modpost: show warning if any of symbol dump files is missing
If modpost fails to load a symbol dump file, it cannot check unresolved
symbols, hence module dependency will not be added. Nor CRCs can be added.
Currently, external module builds check only $(objtree)/Module.symvers,
but it should check files specified by KBUILD_EXTRA_SYMBOLS as well.
Move the warning message from the top Makefile to scripts/Makefile.modpost
and print the warning if any dump file is missing.
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9768140..ee3ed9d 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1649,17 +1649,9 @@
# We are always building modules
KBUILD_MODULES := 1
-PHONY += $(objtree)/Module.symvers
-$(objtree)/Module.symvers:
- @test -e $(objtree)/Module.symvers || ( \
- echo; \
- echo " WARNING: Symbol version dump $(objtree)/Module.symvers"; \
- echo " is missing; modules will have no dependencies and modversions."; \
- echo )
-
build-dirs := $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)
PHONY += modules
-modules: descend $(objtree)/Module.symvers
+modules: descend
$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.modpost
PHONY += modules_install
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
index f29a021..e47f875 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.modpost
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -98,8 +98,11 @@
MODPOST += -n
endif
+# Clear VPATH to not search for *.symvers in $(srctree). Check only $(objtree).
+VPATH :=
$(input-symdump):
- @:
+ @echo >&2 'WARNING: Symbol version dump "$@" is missing.'
+ @echo >&2 ' Modules may not have dependencies or modversions.'
# Read out modules.order to pass in modpost.
# Otherwise, allmodconfig would fail with "Argument list too long".
