[PATCH RESEND] kbuild: Stop modifying $(objtree)/Makefile when building oot-kmods oos
Nicolas Schier <[email protected]> Thu, 23 Jul 2026 12:58:45 +0200
| Newsgroups | org.kernel.vger.linux-kbuild,org.kernel.vger.linux-kernel,org.kernel.vger.stable |
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| Message-ID | <[email protected]> |
From: Nicolas Schier <[email protected]> Update output Makefile in the corresponding tree only: for out-of-source in-tree builds update $(objtree)/Makefile, for out-of-source out-of-tree module builds update $(KBUILD_EXTMOD_OUTPUT)/Makefile instead. In-source builds are not affected. Since commit c9bb03ac2c66 ("kbuild: reduce output spam when building out of tree"), building out-of-tree kernel modules out-of-source (make M=... MO=...) causes a rewrite of $(objtree)/Makefile with KBUILD_EXTMOD and KBUILD_EXTMOD_OUTPUT being set. That is problematic: * $(objtree)/ must not be changed in any way when building out-of-tree modules as it breaks other uses of $(objtree). * Setting KBUILD_EXTMOD and KBUILD_EXTMOD_OUTPUT in $(objtree)/Makefile kills the tree for incremental builds that start right there ('make -C $(objtree)'); builds starting in $(srctree) reset $(objtree)/Makefile to its original content. Further, $(KBUILD_EXTMOD_OUTPUT)/Makefile was not generated any more at all. This commit restores the previous kbuild behaviour prior to commit c9bb03ac2c66 ("kbuild: reduce output spam when building out of tree") but leaves in-place the use of filechk for output spam reduction. Fixes: c9bb03ac2c66 ("kbuild: reduce output spam when building out of tree") Reported-by: Anish Rashinkar <[email protected]> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/r/CAOESE2Q2-0KUDaM0mUo+c_F-tMaUsBZ-gpnhdoe0rmYdgnnuJQ@mail.gmail.com Cc: [email protected] Tested-by: Philipp Hahn <[email protected]> Reviewed-by: Philipp Hahn <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <[email protected]> --- Makefile | 8 +++----- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 5 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 11539c3fd405..17d34968b7f0 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -695,13 +695,11 @@ filechk_makefile = { \ echo "include $(abs_srctree)/Makefile"; \ } -$(objtree)/Makefile: FORCE +PHONY += $(CURDIR)/Makefile +$(CURDIR)/Makefile: FORCE $(call filechk,makefile) -# Prevent $(srcroot)/Makefile from inhibiting the rule to run. -PHONY += $(objtree)/Makefile - -outputmakefile: $(objtree)/Makefile +outputmakefile: $(CURDIR)/Makefile ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),) @if [ -f $(srctree)/.config -o \ -d $(srctree)/include/config -o \ -- 2.47.3