kbuild: modpost: do not parse unnecessary rules for vmlinux modpost
Since commit ff9b45c55b26 ("kbuild: modpost: read modules.order instead
of $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod"), 'make vmlinux' emits a warning, like this:
$ make defconfig vmlinux
[ snip ]
LD vmlinux.o
cat: modules.order: No such file or directory
MODPOST vmlinux.o
MODINFO modules.builtin.modinfo
KSYM .tmp_kallsyms1.o
KSYM .tmp_kallsyms2.o
LD vmlinux
SORTEX vmlinux
SYSMAP System.map
When building only vmlinux, KBUILD_MODULES is not set. Hence, the
modules.order is not generated. For the vmlinux modpost, it is not
necessary at all.
Separate scripts/Makefile.modpost for the vmlinux/modules stages.
This works more efficiently because the vmlinux modpost does not
need to include .*.cmd files.
Fixes: ff9b45c55b26 ("kbuild: modpost: read modules.order instead of $(MODVERDIR)/*.mod")
Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
index a7124f8..915775e 100755
--- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
+++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh
@@ -210,7 +210,7 @@
modpost_link vmlinux.o
# modpost vmlinux.o to check for section mismatches
-${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" vmlinux.o
+${MAKE} -f "${srctree}/scripts/Makefile.modpost" MODPOST_VMLINUX=1
info MODINFO modules.builtin.modinfo
${OBJCOPY} -j .modinfo -O binary vmlinux.o modules.builtin.modinfo