Re: [PATCH 1/3] ARM: add KBUILD_ prefix to CFLAGS_MODULE, LDFLAGS_MODULE

From: Russell King - ARM Linux
Date: Mon Oct 09 2017 - 11:06:57 EST


On Mon, Oct 09, 2017 at 11:35:13PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> {CFLAGS,LDFLAGS}_MODULE are supposed to be set by users, not by
> in-kernel makefiles.
>
> Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt clearly explains the difference:
>
> KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE Options for $(CC) when building modules
>
> $(KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options that
> are used for $(CC).
> From commandline CFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
>
> KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE Options for $(LD) when linking modules
>
> $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) is used to add arch-specific options
> used when linking modules. This is often a linker script.
> From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Acked-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

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