linux-kernel - [PATCH 05/15] scripts/mod: disable LTO for empty.c

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Message-Id: <20171103171203.107569-6-samitolvanen@google.com>
Date:   Fri,  3 Nov 2017 10:11:49 -0700
From:   Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
Cc:     Greg Hackmann <ghackmann@...gle.com>,
        Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>,
        Matthias Kaehlcke <mka@...omium.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH 05/15] scripts/mod: disable LTO for empty.c

With CONFIG_CLANG_LTO, clang generates LLVM IR instead of ELF object
files. As empty.o is used for probing target properties, disable LTO
for it to produce an object file instead.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
---
 scripts/mod/Makefile | 1 +
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/scripts/mod/Makefile b/scripts/mod/Makefile
index 42c5d50f2bcc..e014b2fdd069 100644
--- a/scripts/mod/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/mod/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 OBJECT_FILES_NON_STANDARD := y
+CFLAGS_empty.o += $(DISABLE_LTO)
 
 hostprogs-y	:= modpost mk_elfconfig
 always		:= $(hostprogs-y) empty.o
-- 
2.15.0.403.gc27cc4dac6-goog