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From: Nicolas Schier <nsc@kernel.org>
To: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@kernel.org>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
	Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>,
	Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>,
	Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>,
	Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>,
	Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>,
	Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>,
	Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
	Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
	Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>,
	Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>,
	Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
Subject: Re: [for-next][PATCH 1/3] sorttable: Move ELF parsing into scripts/elf-parse.[ch]
Date: Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:03:52 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <aLCoGIEXLRrQ9PmL@levanger> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20250828183125.288650678@kernel.org>

On Thu, Aug 28, 2025 at 02:27:55PM -0400, Steven Rostedt wrote:
> From: Steven Rostedt <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> 
> In order to share the elf parsing that is in sorttable.c so that other
> programs could use the same code, move it into elf-parse.c and
> elf-parse.h.
> 
> Cc: Masami Hiramatsu <mhiramat@kernel.org>
> Cc: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
> Cc: Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com>
> Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Arnd Bergmann <arnd@arndb.de>
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
> Cc: Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>
> Cc: Nicolas Schier <nicolas.schier@linux.dev>
> Cc: Nick Desaulniers <nick.desaulniers+lkml@gmail.com>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@arm.com>
> Cc: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
> Cc: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@infradead.org>
> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/20250825231355.597630284@kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: Steven Rostedt (Google) <rostedt@goodmis.org>
> ---
>  scripts/Makefile         |   3 +
>  scripts/Makefile.vmlinux |   2 +
>  scripts/elf-parse.c      | 198 ++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/elf-parse.h      | 305 +++++++++++++++++++++++++
>  scripts/sorttable.c      | 477 +++------------------------------------
>  5 files changed, 542 insertions(+), 443 deletions(-)
>  create mode 100644 scripts/elf-parse.c
>  create mode 100644 scripts/elf-parse.h
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
> index 46f860529df5..f19624b3ed92 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile
> @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_SYSTEM_EXTRA_CERTIFICATE)	+= insert-sys-cert
>  hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS)		+= rustdoc_test_builder
>  hostprogs-always-$(CONFIG_RUST_KERNEL_DOCTESTS)		+= rustdoc_test_gen
>  
> +sorttable-objs := sorttable.o elf-parse.o
> +
>  ifneq ($(or $(CONFIG_X86_64),$(CONFIG_X86_32)),)
>  always-$(CONFIG_RUST)					+= target.json
>  filechk_rust_target = $< < include/config/auto.conf
> @@ -25,6 +27,7 @@ generate_rust_target-rust := y
>  rustdoc_test_builder-rust := y
>  rustdoc_test_gen-rust := y
>  
> +HOSTCFLAGS_elf-parse.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include
>  HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o = -I$(srctree)/tools/include
>  HOSTLDLIBS_sorttable = -lpthread
>  HOSTCFLAGS_asn1_compiler.o = -I$(srctree)/include
> diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> index b64862dc6f08..ebbb8b5aca83 100644
> --- a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> +++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux
> @@ -97,6 +97,8 @@ ifdef CONFIG_BUILDTIME_TABLE_SORT
>  $(vmlinux-final): scripts/sorttable
>  endif
>  
> +.PRECIOUS: $(vmlinux-final)

Why do you need '.PRECIOUS' here?  Does its need match to Masahiros
explanations in 
https://git.kernel.org/torvalds/c/875ef1a57f32fcb91010dc9bc8bd1166956a579e

Kind regards,
Nicolas

  reply	other threads:[~2025-08-28 19:04 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 9+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-08-28 18:27 [for-next][PATCH 0/3] tracing: Trigger a warning on build if a tracepoint is defined but unused Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 18:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 1/3] sorttable: Move ELF parsing into scripts/elf-parse.[ch] Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 19:03   ` Nicolas Schier [this message]
2025-08-28 19:36     ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 18:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 2/3] tracing: Add a tracepoint verification check at build time Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 18:27 ` [for-next][PATCH 3/3] tracepoint: Do not warn for unused event that is exported Steven Rostedt
2025-08-28 21:02 ` [for-next][PATCH 0/3] tracing: Trigger a warning on build if a tracepoint is defined but unused Stephen Rothwell
2025-08-28 21:13   ` Steven Rostedt
2025-08-29 12:10   ` Steven Rostedt

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