[PATCH] kbuild: make clean rule robust against too long argument error

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Sat Jun 17 2023 - 11:32:35 EST


Commit cd968b97c492 ("kbuild: make built-in.a rule robust against too
long argument error") made a build rule robust against "Argument list
too long" error.

Eugeniu Rosca reported the same error occurred when cleaning an external
module.

The $(obj)/ prefix can be a very long path for external modules.

Apply a similar solution to 'make clean'.

Reported-by: Eugeniu Rosca <erosca@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

scripts/Makefile.clean | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.clean b/scripts/Makefile.clean
index 3649900696dd..235408a44f90 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.clean
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.clean
@@ -37,8 +37,9 @@ __clean-files := $(wildcard $(addprefix $(obj)/, $(__clean-files)))

# ==========================================================================

+# Use xargs to make this robust against "Argument list too long" error
quiet_cmd_clean = CLEAN $(obj)
- cmd_clean = rm -rf $(__clean-files)
+ cmd_clean = printf '$(obj)/%s ' $(patsubst $(obj)/%,%,$(__clean-files)) | xargs rm -rf

__clean: $(subdir-ymn)
ifneq ($(strip $(__clean-files)),)
--
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