linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] crypto: bcm: remove -I. header search path and unused macro define

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Message-ID: <20190201065115.kt5pd3aj64jax2zg@gondor.apana.org.au>
Date:   Fri, 1 Feb 2019 14:51:15 +0800
From:   Herbert Xu <herbert@...dor.apana.org.au>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
Cc:     linux-crypto@...r.kernel.org,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] crypto: bcm: remove -I. header search path and unused
 macro define

On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 03:07:48PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The header search path -I. in kernel Makefiles is very suspicious;
> it allows the compiler to search for headers in the top of $(srctree),
> where obviously no header file exists.
> 
> 'git grep BCMDRIVER' has no hit. So, this macro is not referenced.
> 
> I was able to build this driver without the extra compiler options.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@...ionext.com>
> ---
> 
>  drivers/crypto/bcm/Makefile | 2 --
>  1 file changed, 2 deletions(-)

Patch applied.  Thanks.
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