linux-kernel - [PATCH] kbuild: remove duplicate dependencies from .mod files

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Date:   Mon, 10 Feb 2020 05:19:25 -0800
From:   Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: remove duplicate dependencies from .mod files

With CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_SYMS, if a module has enough dependencies to
exceed the default xargs command line size limit, the output is split
into multiple lines, which can result in used symbols getting trimmed.

This change removes duplicate dependencies, which will reduce the
probability of this happening and makes .mod files smaller and easier
to read.

Signed-off-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@...gle.com>
---
 scripts/Makefile.build | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index a1730d42e5f3..a083bcec19d3 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -257,7 +257,7 @@ endef
 
 # List module undefined symbols (or empty line if not enabled)
 ifdef CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
-cmd_undef_syms = $(NM) $< | sed -n 's/^  *U //p' | xargs echo
+cmd_undef_syms = $(NM) $< | sed -n 's/^  *U //p' | sort -u | xargs echo
 else
 cmd_undef_syms = echo
 endif

base-commit: bb6d3fb354c5ee8d6bde2d576eb7220ea09862b9
-- 
2.25.0.341.g760bfbb309-goog