Re: [RFC PATCH 01/15] static kmem_cache instances for core caches

[Al Viro]

On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 05:40:34AM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
> On Sat, Jan 10, 2026 at 04:02:03AM +0000, Al Viro wrote:
> > +++ b/Kbuild
> > @@ -45,13 +45,24 @@ kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s: $(offsets-file)
> >  $(rq-offsets-file): kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s FORCE
> >  	$(call filechk,offsets,__RQ_OFFSETS_H__)
> >  
> > +# generate kmem_cache_size.h
> > +
> > +kmem_cache_size-file := include/generated/kmem_cache_size.h
> > +
> > +targets += mm/kmem_cache_size.s
> > +
> > +mm/kmem_cache_size.s: $(rq-offsets-file)
> > +
> > +$(kmem_cache_size-file): mm/kmem_cache_size.s FORCE
> > +	$(call filechk,offsets,__KMEM_CACHE_SIZE_H__)
> > +
> >  # Check for missing system calls
> >  
> >  quiet_cmd_syscalls = CALL    $<
> >        cmd_syscalls = $(CONFIG_SHELL) $< $(CC) $(c_flags) $(missing_syscalls_flags)
> >  
> >  PHONY += missing-syscalls
> > -missing-syscalls: scripts/checksyscalls.sh $(rq-offsets-file)
> > +missing-syscalls: scripts/checksyscalls.sh $(kmem_cache_size-file)
> >  	$(call cmd,syscalls)
> 
> Did you mean to _replace_  rq-offsets-file rather than add
> kmem_cache_size-file ?

Insert kmem_cache_size-file into the chain, actually.  At the moment, mainline has
$(bounds-file): kernel/bounds.s FORCE
        $(call filechk,offsets,__LINUX_BOUNDS_H__)

$(timeconst-file): kernel/time/timeconst.bc FORCE
        $(call filechk,gentimeconst)

arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s: $(timeconst-file) $(bounds-file)

$(offsets-file): arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/asm-offsets.s FORCE
        $(call filechk,offsets,__ASM_OFFSETS_H__)

kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s: $(offsets-file)

$(rq-offsets-file): kernel/sched/rq-offsets.s FORCE
        $(call filechk,offsets,__RQ_OFFSETS_H__)

missing-syscalls: scripts/checksyscalls.sh $(rq-offsets-file)
        $(call cmd,syscalls)

with prepare having deps on $(offsets-file) and missing-syscalls, which
orders the entire sequence.