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SubjectRe: [PATCH v5 5/8] kbuild: add fine grained build dependencies for exported symbols
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Dne 4.3.2016 v 23:51 Michal Marek napsal(a):
> Dne 4.3.2016 v 06:40 Nicolas Pitre napsal(a):
>> +cmd_and_fixdep = \
>> + $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1)); \
>> + $(ksym_dep_filter) | \
>> + scripts/basic/fixdep -e $(depfile) $@ '$(make-cmd)' \
>> + > $(dot-target).tmp; \
>> + rm -f $(depfile); \
>> + mv -f $(dot-target).tmp $(dot-target).cmd;
>
> While trying this, I got a SIGBUS from fixdep once. My theory is that
> the depfile is mmap()ed by fixdep and modified by the preprocesor run at
> the same time. I could not reproduce this so far (still trying). But if
> it's really this race, the fix would be to disable dependency generation
> in the preprocessor by passing -Wp,MD,/dev/null or somesuch. But we
> never had this problem with genksyms, which is weird. It could as well
> be that my build machine's memory is faulty :(.

Actually, genksyms does not ran in parallel. neither before nor after
this patch.

Michal

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