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authorLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-07-25 18:00:18 -0700
committerLinus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>2016-07-25 18:00:18 -0700
commit80f09cf5c14017f98c2e2eaea49ad5d2f5a1399f (patch)
tree7a249d8140addd38ef17de655e427e6892674a8f /Documentation
parent77cd3d0c43b7e6c0bb49ca641cf936891f6e1766 (diff)
parentcda2c65f981d0c29805fd01ffce441c650ffe6cf (diff)
Merge branch 'x86-build-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip
Pull x86 build updates from Ingo Molnar: "A build system fix and a cleanup" * 'x86-build-for-linus' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/tip/tip: kbuild: Remove stale asm-generic wrappers kbuild, x86: Track generated headers with generated-y
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diff --git a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
index 13f888a02a3d..385a5ef41c17 100644
--- a/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
+++ b/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt
@@ -47,6 +47,7 @@ This document describes the Linux kernel Makefiles.
--- 7.2 genhdr-y
--- 7.3 destination-y
--- 7.4 generic-y
+ --- 7.5 generated-y
=== 8 Kbuild Variables
=== 9 Makefile language
@@ -1319,6 +1320,19 @@ See subsequent chapter for the syntax of the Kbuild file.
Example: termios.h
#include <asm-generic/termios.h>
+ --- 7.5 generated-y
+
+ If an architecture generates other header files alongside generic-y
+ wrappers, and not included in genhdr-y, then generated-y specifies
+ them.
+
+ This prevents them being treated as stale asm-generic wrappers and
+ removed.
+
+ Example:
+ #arch/x86/include/asm/Kbuild
+ generated-y += syscalls_32.h
+
=== 8 Kbuild Variables
The top Makefile exports the following variables: