linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1] clang_tools:gen_compile_commands: Change the default source directory

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Message-ID: <CALuz2=ck_=M6Dd8oFgWxnRGdipWOsdL2KODZQSmodh2N7Z8T-w@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Fri, 12 Feb 2021 19:20:18 +0800
From:   Stephen Zhang <stephenzhangzsd@...il.com>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nathan Chancellor <natechancellor@...il.com>,
        clang-built-linux <clang-built-linux@...glegroups.com>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Tom Roeder <tmroeder@...gle.com>,
        Linux Kbuild mailing list <linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1] clang_tools:gen_compile_commands: Change the default
 source directory

Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org> 于2021年2月11日周四 下午10:16写道：
> Please stop.
>
>
> Commit 6ca4c6d25949117dc5b4845612e290b6d89e70a8
> removed the tools/ support.
>
>
> There exist two build systems in the Linux source tree.
> Kbuild covers the entire tree except tools/.
> The tools/ directory adopts a different build system.
>
> It is a pity that the tools/ directory
> went in a wrong direction, and people
> try to fix problems in a wrong layer.
>
>
> You are not the first person to send to
> tweak obj/source trees of this script.
>
> You can not do this correctly
> without terribly messing up the code.
>
> Please do not try to support tools/.
>
>
>
> --
> Best Regards
> Masahiro Yamada

Thanks for the suggestion.But what we try to support is scripts/
instead of tools/. 'tools/' here is to help explaining the problem.
Or am I just misunderstanding your words?

--
Best Regards
Stephen Zhang