kbuild: change if_changed_rule for multi-line recipe

masahir0y · masahir0y · commit 3a2429e1faf4 · 2018-12-01T23:13:14.000+09:00
The 'define' ... 'endef' directive is useful to confine a series of shell commands into a single macro: define foo [action1] [action2] [action3] endif Each action is executed in a separate subshell. However, rule_cc_o_c and rule_as_o_S in scripts/Makefile.build are written as follows (with a trailing semicolon in each cmd_*): define rule_cc_o_c [action1] ; \ [action2] ; \ [action3] ; endef All shell commands are concatenated with '; \' so that it looks like a single command from the Makefile point of view. This does not exploit the benefits of 'define' ... 'endef' form because a single shell command can be more simply written, like this: rule_cc_o_c = \ [action1] ; \ [action2] ; \ [action3] ; I guess the intention for the command concatenation was to let the '@set -e' in if_changed_rule cover all the commands. We can improve the readability by moving '@set -e' to the 'cmd' macro. The combo of $(call echo-cmd,*) $(cmd_*) in rule_cc_o_c and rule_as_o_S have been replaced with $(call cmd,*). The trailing back-slashes have been removed. Here is a note about the performance: the commands in rule_cc_o_c and rule_as_o_S were previously executed all together in a single subshell, but now each line in a separate subshell. This means Make will spawn extra subshells [1]. I measured the build performance for x86_64_defconfig + CONFIG_MODVERSIONS + CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS and I saw slight performance regression, but I believe code readability and maintainability wins. [1] Precisely, GNU Make may optimize this by executing the command directly instead of forking a subshell, if no shell special characters are found in the command line and omitting the subshell will not change the behavior. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -215,7 +215,7 @@ echo-cmd = $(if $($(quiet)cmd_$(1)),\
 	echo '  $(call escsq,$($(quiet)cmd_$(1)))$(echo-why)';)
 
 # printing commands
-cmd = @$(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1))
+cmd = @set -e; $(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1))
 
 # Add $(obj)/ for paths that are not absolute
 objectify = $(foreach o,$(1),$(if $(filter /%,$(o)),$(o),$(obj)/$(o)))
@@ -256,21 +256,17 @@ if_changed = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check)),                       \
 	printf '%s\n' 'cmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd, @:)
 
 # Execute the command and also postprocess generated .d dependencies file.
-if_changed_dep = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check) ),                  \
-	@set -e;                                                             \
-	$(cmd_and_fixdep), @:)
+if_changed_dep = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check)),$(cmd_and_fixdep),@:)
 
 cmd_and_fixdep =                                                             \
-	$(echo-cmd) $(cmd_$(1));                                             \
+	$(cmd);                                                              \
 	scripts/basic/fixdep $(depfile) $@ '$(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd;\
 	rm -f $(depfile);
 
 # Usage: $(call if_changed_rule,foo)
 # Will check if $(cmd_foo) or any of the prerequisites changed,
 # and if so will execute $(rule_foo).
-if_changed_rule = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check) ),                 \
-	@set -e;                                                             \
-	$(rule_$(1)), @:)
+if_changed_rule = $(if $(strip $(any-prereq) $(arg-check)),$(rule_$(1)),@:)
 
 ###
 # why - tell why a target got built
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -260,20 +260,20 @@ cmd_gen_ksymdeps = \
 endif
 
 define rule_cc_o_c
-	$(call echo-cmd,checksrc) $(cmd_checksrc)			  \
-	$(call cmd_and_fixdep,cc_o_c)					  \
-	$(cmd_gen_ksymdeps)						  \
-	$(cmd_checkdoc)							  \
-	$(call echo-cmd,objtool) $(cmd_objtool)				  \
-	$(cmd_modversions_c)						  \
-	$(call echo-cmd,record_mcount) $(cmd_record_mcount)
+	$(call cmd,checksrc)
+	$(call cmd_and_fixdep,cc_o_c)
+	$(call cmd,gen_ksymdeps)
+	$(call cmd,checkdoc)
+	$(call cmd,objtool)
+	$(call cmd,modversions_c)
+	$(call cmd,record_mcount)
 endef
 
 define rule_as_o_S
-	$(call cmd_and_fixdep,as_o_S)					  \
-	$(cmd_gen_ksymdeps)						  \
-	$(call echo-cmd,objtool) $(cmd_objtool)				  \
-	$(cmd_modversions_S)
+	$(call cmd_and_fixdep,as_o_S)
+	$(call cmd,gen_ksymdeps)
+	$(call cmd,objtool)
+	$(call cmd,modversions_S)
 endef
 
 # List module undefined symbols (or empty line if not enabled)
