[PATCH 1/4] kbuild: remove ARCH_POSTLINK from module builds

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Oct 17 2023 - 06:38:12 EST


The '%.ko' rule in arch/*/Makefile.postlink does nothing but call the
'true' command.

Remove the meaningless code.

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

arch/mips/Makefile.postlink | 3 ---
arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink | 3 ---
arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink | 3 ---
arch/x86/Makefile.postlink | 3 ---
scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 5 +----
5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)

diff --git a/arch/mips/Makefile.postlink b/arch/mips/Makefile.postlink
index 34e3bd71f3b0..6cfdc149d3bc 100644
--- a/arch/mips/Makefile.postlink
+++ b/arch/mips/Makefile.postlink
@@ -31,9 +31,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_RELOCATABLE),y)
$(call if_changed,relocs)
endif

-%.ko: FORCE
- @true
-
clean:
@true

diff --git a/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink b/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink
index 1f860b3c9bec..ae5a4256b03d 100644
--- a/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink
+++ b/arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink
@@ -35,9 +35,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
$(call if_changed,relocs_check)
endif

-%.ko: FORCE
- @true
-
clean:
rm -f .tmp_symbols.txt

diff --git a/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink b/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink
index a46fc578b30b..829b9abc91f6 100644
--- a/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink
+++ b/arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink
@@ -36,9 +36,6 @@ ifdef CONFIG_RELOCATABLE
$(call if_changed,relocs_strip)
endif

-%.ko: FORCE
- @true
-
clean:
@true

diff --git a/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink b/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink
index 936093d29160..fef2e977cc7d 100644
--- a/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink
+++ b/arch/x86/Makefile.postlink
@@ -34,9 +34,6 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_NEED_RELOCS),y)
$(call cmd,strip_relocs)
endif

-%.ko: FORCE
- @true
-
clean:
@rm -f $(OUT_RELOCS)/vmlinux.relocs

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index b3a6aa8fbe8c..8568d256d6fb 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -28,14 +28,11 @@ quiet_cmd_cc_o_c = CC [M] $@
%.mod.o: %.mod.c FORCE
$(call if_changed_dep,cc_o_c)

-ARCH_POSTLINK := $(wildcard $(srctree)/arch/$(SRCARCH)/Makefile.postlink)
-
quiet_cmd_ld_ko_o = LD [M] $@
cmd_ld_ko_o += \
$(LD) -r $(KBUILD_LDFLAGS) \
$(KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE) $(LDFLAGS_MODULE) \
- -T scripts/module.lds -o $@ $(filter %.o, $^); \
- $(if $(ARCH_POSTLINK), $(MAKE) -f $(ARCH_POSTLINK) $@, true)
+ -T scripts/module.lds -o $@ $(filter %.o, $^)

quiet_cmd_btf_ko = BTF [M] $@
cmd_btf_ko = \
--
2.40.1