Re: [PATCH 07/13] kbuild: do not remove 'linux' link in scripts/link-vmlinux.sh

[Kees Cook]

On Thu, Aug 19, 2021 at 09:57:38AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> arch/um/Makefile passes the -f option to the ln command:
> 
>     $(Q)ln -f $< $@
> 
> So, the hard link is always re-created, and the old one is removed
> anyway.

Hah, yeah, that's a bit of ARCH=um redundancy.

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 1 -
>  1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> index a6c4d0bce3ba..7b9c62e4d54a 100755
> --- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> +++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> @@ -206,7 +206,6 @@ vmlinux_link()
>  			-Wl,-T,${lds}				\
>  			${objects}				\
>  			-lutil -lrt -lpthread
> -		rm -f linux
>  	fi
>  }
>  
> -- 
> 2.30.2
> 

-- 
Kees Cook