linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] scripts/gdb: Use $(abspath ...) instead of $(shell cd ... && pwd)

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Message-ID: <570B2260.90704@siemens.com>
Date:	Sun, 10 Apr 2016 21:04:48 -0700
From:	Jan Kiszka <jan.kiszka@...mens.com>
To:	Thierry Reding <thierry.reding@...il.com>
Cc:	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] scripts/gdb: Use $(abspath ...) instead of $(shell cd ...
 && pwd)

On 2016-04-08 02:16, Thierry Reding wrote:
> From: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
> 
> Avoid forking off a shell to resolve the absolute path of the output
> directory when make's builtin $(abspath ...) function will do an
> adequate job.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Thierry Reding <treding@...dia.com>
> ---
>  scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile b/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
> index 6cf1ecf61057..d8b88e22e16a 100644
> --- a/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
> +++ b/scripts/gdb/linux/Makefile
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  always := gdb-scripts
>  
> -SRCTREE := $(shell cd $(srctree) && /bin/pwd)
> +SRCTREE := $(abspath $(srctree))
>  
>  $(obj)/gdb-scripts:
>  ifneq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
> 

Thanks, good cleanup. Queued.

Jan

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