On Wed, Apr 6, 2022 at 8:31 AM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > The dependency > > $(obj)/%.mod: $(obj)/%$(mod-prelink-ext).o > > ... exists because *.mod files previously contained undefined symbols, > which are computed from *.o files when CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS=y. > > Now that the undefined symbols are put into separate *.usyms files, > there is no reason to make *.mod depend on *.o files. > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > --- > > Makefile | 3 ++- > scripts/Makefile.build | 5 ++--- > 2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 82ee893909e9..e915aacd02b0 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -1792,7 +1792,8 @@ ifdef single-build > > # .ko is special because modpost is needed > single-ko := $(sort $(filter %.ko, $(MAKECMDGOALS))) > -single-no-ko := $(sort $(patsubst %.ko,%.mod, $(MAKECMDGOALS))) > +single-no-ko := $(filter-out $(single-ko), $(MAKECMDGOALS)) \ > + $(foreach x, o mod, $(patsubst %.ko, %.$x, $(single-ko))) I'm on board with this patch, and the overall goal with the series. My brain is having a hard time parsing `o mod` though. Can you walk me through that? Are those targets for .o and .mod files, respectively? > > $(single-ko): single_modpost > @: > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build > index f7a30f378e20..3da731cf6978 100644 > --- a/scripts/Makefile.build > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build > @@ -85,7 +85,7 @@ ifdef need-builtin > targets-for-builtin += $(obj)/built-in.a > endif > > -targets-for-modules := $(foreach x, mod $(if $(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS), usyms), \ > +targets-for-modules := $(foreach x, o mod $(if $(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS), usyms), \ > $(patsubst %.o, %.$x, $(filter %.o, $(obj-m)))) > > ifneq ($(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG)$(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT),) > @@ -306,7 +306,7 @@ endif > cmd_mod = echo $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(call real-search, $*.o, .o, -objs -y -m)) | \ > $(AWK) -v RS='( |\n)' '!x[$$0]++' > $@ > > -$(obj)/%.mod: $(obj)/%$(mod-prelink-ext).o FORCE > +$(obj)/%.mod: FORCE > $(call if_changed,mod) > > # List module undefined symbols > @@ -469,7 +469,6 @@ $(multi-obj-m): FORCE > $(call if_changed,link_multi-m) > $(call multi_depend, $(multi-obj-m), .o, -objs -y -m) > > -targets += $(multi-obj-m) > targets := $(filter-out $(PHONY), $(targets)) > > # Add intermediate targets: > -- > 2.32.0 > -- Thanks, ~Nick Desaulniers