kernel/linux.git/tools/objtool/Makefile, branch v6.12.80

kbuild: Leave objtool binary around with 'make clean'

2026-03-25T10:08:41+00:00

[ Upstream commit fdb12c8a24a453bdd6759979b6ef1e04ebd4beb4 ] The difference between 'make clean' and 'make mrproper' is documented in 'make help' as: clean - Remove most generated files but keep the config and enough build support to build external modules mrproper - Remove all generated files + config + various backup files After commit 68b4fe32d737 ("kbuild: Add objtool to top-level clean target"), running 'make clean' then attempting to build an external module with the resulting build directory fails with $ make ARCH=x86_64 O=build clean $ make -C build M=... MO=... ... /bin/sh: line 1: .../build/tools/objtool/objtool: No such file or directory as 'make clean' removes the objtool binary. Split the objtool clean target into mrproper and clean like Kbuild does and remove all generated artifacts with 'make clean' except for the objtool binary, which is removed with 'make mrproper'. To avoid a small race when running the objtool clean target through both objtool_mrproper and objtool_clean when running 'make mrproper', modify objtool's clean up find command to avoid using find's '-delete' command by piping the files into 'xargs rm -f' like the rest of Kbuild does. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 68b4fe32d737 ("kbuild: Add objtool to top-level clean target") Reported-by: Michal Suchanek Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/20260225112633.6123-1-msuchanek@suse.de/ Reported-by: Rainer Fiebig Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/62d12399-76e5-3d40-126a-7490b4795b17@mailbox.org/ Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier Tested-by: Nicolas Schier Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260227-avoid-objtool-binary-removal-clean-v1-1-122f3e55eae9@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor [ Context ] Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin Signed-off-by: Greg Kroah-Hartman

kbuild: Add objtool to top-level clean target

2026-03-04T12:20:35+00:00

[ Upstream commit 68b4fe32d73789dea23e356f468de67c8367ef8f ] Objtool is an integral part of the build, make sure it gets cleaned by "make clean" and "make mrproper". Fixes: 442f04c34a1a ("objtool: Add tool to perform compile-time stack metadata validation") Reported-by: Jens Remus Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/15f2af3b-be33-46fc-b972-6b8e7e0aa52e@linux.ibm.com Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Tested-by: Jens Remus Link: https://patch.msgid.link/968faf2ed30fa8b3519f79f01a1ecfe7929553e5.1770759919.git.jpoimboe@kernel.org [nathan: use Closes: instead of Link: per checkpatch.pl] Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin

objtool/LoongArch: Enable orc to be built

2024-03-11T14:23:47+00:00

Implement arch-specific init_orc_entry(), write_orc_entry(), reg_name(), orc_type_name(), print_reg() and orc_print_dump(), then set BUILD_ORC as y to build the orc related files. Co-developed-by: Jinyang He Signed-off-by: Jinyang He Co-developed-by: Youling Tang Signed-off-by: Youling Tang Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang Signed-off-by: Huacai Chen

objtool: Fix HOSTCC flag usage

2023-02-01T17:15:18+00:00

HOSTCC is always wanted when building objtool. Setting CC to HOSTCC happens after tools/scripts/Makefile.include is included, meaning flags (like CFLAGS) are set assuming say CC is gcc, but then it can be later set to HOSTCC which may be clang. tools/scripts/Makefile.include is needed for host set up and common macros in objtool's Makefile. Rather than override the CC variable to HOSTCC, just pass CC as HOSTCC to the sub-makes of Makefile.build, the libsubcmd builds and also to the linkage step. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230126190606.40739-4-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

objtool: Properly support make V=1

2023-01-31T00:28:16+00:00

The Q variable was being used but never correctly set up. Add the setting up and use in place of @. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230126190606.40739-3-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

objtool: Install libsubcmd in build

2023-01-31T00:27:46+00:00

Including from tools/lib can create inadvertent dependencies. Install libsubcmd in the objtool build and then include the headers from there. Signed-off-by: Ian Rogers Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230126190606.40739-2-irogers@google.com Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf

Merge tag 'kbuild-v5.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

2022-05-26T19:09:50+00:00

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada: - Add HOSTPKG_CONFIG env variable to allow users to override pkg-config - Support W=e as a shorthand for KCFLAGS=-Werror - Fix CONFIG_IKHEADERS build to support toybox cpio - Add scripts/dummy-tools/pahole to ease distro packagers' life - Suppress false-positive warnings from checksyscalls.sh for W=2 build - Factor out the common code of arch/*/boot/install.sh into scripts/install.sh - Support 'kernel-install' tool in scripts/prune-kernel - Refactor module-versioning to link the symbol versions at the final link of vmlinux and modules - Remove CONFIG_MODULE_REL_CRCS because module-versioning now works in an arch-agnostic way - Refactor modpost, Makefiles * tag 'kbuild-v5.19' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (56 commits) genksyms: adjust the output format to modpost kbuild: stop merging *.symversions kbuild: link symbol CRCs at final link, removing CONFIG_MODULE_REL_CRCS modpost: extract symbol versions from *.cmd files modpost: add sym_find_with_module() helper modpost: change the license of EXPORT_SYMBOL to bool type modpost: remove left-over cross_compile declaration kbuild: record symbol versions in *.cmd files kbuild: generate a list of objects in vmlinux modpost: move *.mod.c generation to write_mod_c_files() modpost: merge add_{intree_flag,retpoline,staging_flag} to add_header scripts/prune-kernel: Use kernel-install if available kbuild: factor out the common installation code into scripts/install.sh modpost: split new_symbol() to symbol allocation and hash table addition modpost: make sym_add_exported() always allocate a new symbol modpost: make multiple export error modpost: dump Module.symvers in the same order of modules.order modpost: traverse the namespace_list in order modpost: use doubly linked list for dump_lists modpost: traverse unresolved symbols in order ...

objtool: Remove libsubcmd.a when make clean

2022-05-12T14:28:35+00:00

The file libsubcmd.a still exists after make clean, remove it. Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1652258270-6278-3-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn

objtool: Remove inat-tables.c when make clean

2022-05-12T14:28:05+00:00

When build objtool on x86, the generated file inat-tables.c is in arch/x86/lib instead of arch/x86, use the correct dir to remove it when make clean. $ cd tools/objtool $ make [...] GEN arch/x86/lib/inat-tables.c [...] Signed-off-by: Tiezhu Yang Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/1652258270-6278-2-git-send-email-yangtiezhu@loongson.cn

objtool: Ditch subcommands

2022-04-22T10:32:01+00:00

Objtool has a fairly singular focus. It runs on object files and does validations and transformations which can be combined in various ways. The subcommand model has never been a good fit, making it awkward to combine and remove options. Remove the "check" and "orc" subcommands in favor of a more traditional cmdline option model. This makes it much more flexible to use, and easier to port individual features to other arches. Signed-off-by: Josh Poimboeuf Signed-off-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Miroslav Benes Link: https://lkml.kernel.org/r/5c61ebf805e90aefc5fa62bc63468ffae53b9df6.1650300597.git.jpoimboe@redhat.com