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| author | Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> | 2019-11-07 16:14:40 +0900 |
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| committer | Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> | 2019-11-15 00:22:35 +0900 |
| commit | fcbb8461fd2376ba3782b5b8bd440c929b8e4980 (patch) | |
| tree | bfae3609f244d2ccdb1f643a83fbbbbed829018c /Documentation/kbuild | |
| parent | eba19032f99c32ecfbe23ce99bb1546db0a23bee (diff) | |
kbuild: remove header compile test
There are both positive and negative options about this feature.
At first, I thought it was a good idea, but actually Linus stated a
negative opinion (https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/29/227). I admit it
is ugly and annoying.
The baseline I'd like to keep is the compile-test of uapi headers.
(Otherwise, kernel developers have no way to ensure the correctness
of the exported headers.)
I will maintain a small build rule in usr/include/Makefile.
Remove the other header test functionality.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
Diffstat (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild')
| -rw-r--r-- | Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 17 |
1 files changed, 0 insertions, 17 deletions
diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst index b89c88168d6a..b9b50553bfc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst @@ -1115,23 +1115,6 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): In this example, extra-y is used to list object files that shall be built, but shall not be linked as part of built-in.a. - header-test-y - - header-test-y specifies headers (`*.h`) in the current directory that - should be compile tested to ensure they are self-contained, - i.e. compilable as standalone units. If CONFIG_HEADER_TEST is enabled, - this builds them as part of extra-y. - - header-test-pattern-y - - This works as a weaker version of header-test-y, and accepts wildcard - patterns. The typical usage is:: - - header-test-pattern-y += *.h - - This specifies all the files that matches to `*.h` in the current - directory, but the files in 'header-test-' are excluded. - 6.7 Commands useful for building a boot image --------------------------------------------- |