[PATCH 09/13] kbuild: do not create built-in.a.symversions or lib.a.symversions

[Masahiro Yamada]

Merge all *.o.symversions in scripts/link-vmlinux.sh instead of
merging them in the unit of built-in.a or lib.a.

This is a preparation for further code cleanups.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

 scripts/Makefile.build  | 10 ++--------
 scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 22 ++++++++++++++++++----
 2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 585dae34746a..37d6f6da34d6 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -430,11 +430,8 @@ endif
 quiet_cmd_ar_builtin = AR      $@
       cmd_ar_builtin = rm -f $@; $(AR) cDPrST $@ $(real-prereqs)
 
-quiet_cmd_ar_and_symver = AR      $@
-      cmd_ar_and_symver = $(cmd_update_lto_symversions); $(cmd_ar_builtin)
-
 $(obj)/built-in.a: $(real-obj-y) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,ar_and_symver)
+	$(call if_changed,ar_builtin)
 
 #
 # Rule to create modules.order file
@@ -454,11 +451,8 @@ $(obj)/modules.order: $(obj-m) FORCE
 #
 # Rule to compile a set of .o files into one .a file (with symbol table)
 #
-quiet_cmd_ar_lib = AR      $@
-      cmd_ar_lib = $(cmd_update_lto_symversions); $(cmd_ar)
-
 $(obj)/lib.a: $(lib-y) FORCE
-	$(call if_changed,ar_lib)
+	$(call if_changed,ar)
 
 # NOTE:
 # Do not replace $(filter %.o,^) with $(real-prereqs). When a single object
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index d74cee5c4326..17976609c2d8 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -52,6 +52,13 @@ gen_initcalls()
 		> .tmp_initcalls.lds
 }
 
+append_symversion()
+{
+	if [ -f ${1}.symversions ]; then
+		cat ${1}.symversions >> .tmp_symversions.lds
+	fi
+}
+
 # If CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is selected, collect generated symbol versions into
 # .tmp_symversions.lds
 gen_symversions()
@@ -59,10 +66,17 @@ gen_symversions()
 	info GEN .tmp_symversions.lds
 	rm -f .tmp_symversions.lds
 
-	for o in ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS} ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS}; do
-		if [ -f ${o}.symversions ]; then
-			cat ${o}.symversions >> .tmp_symversions.lds
-		fi
+	for a in ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS} ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS}; do
+		case $a in
+		*.a)
+			for o in $(${AR} t ${a}); do
+				append_symversion ${o}
+			done
+			;;
+		*)
+			append_symversion ${a}
+			;;
+		esac
 	done
 }
 
-- 
2.30.2