linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 1/4] kbuild: remove ARCH

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Date:   Tue, 17 Oct 2023 14:09:31 +0200
From:   Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>,
        Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@...roup.eu>,
        Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>,
        "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>,
        Nicholas Piggin <npiggin@...il.com>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@...gle.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@...sle.eu>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        linux-mips@...r.kernel.org, linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, x86@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/4] kbuild: remove ARCH_POSTLINK from module builds

On Tue, Oct 17, 2023 at 07:37:39PM +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> The '%.ko' rule in arch/*/Makefile.postlink does nothing but call the
> 'true' command.
> 
> Remove the meaningless code.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>
> ---
> 
>  arch/mips/Makefile.postlink    | 3 ---
>  arch/powerpc/Makefile.postlink | 3 ---
>  arch/riscv/Makefile.postlink   | 3 ---
>  arch/x86/Makefile.postlink     | 3 ---
>  scripts/Makefile.modfinal      | 5 +----
>  5 files changed, 1 insertion(+), 16 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier <n.schier@....de>