From nobody Wed Apr 1 11:00:59 2026 Received: from mail-dy1-f202.google.com (mail-dy1-f202.google.com [74.125.82.202]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CAC1A3D300F for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:19:26 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=74.125.82.202 ARC-Seal: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774891168; cv=none; b=B9PjDE78241YBG9xTjndsYXvnWRmNBA+itzjFfFoGlQHfJBXOaduQ4Auo3K/IjUJhdXJbgTRsKdewifvQmTlVQqpyonWkpmnoruHfFuLv+n/lIGM+IW9kAWzmc9MlG/PC/AoyIBvZwXMdxUgNtAMGqyxffBDvgt2WgGCP5kfwrM= ARC-Message-Signature: i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1774891168; c=relaxed/simple; bh=pLb70nUROcDCtC8MsDxGNVPoPBV2zge0oM7aB3yEADQ=; h=Date:In-Reply-To:Mime-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:From: To:Cc:Content-Type; b=KPhwXfbhLF0pp9CwX+EO1OC3ewP3chiXxYvDRDmyshSgatKuk/cewJR7llZbzXeXmitPHt/41KCbNw7ExtpkK8Fz3mTqgK5yXS0eaFInlAbg5F0XHdcZSufC9+SV1sqOGAR89bnKYhGJPdLMOvYoMFcWQwnqMh1M7Uo5xHLg5GU= ARC-Authentication-Results: i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=google.com; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=flex--xur.bounces.google.com; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b=XADFDklA; arc=none smtp.client-ip=74.125.82.202 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=reject dis=none) header.from=google.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=flex--xur.bounces.google.com Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=google.com header.i=@google.com header.b="XADFDklA" Received: by mail-dy1-f202.google.com with SMTP id 5a478bee46e88-2c5b48baf75so3342524eec.0 for ; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:19:26 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=google.com; s=20251104; t=1774891166; x=1775495966; darn=vger.kernel.org; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :date:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=77Ac1GrJdreMNETx1ERKI8GGaFAhTfW3lT0AoWZDZpU=; b=XADFDklAJeqvMPSfq9gTyYeodXeJgOh14AONl514SXcIM7qyUDNLkGGZoWdCsT2sgC Ilk1jImRpkwLZHfkXm9KVSgoH9hDlidc+czUhI+IXGazvbVqXHPapshj46546ZeHhADv qy0uGsUzpD0U1fGt8+0+raPI8gH02PbM5Rb9KEj9VZRccN9awXlcUTEAl3nkGrG+Px3m IfJu6d0D18FluMXG13CNrtX79/eGbezeWH/WkmjB9fJIlzGFsJ/gSV+LFFdjLG4jc05D 1yGTRLjgG1NcnXWTyes/1jtJng1Ijoni69870OBIKczClTvMc+Rl3o4kk4y8nUQVDD06 4NuA== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20251104; t=1774891166; x=1775495966; h=cc:to:from:subject:message-id:references:mime-version:in-reply-to :date:x-gm-message-state:from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=77Ac1GrJdreMNETx1ERKI8GGaFAhTfW3lT0AoWZDZpU=; b=D7+nchV4ll7pu5Bt82YnDx+Y68V+HF7i1wQT2MAFCoxRvA7mPkVj99VG1ScA1F88AN BkqN4t6fQwyB8Yzy6BLNoluxRNYeciEZ4ueHZjPeU2Bq9kdmLnxj2sgxtzMwUA8civUA b3PjSia1TmrAvj5T/GiqIZY2bJrt/7xvsZhL3STz0RRujBMOdi03eOikwCcRO1GQUe6M 8rKiaveRbfM/HAA7Qi4fOjeFwYB7vrtTN60/SA8oz2Qg6rY3CuBWLnsdiIegPCv8eEdD bSL8o7u0EcybQ/wSi94jdzX/Dw1UaBniLjt3RHiKeBmHzxa4EsymiELP2ErunPAP+wrW tcJg== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0Ywa6WlW41l569d0PFRbdUYCMTS/YRAUJinUUP1K54BI2YpoW8mM eNk8b299OAoOsQWIKWMfkdLoDIyBdXCzn6+yVjB44632C4xRn2j5TNODxIKvIBm7zRQ09Q== X-Received: from dyaa28.prod.google.com ([2002:a05:693c:40dc:b0:2c1:88d:a44c]) (user=xur job=prod-delivery.src-stubby-dispatcher) by 2002:a05:7300:ec0a:b0:2c5:50fe:c795 with SMTP id 5a478bee46e88-2c550ff2592mr4030214eec.29.1774891165926; Mon, 30 Mar 2026 10:19:25 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2026 17:19:17 +0000 In-Reply-To: <20260330171920.2026779-1-xur@google.com> Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: Mime-Version: 1.0 References: <20260330171920.2026779-1-xur@google.com> X-Mailer: git-send-email 2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog Message-ID: <20260330171920.2026779-2-xur@google.com> Subject: [PATCH v8 1/3] kbuild: move vmlinux.a build rule to scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_a From: xur@google.com To: Masahiro Yamada , Nathan Chancellor , Nicolas Schier , Nick Desaulniers , Yonghong Song , Bill Wendling , Justin Stitt , Miguel Ojeda , Thomas Gleixner , Alice Ryhl , Sami Tolvanen , "Mike Rapoport (Microsoft)" , Rafael Aquini , Michael Ellerman , Stafford Horne , Christophe Leroy , Piotr Gorski , Rong Xu , Venkat Rao Bagalkote , Miguel Ojeda , Teresa Johnson Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, llvm@lists.linux.dev Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" From: Rong Xu From: Masahiro Yamada Move the build rule for vmlinux.a to a separate file in preparation for supporting distributed builds with Clang ThinLTO. