Messages in this thread | | | From | Denis Vlasenko <> | Subject | Re: [GIT PATCHES] final kbuild update before fix-only period | Date | Mon, 12 Sep 2005 10:19:25 +0300 |
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On Sunday 11 September 2005 17:00, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > BUG()s etc which are using __FILE__ to get source filename > > print horribly long names like > > > > /.share/usr/src2/kernel/linux-2.6.13-mm2.src/drivers/net/.../some.c > > > > if one builds kernel in separate object dir. > > This is ugly and wastes space in kernel image. Any ideas how to fix this? > > I have once experimenting with this on request from Olaf. > The only way I could fine was to pass a new define: > -DKBUILD_FILE='short-file-name' to gcc. > This has the sideeffect that we always accuse the main .c file for > being the culprint. > gcc warns if we override __FILE__ > > __FILE__ is used in 123 files of wich 26 is within arch/ > so it will take a while to change...
I think the worst offender is BUG/BUG_ON():
# grep -r BUG . | grep -v DEBUG | wc -l 5208
~5000 copies of "/.share/usr/src2/kernel/linux-2.6.13-mm2.src" string in my kernel??! That's not funny... > I can cook up something if there is interest.
/me is interested. -- vda - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/
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