On Mon, Aug 5, 2024 at 3:20 PM Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 4, 2024 at 2:51 PM Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > When trying to build the compile_commands.json target from an external > > module's directory, the following error is displayed: > > > As I mentioned in v1, this issue only happens when using the kernel > directory built in a separate output directory (O=). > > Unless you have a opposition, I will reword this sentence as follows: > > When trying to build compile_commands.json for an external module > against the kernel built in a separate output directory, the following > error is displayed: Sounds perfect! Thank you. Alex. > > > > > > > > > > make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py', > > needed by 'compile_commands.json'. Stop. > > > > This is because gen_compile_commands.py was previously looked up using a > > relative path to $(srctree), but commit b1992c3772e6 ("kbuild: use > > $(src) instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for source directory") stopped > > defining VPATH for external module builds. > > > > Prefixing gen_compile_commands.py with $(srctree) fixes the problem. > > > > Fixes: b1992c3772e6 ("kbuild: use $(src) instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for source directory") > > Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@xxxxxxxxx> > > --- > > Makefile | 2 +- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) > > > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > > index 8ad55d6e7b60..52d7dfe4212a 100644 > > --- a/Makefile > > +++ b/Makefile > > @@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ nsdeps: modules > > quiet_cmd_gen_compile_commands = GEN $@ > > cmd_gen_compile_commands = $(PYTHON3) $< -a $(AR) -o $@ $(filter-out $<, $(real-prereqs)) > > > > -$(extmod_prefix)compile_commands.json: scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py \ > > +$(extmod_prefix)compile_commands.json: $(srctree)/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py \ > > $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),, vmlinux.a $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS)) \ > > $(if $(CONFIG_MODULES), $(MODORDER)) FORCE > > $(call if_changed,gen_compile_commands) > > -- > > 2.46.0 > > > > > > > -- > Best Regards > Masahiro Yamada