tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules # -- 2.27.0