Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: kbuild: possible regression? | From | Jan Altenberg <> | Date | Thu, 08 Nov 2007 20:45:01 +0100 |
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Hi Sam,
> > commit 0b35786d77ba4037f181982cc8ca20a7a3bf0fd2 > > Author: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> > > Date: Fri Sep 21 18:09:02 2007 -0500 > > > > kbuild: call make once for all targets when O=.. is used > > > > Change the invocations of make in the output directory Makefile and the > > main Makefile for separate object trees to pass all goals to one $(MAKE) > > via a new phony target "sub-make" and the existing target _all. > > > > When compiling with separate object directories, a separate make is called > > in the context of another directory (from the output directory the main > > Makefile is called, the Makefile is then restarted with current directory > > set to the object tree). Before this patch, when multiple make command > > goals are specified, each target results in a separate make invocation. > > With make -j, these invocations may run in parallel, resulting in multiple > > commands running in the same directory clobbering each others results. > > > > I did not try to address make -j for mixed dot-config and no-dot-config > > targets. Because the order does matter, a solution was not obvious. > > Perhaps a simple check for MAKEFLAGS having -j and refusing to run would > > be appropriate. > > > > Signed-off-by: Milton Miller <miltonm@bga.com> > > Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org> > > > > So, am I facing a kbuild regression? > > Yes - I will try to fix it during the weekend (if Milton does not beat me). > Thanks for reporting and bisecting!
Have you made any progress on this? Let me know, if I can assist with testing.
Cheers, Jan
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