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In Kbuild, some files are generated by chains of pattern/implicit rules. For example, *.dtb.o files in drivers/of/unittest-data/Makefile are generated by the chain of 3 pattern rules, like this: %.dts -> %.dtb -> %.dtb.S -> %.dtb.o Here, %.dts is the real source, %.dtb.o is the final target. %.dtb and %.dtb.S are called "intermediate files". As GNU Make manual [1] says, intermediate files are treated differently in two ways: (a) The first difference is what happens if the intermediate file does not exist. If an ordinary file 'b' does not exist, and make considers a target that depends on 'b', it invariably creates 'b' and then updates the target from 'b'. But if 'b' is an intermediate file, then make can leave well enough alone: it won't create 'b' unless one of its prerequisites is out of date. This means the target depending on 'b' won't be rebuilt either, unless there is some other reason to update that target: for example the target doesn't exist or a different prerequisite is newer than the target. (b) The second difference is that if make does create 'b' in order to update something else, it deletes 'b' later on after it is no longer needed. Therefore, an intermediate file which did not exist before make also does not exist after make. make reports the deletion to you by printing a 'rm' command showing which file it is deleting. The combination of these is problematic for Kbuild because most of the build rules depend on FORCE and the if_changed* macros really determine if the target should be updated. So, all missing files, whether they are intermediate or not, are always rebuilt. To see the problem, delete ".SECONDARY:" from scripts/Kbuild.include, and repeat this command: $ make allmodconfig drivers/of/unittest-data/ The intermediate files will be deleted, which results in rebuilding intermediate and final objects in the next run of make. In the old days, people suppressed (b) in inconsistent ways. As commit |
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Linux kernel
============
There are several guides for kernel developers and users. These guides can
be rendered in a number of formats, like HTML and PDF. Please read
Documentation/admin-guide/README.rst first.
In order to build the documentation, use ``make htmldocs`` or
``make pdfdocs``. The formatted documentation can also be read online at:
https://www.kernel.org/doc/html/latest/
There are various text files in the Documentation/ subdirectory,
several of them using the Restructured Text markup notation.
Please read the Documentation/process/changes.rst file, as it contains the
requirements for building and running the kernel, and information about
the problems which may result by upgrading your kernel.