[PATCH 4/8] kbuild: remove $(MODLIB)/source symlink

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Wed Aug 23 2023 - 07:51:08 EST


This reverts the old commit "kbuild: Introduce source symlink in
/lib/modules/.../". [1]

The current Kbuild does not require $(MODLIB)/source. If the kernel was
built in a separate output directory, $(MODLIB)/build/Makefile wraps
the Makefile in the source tree. It is enough for building external
modules.

[1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=e09e58867154b8aae0a3ac26a9b1c05962f5a355

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

Makefile | 8 ++------
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index c9c8019e4720..7d9cab3d2186 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1486,14 +1486,10 @@ modules_install: $(modinst_pre)
PHONY += __modinst_pre
__modinst_pre:
@rm -rf $(MODLIB)/kernel
- @rm -f $(MODLIB)/source
+ @rm -f $(MODLIB)/build
@mkdir -p $(MODLIB)
ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
- @ln -s $(abspath $(srctree)) $(MODLIB)/source
- @if [ ! $(objtree) -ef $(MODLIB)/build ]; then \
- rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
- ln -s $(CURDIR) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
- fi
+ @ln -s $(CURDIR) $(MODLIB)/build
@sed 's:^\(.*\)\.o$$:kernel/\1.ko:' modules.order > $(MODLIB)/modules.order
endif
@cp -f modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/
--
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