[PATCH] kbuild: permanently fix kernel configuration include mess
Include autoconf.h into every kernel compilation via the gcc command line
using -imacros. This ensures that we have the kernel configuration
included from the start, rather than relying on each file having #include
<linux/config.h> as appropriate. History has shown that this is something
which is difficult to get right.
Since we now include the kernel configuration automatically, make
configcheck becomes meaningless, so remove it.
Signed-off-by: Russell King <rmk+kernel@arm.linux.org.uk>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@osdl.org>
Signed-off-by: Sam Ravnborg <sam@ravnborg.org>
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 7960132..2dac801 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -346,7 +346,8 @@
# Use LINUXINCLUDE when you must reference the include/ directory.
# Needed to be compatible with the O= option
LINUXINCLUDE := -Iinclude \
- $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include)
+ $(if $(KBUILD_SRC),-Iinclude2 -I$(srctree)/include) \
+ -imacros include/linux/autoconf.h
CPPFLAGS := -D__KERNEL__ $(LINUXINCLUDE)
@@ -1249,11 +1250,6 @@
# Scripts to check various things for consistency
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-configcheck:
- find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
- -name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
- | xargs $(PERL) -w scripts/checkconfig.pl
-
includecheck:
find * $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \
-name '*.[hcS]' -type f -print | sort \
diff --git a/include/linux/config.h b/include/linux/config.h
index 9d1c14f..a91f5e5 100644
--- a/include/linux/config.h
+++ b/include/linux/config.h
@@ -1,6 +1,8 @@
#ifndef _LINUX_CONFIG_H
#define _LINUX_CONFIG_H
-
+/* This file is no longer in use and kept only for backward compatibility.
+ * autoconf.h is now included via -imacros on the commandline
+ */
#include <linux/autoconf.h>
#endif