Re: [PATCH] kernel: trace: do not generate undefsyms_base.c
From: Marc Zyngier
Date: Tue Apr 21 2026 - 10:17:05 EST
On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 15:02:09 +0100,
Steven Rostedt <rostedt@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> On Tue, 21 Apr 2026 11:04:55 +0100
> Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> > The code to autogenerate undefsyms_base.c in the Makefile is larger
> > than the file itself.
> >
> > Remove the "echo" indirection that creates the file, which keeps
> > the build system sane and makes it much easier to edit it if/when
> > new situations arrive.
> >
> > Reported-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Marc beat you to it by a few minutes ;-)
>
> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20260421095446.2951646-1-maz@xxxxxxxxxx/
>
> Although he didn't Cc linux-trace-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx :-p
>
> But anyway, it ended up in my internal Patchwork. I'll take his as they are
> both pretty much the same patch.
On the other hand, Paolo's patch has the SPDX tag on the new file,
which I forgot to add. Your call, anyway.
Thanks,
M.
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