linux-kernel - [PATCH v2 3/5] kbuild: add read-file macro

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Message-Id: <20221123151828.509565-3-masahiroy@kernel.org>
Date:   Thu, 24 Nov 2022 00:18:26 +0900
From:   Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
To:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>
Subject: [PATCH v2 3/5] kbuild: add read-file macro

Since GMU Make 4.2, $(file ...) supports the read operater '<', which is
useful to read a file without forking any process. No warning is shown even
if the input file is missing.

For older Make versions, it falls back to the cat command.

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

(no changes since v1)

 Makefile                  |  2 +-
 scripts/Kbuild.include    | 12 ++++++++++++
 scripts/Makefile.modfinal |  2 +-
 scripts/Makefile.modinst  |  2 +-
 4 files changed, 15 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index eb80332f7b51..60ce9dcafc72 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -369,7 +369,7 @@ else # !mixed-build
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
 # Read KERNELRELEASE from include/config/kernel.release (if it exists)
-KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat include/config/kernel.release 2> /dev/null)
+KERNELRELEASE = $(call read-file, include/config/kernel.release)
 KERNELVERSION = $(VERSION)$(if $(PATCHLEVEL),.$(PATCHLEVEL)$(if $(SUBLEVEL),.$(SUBLEVEL)))$(EXTRAVERSION)
 export VERSION PATCHLEVEL SUBLEVEL KERNELRELEASE KERNELVERSION
 
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 9996f34327cb..722846c23264 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -10,6 +10,10 @@ empty   :=
 space   := $(empty) $(empty)
 space_escape := _-_SPACE_-_
 pound := \#
+define newline
+
+
+endef
 
 ###
 # Comparison macros.
@@ -55,6 +59,14 @@ stringify = $(squote)$(quote)$1$(quote)$(squote)
 kbuild-dir = $(if $(filter /%,$(src)),$(src),$(srctree)/$(src))
 kbuild-file = $(or $(wildcard $(kbuild-dir)/Kbuild),$(kbuild-dir)/Makefile)
 
+###
+# Read a file, replacing newlines with spaces
+ifeq ($(call test-ge, $(MAKE_VERSION), 4.2),y)
+read-file = $(subst $(newline),$(space),$(file < $1))
+else
+read-file = $(shell cat $1 2>/dev/null)
+endif
+
 ###
 # Easy method for doing a status message
        kecho := :
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index 25bedd83644b..7252f6cf7837 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
@@ -13,7 +13,7 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib
 
 # find all modules listed in modules.order
-modules := $(sort $(shell cat $(MODORDER)))
+modules := $(sort $(call read-file, $(MODORDER)))
 
 __modfinal: $(modules)
 	@:
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index a4c987c23750..509d424dbbd2 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modinst
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
@@ -9,7 +9,7 @@ __modinst:
 include include/config/auto.conf
 include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include
 
-modules := $(sort $(shell cat $(MODORDER)))
+modules := $(sort $(call read-file, $(MODORDER)))
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 dst := $(MODLIB)/kernel
-- 
2.34.1