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* [PATCH] kbuild: let object files depend on recordmcount instead of its sources
@ 2011-10-07 13:19 Uwe Kleine-König
  2011-10-07 16:31 ` Steven Rostedt
  2011-10-07 19:47 ` Uwe Kleine-König
  0 siblings, 2 replies; 6+ messages in thread
From: Uwe Kleine-König @ 2011-10-07 13:19 UTC (permalink / raw)
  To: Steven Rostedt, Michal Marek; +Cc: linux-kernel, linux-kbuild

This has the upside that distributions only have to ship the recordmcount
binary to allow building modules instead of recordmcount and it's sources.

Make still notices that the object files need to be rebuilt when
recordmcount's sources change.

Signed-off-by: Uwe Kleine-König <u.kleine-koenig@pengutronix.de>
---
 scripts/Makefile.build |    9 ++++-----
 1 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index a0fd502..bc83e94 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -271,8 +271,7 @@ sub_cmd_record_mcount =					\
 	if [ $(@) != "scripts/mod/empty.o" ]; then	\
 		$(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount $(RECORDMCOUNT_FLAGS) "$(@)";	\
 	fi;
-recordmcount_source := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.c \
-		    $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.h
+recordmcount_exec := $(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount
 else
 sub_cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
 	"$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \
@@ -280,7 +279,7 @@ sub_cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH
 	"$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC) $(KBUILD_CFLAGS)" \
 	"$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" \
 	"$(if $(part-of-module),1,0)" "$(@)";
-recordmcount_source := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
+recordmcount_exec := $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl
 endif
 cmd_record_mcount = 						\
 	if [ "$(findstring -pg,$(_c_flags))" = "-pg" ]; then	\
@@ -301,13 +300,13 @@ define rule_cc_o_c
 endef
 
 # Built-in and composite module parts
-$(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c $(recordmcount_source) FORCE
+$(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c $(recordmcount_exec) FORCE
 	$(call cmd,force_checksrc)
 	$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
 
 # Single-part modules are special since we need to mark them in $(MODVERDIR)
 
-$(single-used-m): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c $(recordmcount_source) FORCE
+$(single-used-m): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c $(recordmcount_exec) FORCE
 	$(call cmd,force_checksrc)
 	$(call if_changed_rule,cc_o_c)
 	@{ echo $(@:.o=.ko); echo $@; } > $(MODVERDIR)/$(@F:.o=.mod)
-- 
1.7.6.3


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2011-10-07 16:31 ` Steven Rostedt
2011-10-07 18:04   ` Uwe Kleine-König
2011-10-07 18:52     ` Steven Rostedt
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