The '%.ko' rule in arch/*/Makefile.postlink does nothing but call the 'true' command. Remove the meaningless code. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@xxxxxx> --- (no changes since v1) arch/mips/Makefile.postlink | 3 --- arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink | 3 --- arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink | 3 --- arch/x86/Makefile.postlink | 3 --- scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 5 +---- 5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-) diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile.postlink b/arch/mips/Makefile.postlink index 34e3bd71f3b0..6cfdc149d3bc 100644 --- a/arch/mips/Makefile.postlink +++ b/arch/mips/Makefile.postlink @@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),y) $(call if_changed,relocs) endif -%.ko: FORCE - @true - clean: @true diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink b/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink index 1f860b3c9bec..ae5a4256b03d 100644 --- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink +++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink @@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE $(call if_changed,relocs_check) endif -%.ko: FORCE - @true - clean: rm -f .tmp_symbols.txt diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink b/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink index a46fc578b30b..829b9abc91f6 100644 --- a/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink +++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink @@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE $(call if_changed,relocs_strip) endif -%.ko: FORCE - @true - clean: @true diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink b/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink index 936093d29160..fef2e977cc7d 100644 --- a/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink +++ b/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink @@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS),y) $(call cmd,strip_relocs) endif -%.ko: FORCE - @true - clean: @rm -f $(OUT_RELOCS)/vmlinux.relocs diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal index b3a6aa8fbe8c..8568d256d6fb 100644 --- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal @@ -28,14 +28,11 @@ quiet_cmd_cc_o_c = CC [M] $@ %.mod.o: %.mod.c FORCE $(call if_changed_dep,cc_o_c) -ARCH_POSTLINK := $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.postlink) - quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M] $@ cmd_ld_ko_o += \ $(LD) -r $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) \ $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) $(LDFLAGS_MODULE) \ - -T scripts/module.lds -o $@ $(filter %.o, $^); \ - $(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true) + -T scripts/module.lds -o $@ $(filter %.o, $^) quiet_cmd_btf_ko = BTF [M] $@ cmd_btf_ko = \ -- 2.40.1