linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 11/29] modpost: pass -N option only for modules modpost

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Date:   Mon, 25 May 2020 00:42:17 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Michal Marek <michal.lkml@...kovi.net>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: [PATCH v2 11/29] modpost: pass -N option only for modules modpost

The built-in only code is not required to have MODULE_IMPORT_NS() to
use symbols. So, the namespace is not checked for vmlinux(.o).

Do not pass the meaningless -N option to the first pass of modpost.

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
---

Changes in v2: None

 scripts/Makefile.modpost | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index da7730a43819..bc5561aedb24 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -53,7 +53,6 @@ MODPOST = scripts/mod/modpost								\
 	$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(addprefix -e ,$(KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS)))			\
 	$(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),-o $(modulesymfile))					\
 	$(if $(CONFIG_SECTION_MISMATCH_WARN_ONLY),,-E)					\
-	$(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS)$(KBUILD_NSDEPS),-N) 	\
 	$(if $(KBUILD_MODPOST_WARN),-w)
 
 ifdef MODPOST_VMLINUX
@@ -66,7 +65,9 @@ __modpost:
 
 else
 
+# modpost options for modules (both in-kernel and external)
 MODPOST += $(subst -i,-n,$(filter -i,$(MAKEFLAGS))) -s \
+	$(if $(CONFIG_MODULE_ALLOW_MISSING_NAMESPACE_IMPORTS)$(KBUILD_NSDEPS),-N) \
 	$(if $(KBUILD_NSDEPS),-d $(MODULES_NSDEPS))
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
-- 
2.25.1