On Thu, Jun 23, 2022 at 12:12 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> If CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS is enabled and the kernel is built from
> a pristine state, the vmlinux is linked twice.
>
> Commit 3fdc7d3fe4c0 ("kbuild: link vmlinux only once for
> CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS") explains why this happens, but it did not fix
> the issue at all.
>
> Now I realized I had applied a wrong patch.
>
> In v1 patch [1], the autoksyms_recursive target correctly recurses to
> "$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile autoksyms_recursive".
>
> In v2 patch [2], I accidentally dropped the diff line, and it recurses to
> "$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile vmlinux".
>
> Restore the code I intended in v1.
>
> [1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/1521045861-22418-8-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [2]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/1521166725-24157-8-git-send-email-yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Fixes: 3fdc7d3fe4c0 ("kbuild: link vmlinux only once for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS")
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
Thanks for digging into this more!
Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> Makefile | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 513c1fbf7888..a3ff166c5035 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1141,7 +1141,7 @@ KBUILD_MODULES := 1
>
> autoksyms_recursive: descend modules.order
> $(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh \
> - "$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile vmlinux"
> + "$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile autoksyms_recursive"
> endif
>
> autoksyms_h := $(if $(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS), include/generated/autoksyms.h)
> --
> 2.34.1
>
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Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers
