Re: [PATCH 4/8] kbuild: remove $(MODLIB)/source symlink

[Nicolas Schier]

On Wed, Aug 23, 2023 at 08:50:44PM +0900 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> This reverts the old commit "kbuild: Introduce source symlink in
> /lib/modules/.../". [1]
> 
> The current Kbuild does not require $(MODLIB)/source. If the kernel was
> built in a separate output directory, $(MODLIB)/build/Makefile wraps
> the Makefile in the source tree. It is enough for building external
> modules.
> 
> [1] https://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/history/history.git/commit/?id=e09e58867154b8aae0a3ac26a9b1c05962f5a355
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> 
>  Makefile | 8 ++------
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index c9c8019e4720..7d9cab3d2186 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1486,14 +1486,10 @@ modules_install: $(modinst_pre)
>  PHONY += __modinst_pre
>  __modinst_pre:
>  	@rm -rf $(MODLIB)/kernel
> -	@rm -f $(MODLIB)/source
> +	@rm -f $(MODLIB)/build
>  	@mkdir -p $(MODLIB)
>  ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
> -	@ln -s $(abspath $(srctree)) $(MODLIB)/source
> -	@if [ ! $(objtree) -ef  $(MODLIB)/build ]; then \
> -		rm -f $(MODLIB)/build ; \
> -		ln -s $(CURDIR) $(MODLIB)/build ; \
> -	fi
> +	@ln -s $(CURDIR) $(MODLIB)/build
>  	@sed 's:^\(.*\)\.o$$:kernel/\1.ko:' modules.order > $(MODLIB)/modules.order
>  endif
>  	@cp -f modules.builtin $(MODLIB)/
> -- 
> 2.39.2

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>

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