Re: [PATCH] let kbuild mkdir for dir/file.o

[Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>]

Dne 30.6.2013 11:09, 张忠山 napsal(a):
> When add a obj with dir to obj-y, like this
> 
>     obj-y += dir/file.o
> 
> The $(obj)/dir not created, this patch fix this.
> 
> When try to add a file(which in a subdir) to my board's obj-y, the build
> progress crashed.
> 
> For example, I use at91rm9200ek board, and in kernel dir run:
> 
>   mkdir objtree
>   make O=objtree at91rm9200_defconfig
>   mkdir arch/arm/mach-at91/dir
>   touch arch/arm/mach-at91/dir/file.c
> 
> and edit arch/arm/mach-at91/dir/file.c to add some code.
> then edit arch/arm/mach-at91/Makefile, change the following line:
> 
>   obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_AT91RM9200EK) += board-rm9200ek.o
> 
> to:
> 
>   obj-$(CONFIG_MACH_AT91RM9200EK) += board-rm9200ek.o dir/file.o
> 
> Now build it:
> 
>   make O=objtree
> 
> Then the error appears:
>   ...
>   CC      arch/arm/mach-at91/board-rm9200dk.o
>   CC      arch/arm/mach-at91/board-rm9200ek.o
>   CC      arch/arm/mach-at91/dir/file.o
>   linux-2.6/arch/arm/mach-at91/dir/file.c:5:
>     fatal error: opening dependency file
>     arch/arm/mach-at91/dir/.file.o.d: No such file or directory
> 
> Check the objtree:
>   LANG=en ls objtree/arch/arm/mach-at91/dir
>   ls: cannot access objtree/arch/arm/mach-at91/dir: No such file or directory
> 
> It's apparently that the target dir not created for file.o
> 
> Check kbuild source code. It seems that kbuild create dirs for that in
> $(obj-dirs).  But if the dir need not to create a built-in.o, It should
> never in  $(obj-dirs).
> 
> So I make this patch to make sure It in  $(obj-dirs)
> 
> this bug caused by commit
>    f5fb976520a53f45f8bbf2e851f16b3b5558d485
> ---

You forgot to sign off this patch, can I add

  Signed-off-by: 张忠山 <zzs0213@gmail.com>

like you did in the previous versions? Otherwise, the patch looks OK.

Michal