linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Use *-y instead of *-objs in Makefile

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Message-ID: <20240509142750.GT4718@ziepe.ca>
Date: Thu, 9 May 2024 11:27:50 -0300
From: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
To: Andy Shevchenko <andriy.shevchenko@...ux.intel.com>
Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, iommu@...ts.linux.dev,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
	Robin Murphy <robin.murphy@....com>, Joerg Roedel <joro@...tes.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] iommu/arm-smmu-v3: Use *-y instead of *-objs in
 Makefile

On Wed, May 08, 2024 at 06:15:55PM +0300, Andy Shevchenko wrote:
> *-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>
> ---
> 
> Note, the original approach is weirdest from the existing.
> Only a few drivers use this (-objs-y) one most likely by mistake.
> 
>  drivers/iommu/arm/arm-smmu-v3/Makefile | 7 +++----
>  1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

Reviewed-by: Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...dia.com>

Jason