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tools build: Make in-target rule robust against too long argument error
authorChangqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
Mon, 28 Jul 2025 09:31:53 +0000 (17:31 +0800)
committerArnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
Wed, 4 Mar 2026 14:21:48 +0000 (11:21 -0300)
commitf079ff37324accb91c6247b59e249ebc22bf55f5
tree71fe98279262182d04d7d561f53ff85cccd53c46
parentcfdf6456c0aca337ff05cb1eb6e6f453e1d9dea1
tools build: Make in-target rule robust against too long argument error

The command length of in-target scales with the depth of the directory
times the number of objects in the Makefile.

When there are many objects, and O=[absolute_path] is set, and the
absolute_path is relatively long.

It is possible that this line "$(call if_changed,$(host)ld_multi)" will
report error: "make[4]: /bin/sh: Argument list too long"

For example, build perf tools with O=/long/output/path

Like built-in.a and *.mod rules in scripts/Makefile.build, add
$(objpredix)/ by the shell command instead of by Make's builtin
function.

Reviewed-by: Ian Rogers <irogers@google.com>
Signed-off-by: Changqing Li <changqing.li@windriver.com>
Cc: Charlie Jenkins <charlie@rivosinc.com>
Cc: James Clark <james.clark@linaro.org>
Cc: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@kernel.org>
Signed-off-by: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@redhat.com>
tools/build/Makefile.build