Re: [PATCH v2 03/13] kbuild: store the objtool command in *.cmd files

[Josh Poimboeuf]

On Sat, Sep 04, 2021 at 11:04:37AM -0700, Josh Poimboeuf wrote:
> On Tue, Aug 31, 2021 at 04:39:54PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > objtool_dep includes include/config/{ORC_UNWINDER,STACK_VALIDATION}
> > so that all the objects are rebuilt when any of CONFIG_ORC_UNWINDER
> > and CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION is toggled.
> > 
> > As you can see in 'objtool_args', there are more CONFIG options
> > that affect the objtool command line.
> > 
> > Adding more and more include/config/* is ugly and unmaintainable.
> > 
> > Another issue is that non-standard objects are needlessly rebuilt.
> > Objects specified as OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD is not processed by
> > objtool, but they are rebuilt anyway when CONFIG_ORC_UNWINDER or
> > CONFIG_STACK_VALIDATION is toggled. This is not a big deal, but
> > better to fix.
> > 
> > A cleaner and more precise fix is to include the objtool command in
> > *.cmd files so any command change is naturally detected by if_change.
> 
> Nice improvement, thanks!
> 
> s/CONFIG_ORC_UNWINDER/CONFIG_UNWINDER_ORC/g
> 
> And yes, this means the original ORC unwinder dependency didn't
> work:
> 
> > -objtool_dep = $(objtool_obj)					\
> > -	      $(wildcard include/config/ORC_UNWINDER		\
> > -			 include/config/STACK_VALIDATION)

With the typos fixed, and this dependency bug mentioned in the commit
log:

Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf <jpoimboe@xxxxxxxxxx>

-- 
Josh