Re: [PATCH] Makefile: Make kernelrelease target work with M=

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Tue Mar 14 2023 - 10:15:12 EST


On Tue, Mar 14, 2023 at 10:04 PM <nvidia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> From: Tzafrir Cohen <nvidia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Fixes: commit 1cb86b6c3136 ("kbuild: save overridden KERNELRELEASE in include/config/kernel.release")
>
> That commit required the use of filechk_kernel.release for the
> kernelrelease Makefile target. It is currently only being set when
> KBUILD_EXTMOD is not set. Make sure it is set in that case as well.
>
> Signed-off-by: Tzafrir Cohen <nvidia@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>


Applied to linux-kbuild/fixes. Thanks.

> ---
> Makefile | 2 ++
> 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 3e7f96f12f08..e0859c608147 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1880,6 +1880,8 @@ endif
>
> else # KBUILD_EXTMOD
>
> +filechk_kernel.release = echo $(KERNELRELEASE)
> +
> ###
> # External module support.
> # When building external modules the kernel used as basis is considered
> --
> 2.39.2
>


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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada