Re: [PATCH] kbuild: remove .thinlto-cache by 'make clean'

[Kees Cook]

On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 04:39:12AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 'make clean' should remove build artifacts unneeded by external module
> builds. Obviously, you do not need to keep this directory.

As in, it should exist in the "clean" target, rather than "distclean"?

> 
> Fixes: dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO")
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

That works for me!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

-Kees

> ---
> 
>  Makefile | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index b18dbc634690..8601a86ebe38 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
>  # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
>  CLEAN_FILES += include/ksym vmlinux.symvers \
>  	       modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps \
> -	       compile_commands.json
> +	       compile_commands.json .thinlto-cache
>  
>  # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
>  MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
> @@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
>  		  *.spec
>  
>  # Directories & files removed with 'make distclean'
> -DISTCLEAN_FILES += tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS .thinlto-cache
> +DISTCLEAN_FILES += tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS
>  
>  # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules
>  #
> -- 
> 2.27.0
> 

-- 
Kees Cook