Messages in this thread | | | From | Masahiro Yamada <> | Date | Wed, 4 Jul 2018 21:08:43 +0900 | Subject | Re: [PATCH 4/5] kbuild: disable KBUILD_MODNAME when building for mod.a |
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2018-07-04 7:14 GMT+09:00 NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>: > On Wed, Jun 27 2018, Masahiro Yamada wrote: > >> 2018-06-18 13:55 GMT+09:00 NeilBrown <neilb@suse.com>: >>> When building an object to be included in mod.a we >>> cannot know the name of the module. So don't define >>> KBUILD_MODNAME. This will ensure attempt to use >>> that macro when the module name isn't know will >>> trigger an error. >> >> Honestly, I hate KBUILD_MODNAME. >> >> If KBUILD_MODNAME is undefined, >> you cannot call pr_debug() in the sub-directory for example. > > I think this is only true if you have something like > > #define pr_fmt(fmt) KBUILD_MODNAME ": " fmt > > in your .c files. Developers who use modobj-m could be advised not to > do this. > >> >> CONFIG_DYNAMIC_DEBUG requires KBUILD_MODNAME, >> but people often miss to notice that, then cause build errors. > > Yes, I can see that. > We could change it to use a default ("no-name") if KBUILD_MODNAME isn't > defined. Or we could require that KBUILD_MODNAME always be defined. > > Where I've been using these patches I've sometimes been adding > > ccflags-y += -DKBUILD_MODNAME='"FOO"' > > to Makefiles so that modules_params get handled correctly on non-module > builds. I've thought about instead allowing "modobj-name" to be defined > and requiring that it be set if either modobj-[yn] is set. Then it gets > used for the KBUILD_MODNAME when building modobj modules. > > Would you prefer to always require KBUILD_MODNAME, or to use a default > name for dynamic-debug? > > Thanks, > NeilBrown
I prefer flat directory structure for modules. Most of modules fit in a single directory.
-- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada
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