Re: [PATCH] KVM: x86: fix TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH and remove -I. header search paths

From: Paolo Bonzini
Date: Fri Jan 25 2019 - 13:19:04 EST


On 25/01/19 08:32, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The header search path -I. in kernel Makefiles is very suspicious;
> it allows the compiler to search for headers in the top of $(srctree),
> where obviously no header file exists.
>
> The reason of having -I. here is to make the incorrectly set
> TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH working.
>
> As the comment block in include/trace/define_trace.h says,
> TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH should be a relative path to the define_trace.h
>
> Fix the TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH, and remove the iffy include paths.
>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
> arch/x86/kvm/Makefile | 4 ----
> arch/x86/kvm/trace.h | 2 +-
> 2 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 5 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
> index 69b3a7c..31ecf7a 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/Makefile
> @@ -2,10 +2,6 @@
>
> ccflags-y += -Iarch/x86/kvm
>
> -CFLAGS_x86.o := -I.
> -CFLAGS_svm.o := -I.
> -CFLAGS_vmx.o := -I.
> -
> KVM := ../../../virt/kvm
>
> kvm-y += $(KVM)/kvm_main.o $(KVM)/coalesced_mmio.o \
> diff --git a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> index 705f40a..6432d08 100644
> --- a/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> +++ b/arch/x86/kvm/trace.h
> @@ -1465,7 +1465,7 @@ TRACE_EVENT(kvm_hv_send_ipi_ex,
> #endif /* _TRACE_KVM_H */
>
> #undef TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH
> -#define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH arch/x86/kvm
> +#define TRACE_INCLUDE_PATH ../../arch/x86/kvm
> #undef TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE
> #define TRACE_INCLUDE_FILE trace
>
>

Queued, thanks.

Paolo