linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/4] hwmon: Use subdir-ccflags-* to inherit debug flag

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Message-ID: <20210205182832.GA186268@roeck-us.net>
Date:   Fri, 5 Feb 2021 10:28:32 -0800
From:   Guenter Roeck <linux@...ck-us.net>
To:     Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...ilicon.com>
Cc:     gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, jdelvare@...e.com,
        giometti@...eenne.com, abbotti@....co.uk,
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        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-pm@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-hwmon@...r.kernel.org, devel@...verdev.osuosl.org,
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        linuxarm@...neuler.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/4] hwmon: Use subdir-ccflags-* to inherit debug flag

On Fri, Feb 05, 2021 at 05:44:13PM +0800, Yicong Yang wrote:
> From: Junhao He <hejunhao2@...ilicon.com>
> 
> Use subdir-ccflags-* instead of ccflags-* to inherit the debug
> settings from Kconfig when traversing subdirectories.
> 
> Suggested-by: Bjorn Helgaas <bhelgaas@...gle.com>
> Signed-off-by: Junhao He <hejunhao2@...ilicon.com>
> Signed-off-by: Yicong Yang <yangyicong@...ilicon.com>

What problem does this fix ? Maybe I am missing it, but I don't see
DEBUG being used in a subdirectory of drivers/hwmon.

Guenter

> ---
>  drivers/hwmon/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/drivers/hwmon/Makefile b/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
> index 09a86c5..1c0c089 100644
> --- a/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
> +++ b/drivers/hwmon/Makefile
> @@ -201,5 +201,5 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_XGENE)	+= xgene-hwmon.o
>  obj-$(CONFIG_SENSORS_OCC)	+= occ/
>  obj-$(CONFIG_PMBUS)		+= pmbus/
>  
> -ccflags-$(CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP) := -DDEBUG
> +subdir-ccflags-$(CONFIG_HWMON_DEBUG_CHIP) := -DDEBUG
>  
> -- 
> 2.8.1
>