From fcbb8461fd2376ba3782b5b8bd440c929b8e4980 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Masahiro Yamada Date: Thu, 7 Nov 2019 16:14:40 +0900 Subject: kbuild: remove header compile test There are both positive and negative options about this feature. At first, I thought it was a good idea, but actually Linus stated a negative opinion (https://lkml.org/lkml/2019/9/29/227). I admit it is ugly and annoying. The baseline I'd like to keep is the compile-test of uapi headers. (Otherwise, kernel developers have no way to ensure the correctness of the exported headers.) I will maintain a small build rule in usr/include/Makefile. Remove the other header test functionality. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada --- Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst | 17 ----------------- 1 file changed, 17 deletions(-) (limited to 'Documentation/kbuild') diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst index b89c88168d6a..b9b50553bfc5 100644 --- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst +++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst @@ -1115,23 +1115,6 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly): In this example, extra-y is used to list object files that shall be built, but shall not be linked as part of built-in.a. - header-test-y - - header-test-y specifies headers (`*.h`) in the current directory that - should be compile tested to ensure they are self-contained, - i.e. compilable as standalone units. If CONFIG_HEADER_TEST is enabled, - this builds them as part of extra-y. - - header-test-pattern-y - - This works as a weaker version of header-test-y, and accepts wildcard - patterns. The typical usage is:: - - header-test-pattern-y += *.h - - This specifies all the files that matches to `*.h` in the current - directory, but the files in 'header-test-' are excluded. - 6.7 Commands useful for building a boot image --------------------------------------------- -- cgit v1.2.3