Merge tag 'kbuild-v4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:
 "Kbuild core:
   - remove unneeded $(call cc-option,...) switches
   - consolidate Clang compiler flags into CLANG_FLAGS
   - announce the deprecation of SUBDIRS
   - fix single target build for external module
   - simplify the dependencies of 'prepare' stage targets
   - allow fixdep to directly write to .*.cmd files
   - simplify dependency generation for CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
   - change if_changed_rule to accept multi-line recipe
   - move .SECONDARY special target to scripts/Kbuild.include
   - remove redundant 'set -e'
   - improve parallel execution for CONFIG_HEADERS_CHECK
   - misc cleanups

  Treewide fixes and cleanups
   - set Clang flags correctly for PowerPC boot images
   - fix UML build error with CONFIG_GCC_PLUGINS
   - remove unneeded patterns from .gitignore files
   - refactor firmware/Makefile
   - remove unneeded rules for *offsets.s
   - avoid unneeded regeneration of intermediate .s files
   - clean up ./Kbuild

  Modpost:
   - remove unused -M, -K options
   - fix false positive warnings about section mismatch
   - use simple devtable lookup instead of linker magic
   - misc cleanups

  Coccinelle:
   - relax boolinit.cocci checks for overall consistency
   - fix warning messages of boolinit.cocci

  Other tools:
   - improve -dirty check of scripts/setlocalversion
   - add a tool to generate compile_commands.json from .*.cmd files"

* tag 'kbuild-v4.21' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (51 commits)
  kbuild: remove unused cmd_gentimeconst
  kbuild: remove $(obj)/ prefixes in ./Kbuild
  treewide: add intermediate .s files to targets
  treewide: remove explicit rules for *offsets.s
  firmware: refactor firmware/Makefile
  firmware: remove unnecessary patterns from .gitignore
  scripts: remove unnecessary ihex2fw and check-lc_ctypes from .gitignore
  um: remove unused filechk_gen_header in Makefile
  scripts: add a tool to produce a compile_commands.json file
  kbuild: add -Werror=implicit-int flag unconditionally
  kbuild: add -Werror=strict-prototypes flag unconditionally
  kbuild: add -fno-PIE flag unconditionally
  scripts: coccinelle: Correct warning message
  scripts: coccinelle: only suggest true/false in files that already use them
  kbuild: handle part-of-module correctly for *.ll and *.symtypes
  kbuild: refactor part-of-module
  kbuild: refactor quiet_modtag
  kbuild: remove redundant quiet_modtag for $(obj-m)
  kbuild: refactor Makefile.asm-generic
  user/Makefile: Fix typo and capitalization in comment section
  ...

1 files changed, 9 insertions, 9 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/export.h b/include/linux/export.h
index ce764a5d2ee4..fd8711ed9ac4 100644
--- a/include/linux/export.h
+++ b/include/linux/export.h
@@ -92,22 +92,22 @@ struct kernel_symbol {
  */
 #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)
 
-#elif defined(__KSYM_DEPS__)
+#elif defined(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS)
+
+#include <generated/autoksyms.h>
 
 /*
  * For fine grained build dependencies, we want to tell the build system
  * about each possible exported symbol even if they're not actually exported.
- * We use a string pattern that is unlikely to be valid code that the build
- * system filters out from the preprocessor output (see ksym_dep_filter
- * in scripts/Kbuild.include).
+ * We use a symbol pattern __ksym_marker_<symbol> that the build system filters
+ * from the $(NM) output (see scripts/gen_ksymdeps.sh). These symbols are
+ * discarded in the final link stage.
  */
-#define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)	=== __KSYM_##sym ===
-
-#elif defined(CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS)
-
-#include <generated/autoksyms.h>
+#define __ksym_marker(sym)	\
+	static int __ksym_marker_##sym[0] __section(".discard.ksym") __used
 
 #define __EXPORT_SYMBOL(sym, sec)				\
+	__ksym_marker(sym);					\
 	__cond_export_sym(sym, sec, __is_defined(__KSYM_##sym))
 #define __cond_export_sym(sym, sec, conf)			\
 	___cond_export_sym(sym, sec, conf)