[PATCH 2/2] kbuild: remove support for single %.symtypes build rule

From: Masahiro Yamada
Date: Mon Nov 11 2024 - 12:20:55 EST


This rule is unnecessary because you can generate foo/bar.symtypes
as a side effect using:

$ make KBUILD_SYMTYPES=1 foo/bar.o

While compiling *.o is slower than preprocessing, the impact is
negligible. I prioritize keeping the code simpler.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
---

Makefile | 2 +-
scripts/Makefile.build | 20 +++-----------------
2 files changed, 4 insertions(+), 18 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 8dceb6830486..93fe5d2d6861 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -276,7 +276,7 @@ no-dot-config-targets := $(clean-targets) \
outputmakefile rustavailable rustfmt rustfmtcheck
no-sync-config-targets := $(no-dot-config-targets) %install modules_sign kernelrelease \
image_name
-single-targets := %.a %.i %.ko %.lds %.ll %.lst %.mod %.o %.rsi %.s %.symtypes %/
+single-targets := %.a %.i %.ko %.lds %.ll %.lst %.mod %.o %.rsi %.s %/

config-build :=
mixed-build :=
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index 36eae845a3e3..1a0d3078dac7 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -108,19 +108,13 @@ $(obj)/%.i: $(obj)/%.c FORCE
$(call if_changed_dep,cpp_i_c)

genksyms = scripts/genksyms/genksyms \
- $(if $(1), -T $(2)) \
+ $(if $(KBUILD_SYMTYPES), -T $(@:.o=.symtypes)) \
$(if $(KBUILD_PRESERVE), -p) \
- $(addprefix -r , $(wildcard $(2:.symtypes=.symref)))
+ $(addprefix -r , $(wildcard $(@:.o=.symref)))

# These mirror gensymtypes_S and co below, keep them in synch.
cmd_gensymtypes_c = $(CPP) -D__GENKSYMS__ $(c_flags) $< | $(genksyms)

-quiet_cmd_cc_symtypes_c = SYM $(quiet_modtag) $@
- cmd_cc_symtypes_c = $(call cmd_gensymtypes_c,true,$@) >/dev/null
-
-$(obj)/%.symtypes : $(obj)/%.c FORCE
- $(call cmd,cc_symtypes_c)
-
# LLVM assembly
# Generate .ll files from .c
quiet_cmd_cc_ll_c = CC $(quiet_modtag) $@
@@ -158,8 +152,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_MODVERSIONS

gen_symversions = \
if $(NM) $@ 2>/dev/null | grep -q ' __export_symbol_'; then \
- $(call cmd_gensymtypes_$(1),$(KBUILD_SYMTYPES),$(@:.o=.symtypes)) \
- >> $(dot-target).cmd; \
+ $(cmd_gensymtypes_$1) >> $(dot-target).cmd; \
fi

cmd_gen_symversions_c = $(call gen_symversions,c)
@@ -323,13 +316,6 @@ cmd_gensymtypes_S = \
$(NM) $@ | sed -n 's/.* __export_symbol_\(.*\)/EXPORT_SYMBOL(\1);/p' ; } | \
$(CPP) -D__GENKSYMS__ $(c_flags) -xc - | $(genksyms)

-quiet_cmd_cc_symtypes_S = SYM $(quiet_modtag) $@
- cmd_cc_symtypes_S = $(call cmd_gensymtypes_S,true,$@) >/dev/null
-
-$(obj)/%.symtypes : $(obj)/%.S FORCE
- $(call cmd,cc_symtypes_S)
-
-
quiet_cmd_cpp_s_S = CPP $(quiet_modtag) $@
cmd_cpp_s_S = $(CPP) $(a_flags) -o $@ $<

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