linux-kernel - [PATCH] kbuild: do not sort after reading modules.order

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Date:   Sun, 11 Dec 2022 18:49:18 +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] kbuild: do not sort after reading modules.order

modules.order lists modules in the deterministic order (that is why
"modules order"), and there is no duplication in the list.

$(sort ) is pointless.

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

 scripts/Makefile.modfinal | 2 +-
 scripts/Makefile.modinst  | 2 +-
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modfinal b/scripts/Makefile.modfinal
index 25bedd83644b..4705d32388f3 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 := $(shell cat $(MODORDER))
 
 __modfinal: $(modules)
 	@:
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modinst b/scripts/Makefile.modinst
index a4c987c23750..f4cff42069ad 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 := $(shell cat $(MODORDER))
 
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_EXTMOD),)
 dst := $(MODLIB)/kernel
-- 
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