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kbuild: remove .thinlto-cache by 'make clean'

Message ID 20210225193912.3303604-1-masahiroy@kernel.org (mailing list archive)
State New, archived
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Series kbuild: remove .thinlto-cache by 'make clean' | expand

Commit Message

Masahiro Yamada Feb. 25, 2021, 7:39 p.m. UTC
'make clean' should remove build artifacts unneeded by external module
builds. Obviously, you do not need to keep this directory.

Fixes: dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
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 Makefile | 4 ++--
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

Comments

Kees Cook Feb. 25, 2021, 8:02 p.m. UTC | #1
On Fri, Feb 26, 2021 at 04:39:12AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 'make clean' should remove build artifacts unneeded by external module
> builds. Obviously, you do not need to keep this directory.

As in, it should exist in the "clean" target, rather than "distclean"?

> 
> Fixes: dc5723b02e52 ("kbuild: add support for Clang LTO")
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

That works for me!

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@chromium.org>

-Kees

> ---
> 
>  Makefile | 4 ++--
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index b18dbc634690..8601a86ebe38 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@ endif # CONFIG_MODULES
>  # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
>  CLEAN_FILES += include/ksym vmlinux.symvers \
>  	       modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps \
> -	       compile_commands.json
> +	       compile_commands.json .thinlto-cache
>  
>  # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
>  MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
> @@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@ MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
>  		  *.spec
>  
>  # Directories & files removed with 'make distclean'
> -DISTCLEAN_FILES += tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS .thinlto-cache
> +DISTCLEAN_FILES += tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS
>  
>  # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules
>  #
> -- 
> 2.27.0
>
Kees Cook Feb. 25, 2021, 8:37 p.m. UTC | #2
On Fri, 26 Feb 2021 04:39:12 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> 'make clean' should remove build artifacts unneeded by external module
> builds. Obviously, you do not need to keep this directory.

Applied to kspp/clang-lto, thanks!

[1/1] kbuild: Move .thinlto-cache removal to 'make clean'
      https://git.kernel.org/kees/c/4c7858b9001c
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diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index b18dbc634690..8601a86ebe38 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1501,7 +1501,7 @@  endif # CONFIG_MODULES
 # Directories & files removed with 'make clean'
 CLEAN_FILES += include/ksym vmlinux.symvers \
 	       modules.builtin modules.builtin.modinfo modules.nsdeps \
-	       compile_commands.json
+	       compile_commands.json .thinlto-cache
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make mrproper'
 MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
@@ -1515,7 +1515,7 @@  MRPROPER_FILES += include/config include/generated          \
 		  *.spec
 
 # Directories & files removed with 'make distclean'
-DISTCLEAN_FILES += tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS .thinlto-cache
+DISTCLEAN_FILES += tags TAGS cscope* GPATH GTAGS GRTAGS GSYMS
 
 # clean - Delete most, but leave enough to build external modules
 #