[PATCH] kbuild: install-extmod-build: do not exclude scripts/dtc/libfdt/
From: Icenowy Zheng
Date: Sun Feb 01 2026 - 08:03:32 EST
There exists a header file in include/linux/ called libfdt.h that is
just a wrapper for libfdt header file in scripts/dtc/libfdt/. This makes
the headers inside libfdt copy at scripts/dtc/libfdt/ part of the kernel
headers for building external modules.
Do not exclude them, otherwise modules that include <linux/libfdt.h>
will fail to build externally.
Fixes: aaed5c7739be ("kbuild: slim down package for building external modules")
Signed-off-by: Icenowy Zheng <zhengxingda@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/package/install-extmod-build | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
diff --git a/scripts/package/install-extmod-build b/scripts/package/install-extmod-build
index 2576cf7902dbb..d1e448d7f59f6 100755
--- a/scripts/package/install-extmod-build
+++ b/scripts/package/install-extmod-build
@@ -11,7 +11,8 @@ is_enabled() {
find_in_scripts() {
find scripts \
- \( -name atomic -o -name dtc -o -name kconfig -o -name package \) -prune -o \
+ \( -name atomic -o -name kconfig -o -name package -o \
+ \( -path '*/dtc/*' -a ! -path '*/libfdt*' \) \) -prune -o \
! -name unifdef -a ! -name mk_elfconfig -a \( -type f -o -type l \) -print
}
--
2.52.0