Re: [PATCH v2] Makefile: add $(srctree) to dependency of compile_commands.json target

[Nicolas Schier]

On Sun, Aug 04, 2024 at 02:50:57PM +0900 Alexandre Courbot wrote:
> When trying to build the compile_commands.json target from an external
> module's directory, the following error is displayed:
> 
> 	make[1]: *** No rule to make target 'scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py',
> 	needed by 'compile_commands.json'. Stop.
> 
> This is because gen_compile_commands.py was previously looked up using a
> relative path to $(srctree), but commit b1992c3772e6 ("kbuild: use
> $(src) instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for source directory") stopped
> defining VPATH for external module builds.
> 
> Prefixing gen_compile_commands.py with $(srctree) fixes the problem.
> 
> Fixes: b1992c3772e6 ("kbuild: use $(src) instead of $(srctree)/$(src) for source directory")
> Signed-off-by: Alexandre Courbot <gnurou@xxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index 8ad55d6e7b60..52d7dfe4212a 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1980,7 +1980,7 @@ nsdeps: modules
>  quiet_cmd_gen_compile_commands = GEN     $@
>        cmd_gen_compile_commands = $(PYTHON3) $< -a $(AR) -o $@ $(filter-out $<, $(real-prereqs))
>  
> -$(extmod_prefix)compile_commands.json: scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py \
> +$(extmod_prefix)compile_commands.json: $(srctree)/scripts/clang-tools/gen_compile_commands.py \
>  	$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),, vmlinux.a $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS)) \
>  	$(if $(CONFIG_MODULES), $(MODORDER)) FORCE
>  	$(call if_changed,gen_compile_commands)
> -- 
> 2.46.0
> 

thanks, looks good to me.

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@xxxxxxxxx>