[PATCH 21/27] kbuild: record symbol versions in *.cmd files

[Masahiro Yamada]

When CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y, the output from genksyms is saved in
separate *.symversions files, and will be used much later when
CONFIG_LTO_CLANG=y because it is impossible to update LLVM bit code
here.

This approach is not robust because:

 - *.symversions may or may not exist. If *.symversions does not
   exist, we never know if it is missing for legitimate reason
   (i.e. no EXPORT_SYMBOL) or something bad has happened (for
   example, the user accidentally deleted it). Once it occurs,
   it is not self-healing because *.symversions is generated
   as a side effect of the build rule of the object.

 - stale (i.e. invalid) *.symversions might be picked up if an
   object is generated in a non-ordinary way, and corresponding
   *.symversions (, which was generated by old builds) just happen
   to exist.

A more robust approach is to save symbol versions in *.cmd files
because:

 - *.cmd always exists (if the object is generated by if_changed
   rule or friends). Even if the user accidentally deletes it,
   it will be regenerated in the next build.

 - *.cmd is always re-generated when the object is updated. This
   avoid stale version information being picked up.

I will remove *.symversions later.

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

 scripts/Makefile.build | 2 ++
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index f6a506318795..e03e85c90b26 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -175,6 +175,8 @@ gen_symversions =								\
 	if $(NM) $@ 2>/dev/null | grep -q __ksymtab; then			\
 		$(call cmd_gensymtypes_$(1),$(KBUILD_SYMTYPES),$(@:.o=.symtypes)) \
 		    > $@.symversions;						\
+		echo >> $(dot-target).cmd ;					\
+		sed 's/\(.*\) = \(.*\);/$(pound)\1=\2/' $@.symversions >> $(dot-target).cmd ; \
 	else									\
 		rm -f $@.symversions;						\
 	fi
-- 
2.32.0