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Date:   Wed, 10 Nov 2021 19:52:18 +0100
From:   Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     "open list:BROADCOM NVRAM DRIVER" <linux-mips@...r.kernel.org>,
        Alexander Lobakin <alobakin@...me>,
        Arnd Bergmann <arnd@...db.de>,
        Paul Cercueil <paul@...pouillou.net>,
        Xingxing Su <suxingxing@...ngson.cn>,
        Linux Kernel Mailing List <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        zhaoxiao <zhaoxiao@...ontech.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] mips: decompressor: do not copy source files while
 building

On Thu, Nov 11, 2021 at 02:02:32AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 10, 2021 at 5:56 PM Thomas Bogendoerfer
> <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de> wrote:
> >
> > On Fri, Nov 05, 2021 at 11:38:14AM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> > > As commit 7ae4a78daacf ("ARM: 8969/1: decompressor: simplify libfdt
> > > builds") stated, copying source files during the build time may not
> > > end up with as clean code as expected.
> > >
> > > Do similar for mips to clean up the Makefile and .gitignore.
> > >
> > > Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> > > ---
> > >
> > >  arch/mips/boot/compressed/.gitignore   |  3 ---
> > >  arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile     | 12 ------------
> > >  arch/mips/boot/compressed/ashldi3.c    |  2 ++
> > >  arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapsi.c    |  2 ++
> > >  arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-ath79.c |  2 ++
> > >  scripts/remove-stale-files             |  5 +++++
> > >  6 files changed, 11 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
> > >  delete mode 100644 arch/mips/boot/compressed/.gitignore
> > >  create mode 100644 arch/mips/boot/compressed/ashldi3.c
> > >  create mode 100644 arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapsi.c
> > >  create mode 100644 arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-ath79.c
> > >
> > > diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/.gitignore b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/.gitignore
> > > deleted file mode 100644
> > > index d358395614c9..000000000000
> > > --- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/.gitignore
> > > +++ /dev/null
> > > @@ -1,3 +0,0 @@
> > > -# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > > -ashldi3.c
> > > -bswapsi.c
> > > diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
> > > index 3548b3b45269..e6584dab2360 100644
> > > --- a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
> > > +++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/Makefile
> > > @@ -50,20 +50,8 @@ vmlinuzobjs-$(CONFIG_MIPS_ALCHEMY)            += $(obj)/uart-alchemy.o
> > >  vmlinuzobjs-$(CONFIG_ATH79)                     += $(obj)/uart-ath79.o
> > >  endif
> > >
> > > -extra-y += uart-ath79.c
> > > -$(obj)/uart-ath79.c: $(srctree)/arch/mips/ath79/early_printk.c
> > > -     $(call cmd,shipped)
> > > -
> > >  vmlinuzobjs-$(CONFIG_KERNEL_XZ) += $(obj)/ashldi3.o
> > >
> > > -extra-y += ashldi3.c
> > > -$(obj)/ashldi3.c: $(obj)/%.c: $(srctree)/lib/%.c FORCE
> > > -     $(call if_changed,shipped)
> > > -
> > > -extra-y += bswapsi.c
> > > -$(obj)/bswapsi.c: $(obj)/%.c: $(srctree)/arch/mips/lib/%.c FORCE
> > > -     $(call if_changed,shipped)
> > > -
> > >  targets := $(notdir $(vmlinuzobjs-y))
> > >
> > >  targets += vmlinux.bin
> > > diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/ashldi3.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/ashldi3.c
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..f7bf6a7aae31
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/ashldi3.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > > +#include "../../../../lib/ashldi3.c"
> > > diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapsi.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapsi.c
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..fdb9c6476904
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/bswapsi.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > > +#include "../../lib/bswapsi.c"
> > > diff --git a/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-ath79.c b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-ath79.c
> > > new file mode 100644
> > > index 000000000000..d686820921be
> > > --- /dev/null
> > > +++ b/arch/mips/boot/compressed/uart-ath79.c
> > > @@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
> > > +// SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
> > > +#include "../../ath79/early_printk.c"
> > > diff --git a/scripts/remove-stale-files b/scripts/remove-stale-files
> > > index eb630ee287c3..c534fe1eac16 100755
> > > --- a/scripts/remove-stale-files
> > > +++ b/scripts/remove-stale-files
> > > @@ -28,4 +28,9 @@ if [ -n "${building_out_of_srctree}" ]; then
> > >       do
> > >               rm -f arch/arm/boot/compressed/${f}
> > >       done
> > > +
> > > +     for f in uart-ath79.c ashldi3.c bswapsi.c
> > > +     do
> > > +             rm -f arch/mips/boot/compressed/${f}
> > > +     done
> >
> > hmm, isn't this the wrong action now that these files have been added
> > to git ?
> >
> > Thomas.
> 
> 
> Please note that the entire code block is enclosed by:
> 
> if [ -n "${building_out_of_srctree}" ]; then
>            ...
> fi
> 
> 
> "building_out_of_srctree" is set when you are doing
> out-of-tree build  (O=<output-dir>).
> 
> So, only the generated files are removed.

but there aren't copied/generated any longer or I'm missing someting ?

Anyway I've applied your patch to mips-next with changes to also cover

https://patchwork.kernel.org/project/linux-mips/patch/20211110030944.6733-1-rdunlap@infradead.org/

Thomas.

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