linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] dimlib: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile

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Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 16:41:03 +0200
From: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
CC: <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, Tal Gilboa <talgi@...dia.com>, "Florian
 Fainelli" <florian.fainelli@...adcom.com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] dimlib: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile

From: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Date: Wed, 8 May 2024 17:29:42 +0300

> *-objs suffix is reserved rather for (user-space) host programs while
> usually *-y suffix is used for kernel drivers (although *-objs works
> for that purpose for now).
> 
> Let's correct the old usages of *-objs in Makefiles.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>

Reviewed-by: Alexander Lobakin <aleksander.lobakin@...el.com>

> ---
> 
> Reported by Olek. As I said him this is correct change which is
> documented in Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst "Composite Host
> Programs" (mind the meaning of the word "host"!). 
> 
>  lib/dim/Makefile | 2 +-
>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/lib/dim/Makefile b/lib/dim/Makefile
> index c4cc4026c451..5b9bfaac7ac1 100644
> --- a/lib/dim/Makefile
> +++ b/lib/dim/Makefile
> @@ -4,4 +4,4 @@
>  
>  obj-$(CONFIG_DIMLIB) += dimlib.o
>  
> -dimlib-objs := dim.o net_dim.o rdma_dim.o
> +dimlib-y := dim.o net_dim.o rdma_dim.o

Thanks,
Olek