On Mon, 29 Jun 2015, Stephen Boyd wrote: > On 05/19/2015 06:36 AM, tip-bot for Nicholas Mc Guire wrote: > > Commit-ID: 0a227985d4a993a322ff72ecbaeee2611d624216 > > Gitweb: > > http://git.kernel.org/tip/0a227985d4a993a322ff72ecbaeee2611d624216 > > Author: Nicholas Mc Guire <[email protected]> > > AuthorDate: Mon, 18 May 2015 14:19:12 +0200 > > Committer: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> > > CommitDate: Tue, 19 May 2015 15:13:45 +0200 > > > > time: Move timeconst.h into include/generated > > > > kernel/time/timeconst.h is moved to include/generated/ and generated > > by the top level Kbuild. This allows using timeconst.h in an earlier > > build stage. > > > > Signed-off-by: Nicholas Mc Guire <[email protected]> > > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]> > > Cc: Sam Ravnborg <[email protected]> > > Cc: Joe Perches <[email protected]> > > Cc: John Stultz <[email protected]> > > Cc: Andrew Hunter <[email protected]> > > Cc: Paul Turner <[email protected]> > > Cc: Michal Marek <[email protected]> > > Link: > > http://lkml.kernel.org/r/[email protected] > > Signed-off-by: Thomas Gleixner <[email protected]> > > --- > > This patch seems to cause kernel/time/time.c to always need to be > recompiled and the vmlinux to be relinked even if nothing has changed. > > make V=2 shows > > CC kernel/time/time.o - due to: include/config/ > > > > diff --git a/Kbuild b/Kbuild > > index 6f0d82a..df99a5f 100644 > > --- a/Kbuild > > +++ b/Kbuild > > @@ -2,8 +2,9 @@ > > # Kbuild for top-level directory of the kernel > > # This file takes care of the following: > > # 1) Generate bounds.h > > -# 2) Generate asm-offsets.h (may need bounds.h) > > -# 3) Check for missing system calls > > +# 2) Generate timeconst.h > > +# 3) Generate asm-offsets.h (may need bounds.h and timeconst.h) > > +# 4) Check for missing system calls > > > > # Default sed regexp - multiline due to syntax constraints > > define sed-y > > @@ -47,7 +48,26 @@ $(obj)/$(bounds-file): kernel/bounds.s FORCE > > $(call filechk,offsets,__LINUX_BOUNDS_H__) > > > > ##### > > -# 2) Generate asm-offsets.h > > +# 2) Generate timeconst.h > > + > > +timeconst-file := include/generated/timeconst.h > > + > > +#always += $(timeconst-file) > > Is there a reason this is commented out instead of removed?
negligence on my side - should have been removed > > > +targets += $(timeconst-file) > > + > > +quiet_cmd_gentimeconst = GEN $@ > > +define cmd_gentimeconst > > [...] > > diff --git a/kernel/time/Makefile b/kernel/time/Makefile > > index 01f0312..ffc4cc3 100644 > > --- a/kernel/time/Makefile > > +++ b/kernel/time/Makefile > > @@ -13,19 +13,4 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_TIMER_STATS) += > > timer_stats.o > > obj-$(CONFIG_DEBUG_FS) += timekeeping_debug.o > > obj-$(CONFIG_TEST_UDELAY) += test_udelay.o > > > > -$(obj)/time.o: $(obj)/timeconst.h > > - > > -quiet_cmd_hzfile = HZFILE $@ > > - cmd_hzfile = echo "hz=$(CONFIG_HZ)" > $@ > > - > > -targets += hz.bc > > -$(obj)/hz.bc: $(objtree)/include/config/hz.h FORCE > > - $(call if_changed,hzfile) > > - > > -quiet_cmd_bc = BC $@ > > - cmd_bc = bc -q $(filter-out FORCE,$^) > $@ > > - > > -targets += timeconst.h > > -$(obj)/timeconst.h: $(obj)/hz.bc $(src)/timeconst.bc FORCE > > - $(call if_changed,bc) > > - > > +$(obj)/time.o: $(objtree)/include/config/ > > It looks like it has to recompile because of this dependency. Can't we > just remove this line? > yup - thats ok to drop as well - sorry that should have gone out after build testing. thx! hofrat -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to [email protected] More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
