netdev - Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: use $(pound) instead of \# in Makefiles

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Message-Id: <163353780748.7077.6059227334886059915.git-patchwork-notify@kernel.org>
Date:   Wed, 06 Oct 2021 16:30:07 +0000
From:   patchwork-bot+netdevbpf@...nel.org
To:     Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
Cc:     ast@...nel.org, daniel@...earbox.net, andrii@...nel.org,
        netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH bpf-next] bpf: use $(pound) instead of \# in Makefiles

Hello:

This patch was applied to bpf/bpf-next.git (refs/heads/master):

On Wed,  6 Oct 2021 12:10:49 +0100 you wrote:
> Recent-ish versions of make do no longer consider number signs ("#") as
> comment symbols when they are inserted inside of a macro reference or in
> a function invocation. In such cases, the symbols should not be escaped.
> 
> There are a few occurrences of "\#" in libbpf's and samples' Makefiles.
> In the former, the backslash is harmless, because grep associates no
> particular meaning to the escaped symbol and reads it as a regular "#".
> In samples' Makefile, recent versions of make will pass the backslash
> down to the compiler, making the probe fail all the time and resulting
> in the display of a warning about "make headers_install" being required,
> even after headers have been installed.
> 
> [...]

Here is the summary with links:
  - [bpf-next] bpf: use $(pound) instead of \# in Makefiles
    https://git.kernel.org/bpf/bpf-next/c/bf2819e0b10f

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