4.4-stable review patch. If anyone has any objections, please let me know. ------------------ From: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx> commit 51193b76bfff5027cf96ba63effae808ad67cca7 upstream. When the kernel path contains a space or a colon somewhere in the path name, the modules_install target doesn't work anymore, as the path names are not enclosed in double quotes. It is also supposed that and O= build will suffer from the same weakness as modules_install. Instead of checking and improving kbuild to resist to directories including these characters, error out early to prevent any build if the kernel's main directory contains a space. Signed-off-by: Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Michal Marek <mmarek@xxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 4 ++++ 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+) --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -128,6 +128,10 @@ _all: # Cancel implicit rules on top Makefile $(CURDIR)/Makefile Makefile: ; +ifneq ($(words $(subst :, ,$(CURDIR))), 1) + $(error main directory cannot contain spaces nor colons) +endif + ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),) # Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables # check that the output directory actually exists -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe stable" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html