[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next][Date Index][Thread Index] Re: Ping: [PATCH 1/9] build: use if_changed more consistently (and correctly) for prelink*.o
On Tue, 22 Sep 2020, Julien Grall wrote: > Hi Jan, > > On 22/09/2020 11:55, Jan Beulich wrote: > > On 22.09.2020 11:24, Julien Grall wrote: > > > On 22/09/2020 09:28, Jan Beulich wrote: > > > > On 21.09.2020 13:39, Julien Grall wrote: > > > > > On 21/09/2020 11:17, Jan Beulich wrote: > > > > > > On 14.09.2020 12:15, Jan Beulich wrote: > > > > > > > Switch to $(call if_changed,ld) where possible; presumably not > > > > > > > doing so > > > > > > > in e321576f4047 ("xen/build: start using if_changed") right away > > > > > > > was an > > > > > > > oversight, as it did for Arm in (just) one case. It failed to add > > > > > > > prelink.o to $(targets), though, causing - judging from the > > > > > > > observed > > > > > > > behavior on x86 - undue rebuilds of the final binary (because of > > > > > > > prelink.o getting rebuild for $(cmd_prelink.o) being empty, in > > > > > > > turn > > > > > > > because of .prelink.o.cmd not getting read) during "make > > > > > > > install-xen". > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Jan Beulich <jbeulich@xxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > --- > > > > > > > xen/arch/arm/Makefile | 4 +++- > > > > > > > xen/arch/x86/Makefile | 18 ++++++++++-------- > > > > > > > 2 files changed, 13 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > > > > > > > > > > > > May I ask for an Arm-side ack (or otherwise) here, please? > > > > > > > > > > Acked-by: Julien Grall <jgrall@xxxxxxxxxx> > > > > > > > > Thanks. On the Arm side this is actually addressing a (minor) bug, > > > > > > Just to confirm, the bug is: Xen will be rebuilt when it is not > > > necessary, right? > > > > Yes. When building as non-root but installing as root, this would > > typically involve an owner change of some of the involved files. > > That's how I did notice the issue on x86 (after switching to > > if_changed) in the first place. > > Thanks for the explanation. I think it would be fine to backport. > @Stefano, what do you think? I am OK with that
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