On Mon, Mar 28, 2022 at 7:15 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Presumably, 'test -s $@ || rm -f $@' intends to remove the output when > the genksyms command fails. > > It is unneeded because .DELETE_ON_ERROR automatically removes the output > on failure. > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > scripts/Makefile.build | 8 ++------ > 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build > index 3f2985df4d60..974bb6435826 100644 > --- a/scripts/Makefile.build > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build > @@ -135,9 +135,7 @@ genksyms = scripts/genksyms/genksyms \ > cmd_gensymtypes_c = $(CPP) -D__GENKSYMS__ $(c_flags) $< | $(genksyms) > > quiet_cmd_cc_symtypes_c = SYM $(quiet_modtag) $@ > -cmd_cc_symtypes_c = \ > - $(call cmd_gensymtypes_c,true,$@) >/dev/null; \ > - test -s $@ || rm -f $@ > + cmd_cc_symtypes_c = $(call cmd_gensymtypes_c,true,$@) Was it an accident that you removed the redirection of stdout to /dev/null here, but not also below? If quiet_modtag silences the output, perhaps the redirection should be dropped below as well? > > $(obj)/%.symtypes : $(src)/%.c FORCE > $(call cmd,cc_symtypes_c) > @@ -348,9 +346,7 @@ cmd_gensymtypes_S = \ > $(CPP) -D__GENKSYMS__ $(c_flags) -xc - | $(genksyms) > > quiet_cmd_cc_symtypes_S = SYM $(quiet_modtag) $@ > -cmd_cc_symtypes_S = \ > - $(call cmd_gensymtypes_S,true,$@) >/dev/null; \ > - test -s $@ || rm -f $@ > + cmd_cc_symtypes_S = $(call cmd_gensymtypes_S,true,$@) >/dev/null > > $(obj)/%.symtypes : $(src)/%.S FORCE > $(call cmd,cc_symtypes_S) > -- > 2.32.0 > -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers
