Re: [PATCH] sparc: Add missing "FORCE" target when using if_changed

From: Kees Cook
Date: Wed Oct 06 2021 - 00:45:45 EST


On Fri, Sep 24, 2021 at 06:38:56AM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
> On Thu, Sep 23, 2021 at 02:54:18PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
> > Fix observed warning:
> >
> > /builds/linux/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile:35: FORCE prerequisite is missing
> >
> > Fixes: e1f86d7b4b2a5213 ("kbuild: warn if FORCE is missing for if_changed(_dep,_rule) and filechk")
> > Cc: "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Cc: sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@xxxxxx>

Thanks!

Masahiro, are you able to add this to your kbuild tree?

-Kees

>
> > ---
> > I'm not sure if this should go via sparc or via kbuild. :)
> > ---
> > arch/sparc/boot/Makefile | 8 ++++----
> > 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile b/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile
> > index 849236d4eca4..45e5c76d449e 100644
> > --- a/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile
> > +++ b/arch/sparc/boot/Makefile
> > @@ -22,7 +22,7 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_SPARC64),y)
> >
> > # Actual linking
> >
> > -$(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/image
> > +$(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/image FORCE
> > $(call if_changed,gzip)
> > @echo ' kernel: $@ is ready'
> >
> > @@ -31,7 +31,7 @@ $(obj)/vmlinux.aout: vmlinux FORCE
> > @echo ' kernel: $@ is ready'
> > else
> >
> > -$(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/image
> > +$(obj)/zImage: $(obj)/image FORCE
> > $(call if_changed,strip)
> > @echo ' kernel: $@ is ready'
> >
> > @@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ OBJCOPYFLAGS_image.bin := -S -O binary -R .note -R .comment
> > $(obj)/image.bin: $(obj)/image FORCE
> > $(call if_changed,objcopy)
> >
> > -$(obj)/image.gz: $(obj)/image.bin
> > +$(obj)/image.gz: $(obj)/image.bin FORCE
> > $(call if_changed,gzip)
> >
> > UIMAGE_LOADADDR = $(CONFIG_UBOOT_LOAD_ADDR)
> > @@ -56,7 +56,7 @@ quiet_cmd_uimage.o = UIMAGE.O $@
> > -r -b binary $@ -o $@.o
> >
> > targets += uImage
> > -$(obj)/uImage: $(obj)/image.gz
> > +$(obj)/uImage: $(obj)/image.gz FORCE
> > $(call if_changed,uimage)
> > $(call if_changed,uimage.o)
> > @echo ' Image $@ is ready'
> > --
> > 2.30.2
> >

--
Kees Cook