Re: [PATCH v2] tags: honor COMPILED_SOURCE with apart output directory

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sun Apr 30 2017 - 10:53:52 EST


Hi Robert,

2017-04-26 5:07 GMT+09:00 Robert Jarzmik <robert.jarzmik@xxxxxxx>:
> Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:
>
>> Hi Robert,
>>> diff --git a/scripts/tags.sh b/scripts/tags.sh
>>> index a2ff3388e5ea..35cb64d5211c 100755
>>> --- a/scripts/tags.sh
>>> +++ b/scripts/tags.sh
>>> @@ -106,7 +106,8 @@ all_compiled_sources()
>>> case "$i" in
>>> *.[cS])
>>> j=${i/\.[cS]/\.o}
>>> - if [ -e $j ]; then
>>> + k="${j#$tree}"
>>> + if [ -e $j -o -e "$k" ]; then
>>
>>
>> Do we need to check both srctree and objtree?
>> I think checking objtree (after $tree is ripped off) is enough.
>
> If I remember correctly, as this goes back a couple of monthes when I made the
> tests of this patch, the srctree is checked for the case when the kernel is
> compiled without O=, and objtree for the case with O=.


I thought of this too, but if O= is given, objects in srctree
should not be checked.

For example, the kernel may be compiled for ARCH=arm with O= first,
then for ARCH=x86 without O= second.

If we include objects from both trees, the generated tag file
will be a mixture of arm and x86.



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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada