linux-kernel - 3.17 regression: building with cwd outside of source root fails

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Message-ID: <CANaM3xDEJGW-eeC_Q=b6U8+5404LjVMKqgmQ6DStfTjFzE-5xg@mail.gmail.com>
Date:	Tue, 26 Aug 2014 21:35:42 -0400
From:	Daniel Peebles <pumpkingod@...il.com>
To:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: 3.17 regression: building with cwd outside of source root fails

I'm a kernel newbie so I feel a bit out of place here, but I wanted to
draw attention to this bug I filed:
https://bugzilla.kernel.org/show_bug.cgi?id=83251. It fails in both
3.17-rc1 and -rc2, and the same workflow worked fine with 3.16.

I *think* the problem was introduced by the new references to $PWD in
the makefiles in commit 00a2430ff07d4e0e0e7e24e02fd8adede333b797
(https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/00a2430ff07d4e0e0e7e24e02fd8adede333b797
for the lazy), since my working directory isn't the main source tree.
Then again, it looks like there were already some mentions of $PWD
before that commit, so I'm not too sure.

Anyway, I'd appreciate feedback and/or hints for how to better
diagnose this or advice as to what the correct fix is.

Thanks,
Dan
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