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

From: Nicolas Schier
Date: Wed Aug 23 2023 - 16:18:51 EST


On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 08:50:44PM +0900 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 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)/
> --
> 2.39.2

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>

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