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada Tested-by: Rong Xu Signed-off-by: Rong Xu --- Makefile | 16 +++++-------- scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_a | 46 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ 2 files changed, 52 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-) create mode 100644 scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_a diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index a8d8ed711f9b..69ccf9b8507d 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1264,7 +1264,7 @@ export ARCH_DRIVERS :=3D $(drivers-y) $(drivers-m) KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS :=3D built-in.a $(patsubst %/, %/lib.a, $(filter %/, $= (libs-y))) KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS :=3D $(filter-out %/, $(libs-y)) =20 -export KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS +export KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS export KBUILD_LDS :=3D arch/$(SRCARCH)/kernel/vmlinux.lds =20 ifdef CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS @@ -1273,16 +1273,12 @@ ifdef CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS KBUILD_MODULES :=3D y endif =20 -# '$(AR) mPi' needs 'T' to workaround the bug of llvm-ar <=3D 14 -quiet_cmd_ar_vmlinux.a =3D AR $@ - cmd_ar_vmlinux.a =3D \ - rm -f $@; \ - $(AR) cDPrST $@ $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS); \ - $(AR) mPiT $$($(AR) t $@ | sed -n 1p) $@ $$($(AR) t $@ | grep -F -f $(src= tree)/scripts/head-object-list.txt) +PHONY +=3D vmlinux_a +vmlinux_a: $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS) scripts/head-object-list.txt FORCE + $(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_a =20 -targets +=3D vmlinux.a -vmlinux.a: $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS) scripts/head-object-list.txt FORCE - $(call if_changed,ar_vmlinux.a) +vmlinux.a: vmlinux_a + @: =20 PHONY +=3D vmlinux_o vmlinux_o: vmlinux.a $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_LIBS) diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_a b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_a new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..9774f02b43b2 --- /dev/null +++ b/scripts/Makefile.vmlinux_a @@ -0,0 +1,46 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only + +PHONY :=3D __default +__default: vmlinux.a + +include include/config/auto.conf +include $(srctree)/scripts/Kbuild.include +include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.lib + +# Link of built-in-fixup.a +# ------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- + +# '$(AR) mPi' needs --thin to workaround the bug of llvm-ar <=3D 14 +quiet_cmd_ar_builtin_fixup =3D AR $@ + cmd_ar_builtin_fixup =3D \ + rm -f $@; \ + $(AR) cDPrS --thin $@ $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS); \ + $(AR) mPi --thin $$($(AR) t $@ | sed -n 1p) $@ $$($(AR) t $@ | grep -F -f= $(srctree)/scripts/head-object-list.txt) + +targets +=3D built-in-fixup.a +built-in-fixup.a: $(KBUILD_VMLINUX_OBJS) scripts/head-object-list.txt FORCE + $(call if_changed,ar_builtin_fixup) + +# vmlinux.a +# ------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- + +targets +=3D vmlinux.a +vmlinux.a: built-in-fixup.a FORCE + $(call if_changed,copy) + +# Add FORCE to the prerequisites of a target to force it to be always rebu= ilt. +# ------------------------------------------------------------------------= --- + +PHONY +=3D FORCE +FORCE: + +# Read all saved command lines and dependencies for the $(targets) we +# may be building above, using $(if_changed{,_dep}). As an +# optimization, we don't need to read them if the target does not +# exist, we will rebuild anyway in that case. + +existing-targets :=3D $(wildcard $(sort $(targets))) + +-include $(foreach f,$(existing-targets),$(dir $(f)).$(notdir $(f)).cmd) + +.PHONY: $(PHONY) --=20 2.53.0.1018.g2bb0e51243-goog