Re: [PATCH v3 09/15] kbuild: stop merging *.symversions

[Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>]

On Thu, May 05, 2022 at 04:22:38PM +0900 Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Now modpost reads symbol versions from .*.cmd files.
> 
> These merged *.symversions are not used any more.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> ---
> 
> (no changes since v1)
> 
>  scripts/Makefile.build  | 21 ++-------------------
>  scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 15 ---------------
>  2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 34 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
> index ddd9080fc028..dff9220135c4 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.build
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
> @@ -390,17 +390,6 @@ $(obj)/%.asn1.c $(obj)/%.asn1.h: $(src)/%.asn1 $(objtree)/scripts/asn1_compiler
>  $(subdir-builtin): $(obj)/%/built-in.a: $(obj)/% ;
>  $(subdir-modorder): $(obj)/%/modules.order: $(obj)/% ;
>  
> -# combine symversions for later processing
> -ifeq ($(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG) $(CONFIG_MODVERSIONS),y y)
> -      cmd_update_lto_symversions =					\
> -	rm -f $@.symversions						\
> -	$(foreach n, $(filter-out FORCE,$^),				\
> -		$(if $(shell test -s $(n).symversions && echo y),	\
> -			; cat $(n).symversions >> $@.symversions))
> -else
> -      cmd_update_lto_symversions = echo >/dev/null
> -endif
> -
>  #
>  # Rule to compile a set of .o files into one .a file (without symbol table)
>  #
> @@ -408,11 +397,8 @@ endif
>  quiet_cmd_ar_builtin = AR      $@
>        cmd_ar_builtin = rm -f $@; $(AR) cDPrST $@ $(real-prereqs)
>  
> -quiet_cmd_ar_and_symver = AR      $@
> -      cmd_ar_and_symver = $(cmd_update_lto_symversions); $(cmd_ar_builtin)
> -
>  $(obj)/built-in.a: $(real-obj-y) FORCE
> -	$(call if_changed,ar_and_symver)
> +	$(call if_changed,ar_builtin)
>  
>  #
>  # Rule to create modules.order file
> @@ -432,16 +418,13 @@ $(obj)/modules.order: $(obj-m) FORCE
>  #
>  # Rule to compile a set of .o files into one .a file (with symbol table)
>  #
> -quiet_cmd_ar_lib = AR      $@
> -      cmd_ar_lib = $(cmd_update_lto_symversions); $(cmd_ar)
>  
>  $(obj)/lib.a: $(lib-y) FORCE
> -	$(call if_changed,ar_lib)
> +	$(call if_changed,ar)
>  
>  ifneq ($(CONFIG_LTO_CLANG)$(CONFIG_X86_KERNEL_IBT),)
>  quiet_cmd_link_multi-m = AR [M]  $@
>  cmd_link_multi-m =						\
> -	$(cmd_update_lto_symversions);				\
>  	rm -f $@; 						\
>  	$(AR) cDPrsT $@ @$(patsubst %.o,%.mod,$@)
>  else
> diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> index 2742b7dd089a..07333181938b 100755
> --- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> +++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> @@ -56,20 +56,6 @@ gen_initcalls()
>  		> .tmp_initcalls.lds
>  }
>  
> -# If CONFIG_LTO_CLANG is selected, collect generated symbol versions into
> -# .tmp_symversions.lds
> -gen_symversions()
> -{
> -	info GEN .tmp_symversions.lds
> -	rm -f .tmp_symversions.lds
> -
> -	for o in ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS} ${KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS}; do
> -		if [ -f ${o}.symversions ]; then
> -			cat ${o}.symversions >> .tmp_symversions.lds
> -		fi
> -	done
> -}
> -
>  # Link of vmlinux.o used for section mismatch analysis
>  # ${1} output file
>  modpost_link()
> @@ -299,7 +285,6 @@ cleanup()
>  	rm -f .btf.*
>  	rm -f .tmp_System.map
>  	rm -f .tmp_initcalls.lds
> -	rm -f .tmp_symversions.lds
>  	rm -f .tmp_vmlinux*
>  	rm -f System.map
>  	rm -f vmlinux
> -- 
> 2.32.0

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>