linux-kernel - Re: Can anyone suggest a better fix? Not sure if I understand the problem, but the patch fixed it

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Date:	Fri, 30 Aug 2013 17:10:12 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	"Yang, Fei" <fei.yang@...el.com>
Cc:	Sam Ravnborg <sam@...nborg.org>,
	"linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org" <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>,
	"'linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org' (linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org)" 
	<linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: Can anyone suggest a better fix? Not sure if I understand the
 problem, but the patch fixed it

On 29.8.2013 19:55, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Magic happens in Kbuild.include, Makefile.lib and Makefile.build.
> But it make take some cup of coffee to grasp it.
> 
> For find and fix whatever race condition you hit.

BTW, there is a fix in 3.11 that might be relevant for you:

commit 4d47dde47f7dd95042fa56283d948f50dd4b509c
Author: 张忠山 <zzs0213@...il.com>
Date:   Sun Jun 30 17:09:28 2013 +0800

    kbuild: create directory for dir/file.o

At least, it's worth trying.

Michal
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