Re: [PATCH] sparc: vdso: add FORCE to the build rule of %.so

[Nick Desaulniers]

$ grep -r 'call if_changed,' -B

shows a few more FWIW:

drivers/scsi/Makefile
drivers/gpu/drm/radeon/Makefile
arch/c6x/boot/Makefile
arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/Makefile
arch/x86/entry/vdso/Makefile
arch/x86/entry/syscalls/Makefile
arch/powerpc/platforms/cell/spufs/Makefile
arch/powerpc/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/alpha/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/sparc/boot/Makefile
arch/sparc/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/mips/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/h8300/boot/Makefile
arch/nios2/boot/Makefile
arch/ia64/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/microblaze/boot/dts/Makefile
arch/microblaze/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/csky/boot/Makefile
arch/xtensa/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/sh/boot/Makefile
arch/sh/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/parisc/boot/compressed/Makefile
arch/parisc/kernel/syscalls/Makefile
arch/m68k/kernel/syscalls/Makefile


On Wed, Apr 3, 2019 at 3:32 PM Masahiro Yamada
<yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> $(call if_changed,...) must have FORCE as a prerequisite.

According to Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt#L1064:
```
Note: It is a typical mistake to forget the FORCE prerequisite.
```

Reviewed-by: Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@xxxxxxxxxx>

>
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>
>  arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile b/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
> index 74e97f7..83c4b46 100644
> --- a/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
> +++ b/arch/sparc/vdso/Makefile
> @@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ CFLAGS_REMOVE_vdso-note.o = -pg
>  CFLAGS_REMOVE_vclock_gettime.o = -pg
>
>  $(obj)/%.so: OBJCOPYFLAGS := -S
> -$(obj)/%.so: $(obj)/%.so.dbg
> +$(obj)/%.so: $(obj)/%.so.dbg FORCE
>         $(call if_changed,objcopy)
>
>  CPPFLAGS_vdso32.lds = $(CPPFLAGS_vdso.lds)
> --
> 2.7.4
>


-- 
Thanks,
~Nick Desaulniers