linux/scripts
Linus Torvalds 5cb0512c02 Kbuild: don't pass "-C" to preprocessor when processing linker scripts
For some odd historical reason, we preprocessed the linker scripts with
"-C", which keeps comments around.  That makes no sense, since the
comments are not meaningful for the build anyway.

And it actually breaks things, since linker scripts can't have C++ style
"//" comments in them, so keeping comments after preprocessing now
limits us in odd and surprising ways in our header files for no good
reason.

The -C option goes back to pre-git and pre-bitkeeper times, but seems to
have been historically used (along with "-traditional") for some
odd-ball architectures (ia64, MIPS and SH).  It probably didn't matter
back then either, but might possibly have been used to minimize the
difference between the original file and the pre-processed result.

The reason for this may be lost in time, but let's not perpetuate it
only because we can't remember why we did this crazy thing.

This was triggered by the recent addition of SPDX lines to the source
tree, where people apparently were confused about why header files
couldn't use the C++ comment format.

Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@linutronix.de>
Cc: Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
2017-11-02 14:10:37 -07:00
..
basic fixdep: trivial: typo fix and correction 2017-08-10 01:01:03 +09:00
coccinelle License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
dtc License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-plugins License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gdb License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
genksyms License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
kconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
ksymoops Fix dead URLs to ftp.kernel.org 2017-03-28 16:16:52 +02:00
mod License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
package License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
selinux License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
tracing License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
.gitignore Docs: clean up some DocBook loose ends 2017-06-23 14:17:38 -06:00
Kbuild.include kbuild: trivial cleanups on the comments 2017-08-10 00:58:20 +09:00
Lindent License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.asm-generic License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.build Kbuild: don't pass "-C" to preprocessor when processing linker scripts 2017-11-02 14:10:37 -07:00
Makefile.clean License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.dtbinst License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.extrawarn License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.gcc-plugins License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.headersinst License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.help
Makefile.host License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.kasan License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.lib License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.modbuiltin License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.modinst License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.modpost License cleanup: add SPDX license identifiers to some files 2017-11-02 10:04:46 -07:00
Makefile.modsign License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
Makefile.ubsan License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
adjust_autoksyms.sh kbuild: fix scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh* for the no modules case 2016-12-11 22:30:10 +01:00
asn1_compiler.c ASN.1: fix open failure check on headername 2016-04-06 14:06:48 +01:00
bloat-o-meter scripts/bloat-o-meter: compile .NUMBER regex 2016-12-12 18:55:06 -08:00
bootgraph.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
check_00index.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
check_extable.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
checkincludes.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
checkkconfigsymbols.py checkkconfigsymbols.py: support Kconfig's 'imply' statement 2017-02-03 11:49:06 +01:00
checkpatch.pl checkpatch: fix ignoring cover-letter logic 2017-10-03 17:54:26 -07:00
checkstack.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
checksyscalls.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
checkversion.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
cleanfile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
cleanpatch License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
coccicheck License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
config License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
conmakehash.c
const_structs.checkpatch const_structs.checkpatch: add frequently used from Julia Lawall's list 2016-10-11 15:06:30 -07:00
decode_stacktrace.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
decodecode License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
depmod.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
diffconfig License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
export_report.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
extract-cert.c KEYS: Remove unnecessary header #inclusions from extract-cert.c 2015-09-25 16:31:45 +01:00
extract-ikconfig scripts/extract-ikconfig: Support LZ4-compressed images. 2015-04-15 14:01:12 +02:00
extract-module-sig.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extract-sys-certs.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
extract-vmlinux
extract_xc3028.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
faddr2line License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-goto.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-ld License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-plugin.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-version.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-x86_32-has-stack-protector.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gcc-x86_64-has-stack-protector.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
gen_initramfs_list.sh Kbuild misc updates for 4.13 2017-07-07 15:09:09 -07:00
get_dvb_firmware scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
get_maintainer.pl get_maintainer: Prepare for separate MAINTAINERS files 2017-08-08 11:09:31 -07:00
gfp-translate
headerdep.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
headers.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
headers_check.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
headers_install.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
insert-sys-cert.c KEYS: Reserve an extra certificate symbol for inserting without recompiling 2016-02-26 15:30:20 +00:00
kallsyms.c scripts/kallsyms.c: ignore symbol type 'n' 2017-10-13 16:18:32 -07:00
kernel-doc kernel-doc parser mishandles declarations split into lines 2017-08-30 16:18:16 -06:00
ld-version.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
link-vmlinux.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
makelst License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
markup_oops.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
mkcompile_h License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
mkmakefile License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
mksysmap mksysmap: Add h8300 local symbol pattern 2015-06-23 13:35:47 +09:00
mkuboot.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
module-common.lds module: set .init_array alignment to 8 2017-03-13 09:40:28 -07:00
namespace.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
objdiff scripts: objdiff: Ignore debug info when comparing 2017-03-11 11:13:38 +09:00
parse-maintainers.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
patch-kernel License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
pnmtologo.c kbuild: trivial - remove trailing empty lines 2014-06-10 00:04:06 +02:00
profile2linkerlist.pl License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
prune-kernel License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
recordmcount.c ftrace: Allow for function tracing to record init functions on boot up 2017-03-24 20:51:49 -04:00
recordmcount.h recordmcount: Fix endianness handling bug for nop_mcount 2015-11-03 10:45:26 -05:00
recordmcount.pl scripts: Switch to more portable Perl shebang 2017-05-14 11:20:44 +09:00
setlocalversion License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
show_delta kbuild: trivial - remove trailing empty lines 2014-06-10 00:04:06 +02:00
sign-file.c sign-file: fix build error in sign-file.c with libressl 2017-02-10 12:43:47 +11:00
sortextable.c powerpc: Build-time sort the exception table 2016-11-14 11:11:51 +11:00
sortextable.h scripts/sortextable: suppress warning: `relocs_size' may be used uninitialized 2014-10-14 02:18:23 +02:00
spelling.txt scripts/spelling.txt: add more spelling mistakes to spelling.txt 2017-10-03 17:54:23 -07:00
sphinx-pre-install docs-rst: don't require adjustbox anymore 2017-09-08 10:02:55 -06:00
stackdelta License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
stackusage License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
tags.sh tags: honor COMPILED_SOURCE with apart output directory 2017-06-06 08:42:34 +09:00
unifdef.c
ver_linux License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
xen-hypercalls.sh License cleanup: add SPDX GPL-2.0 license identifier to files with no license 2017-11-02 11:10:55 +01:00
xz_wrap.sh kbuild: Make scripts executable 2014-08-20 16:03:45 +02:00