Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] kbuild: use relative path from $(srctree) instead of __FILE__ | From | Joe Perches <> | Date | Fri, 21 Apr 2017 13:56:24 -0700 |
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On Sat, 2017-04-22 at 04:03 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > Kbuild works in objtree, not in srctree. So, __FILE__ is prefixed > with $(srctree)/ for out-of-tree build. > > It would be nice to see the same log regardless > in-tree, or out-of-tree build. > > 1/2 adds a new macro KBUILD_FILE. This points the relative path > of the file we are building. This is intended to replace __FILE__. > > 2/2 replaces __FILE__ in bug.h as an example. This will improve > the output of WARN_ON() etc.
Good idea.
Perhaps a lot of the in-tree __FILE__ uses should be KBUILD_BASENAME or another new type like KBUILD_PRETTY_FILE
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