[PATCH v6 11/17] kbuild: Add generic hook for architectures to use before the final vmlinux link

[Masahiro Yamada]

On Sat, Oct 19, 2024 at 2:37 AM Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
> From: Naveen N Rao <naveen at kernel.org>
>
> On powerpc, we would like to be able to make a pass on vmlinux.o and
> generate a new object file to be linked into vmlinux. Add a generic pass
> in Makefile.vmlinux that architectures can use for this purpose.
>
> Architectures need to select CONFIG_ARCH_WANTS_PRE_LINK_VMLINUX and must
> provide arch/<arch>/tools/Makefile with .arch.vmlinux.o target, which
> will be invoked prior to the final vmlinux link step.
>
> Signed-off-by: Naveen N Rao <naveen at kernel.org>
> Signed-off-by: Hari Bathini <hbathini at linux.ibm.com>


> --- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> +++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
> @@ -100,7 +100,7 @@ vmlinux_link()
>         ${ld} ${ldflags} -o ${output}                                   \
>                 ${wl}--whole-archive ${objs} ${wl}--no-whole-archive    \
>                 ${wl}--start-group ${libs} ${wl}--end-group             \
> -               ${kallsymso} ${btf_vmlinux_bin_o} ${ldlibs}
> +               ${kallsymso} ${btf_vmlinux_bin_o} ${arch_vmlinux_o} ${ldlibs}
>  }
>
>  # generate .BTF typeinfo from DWARF debuginfo
> @@ -198,6 +198,11 @@ fi
>
>  ${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.build" obj=init init/version-timestamp.o
>
> +arch_vmlinux_o=""

Nit:  unnecessary double quotes.

arch_vmlinux_o=

is enough.


Other than that,

Acked-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy at kernel.org>








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Best Regards
Masahiro Yamada