On Thu, Sep 01, 2022 at 12:20:57PM +0200, Greg KH wrote: > On Wed, Aug 31, 2022 at 06:17:24AM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote: > > From: Jing Leng <jleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > commit 23a0cb8e3225122496bfa79172005c587c2d64bf upstream. > > > > When building an external module, if users don't need to separate the > > compilation output and source code, they run the following command: > > "make -C $(LINUX_SRC_DIR) M=$(PWD)". At this point, "$(KBUILD_EXTMOD)" > > and "$(src)" are the same. > > > > If they need to separate them, they run "make -C $(KERNEL_SRC_DIR) > > O=$(KERNEL_OUT_DIR) M=$(OUT_DIR) src=$(PWD)". Before running the > > command, they need to copy "Kbuild" or "Makefile" to "$(OUT_DIR)" to > > prevent compilation failure. > > > > So the kernel should change the included path to avoid the copy operation. > > > > Signed-off-by: Jing Leng <jleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > [masahiro: I do not think "M=$(OUT_DIR) src=$(PWD)" is the official way, > > but this patch is a nice clean up anyway.] > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > > [nsc: updated context for v5.4] > > Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@xxxxxx> > > --- > > scripts/Makefile.modpost | 3 +-- > > 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 2 deletions(-) > > > > diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost > > index 48585c4d04ad..0273bf7375e2 100644 > > --- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost > > +++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost > > @@ -87,8 +87,7 @@ obj := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD) > > src := $(obj) > > > > # Include the module's Makefile to find KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS > > -include $(if $(wildcard $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Kbuild), \ > > - $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Kbuild, $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)/Makefile) > > +include $(if $(wildcard $(src)/Kbuild), $(src)/Kbuild, $(src)/Makefile) > > > > # modpost option for external modules > > MODPOST += -e > > -- > > 2.37.2 > > > > Does not apply to the 5.4.y tree at all, are you sure you generated this > properly? oh, I mixed up something locally. Thanks for taking the v4.9 version of it. Kind regards, Nicolas