Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1753520Ab3H1Qrj (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:47:39 -0400 Received: from mga14.intel.com ([143.182.124.37]:44673 "EHLO mga14.intel.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1752111Ab3H1Qrh convert rfc822-to-8bit (ORCPT ); Wed, 28 Aug 2013 12:47:37 -0400 X-ExtLoop1: 1 X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.89,976,1367996400"; d="scan'208";a="387783870" From: "Yang, Fei" To: Michal Marek CC: Sam Ravnborg , "linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org" , "'linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org' (linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org)" Subject: RE: Can anyone suggest a better fix? Not sure if I understand the problem, but the patch fixed it Thread-Topic: Can anyone suggest a better fix? Not sure if I understand the problem, but the patch fixed it Thread-Index: AQHOpABgg7SaLxkqpE+dFGFmbGSlkJmq0CxOgAABIuA= Date: Wed, 28 Aug 2013 16:47:34 +0000 Message-ID: <02E7334B1630744CBDC55DA85862258348E479ED@ORSMSX102.amr.corp.intel.com> References: <02E7334B1630744CBDC55DA85862258348E431C1@ORSMSX102.amr.corp.intel.com> <20130826201035.GA21141@merkur.ravnborg.org> <02E7334B1630744CBDC55DA85862258348E458D8@ORSMSX102.amr.corp.intel.com> <521E1232.6010501@suse.cz> <02E7334B1630744CBDC55DA85862258348E4792D@ORSMSX102.amr.corp.intel.com> <521E25C5.2020908@suse.cz> In-Reply-To: <521E25C5.2020908@suse.cz> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: x-originating-ip: [10.22.254.138] Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8BIT MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 820 Lines: 15 >> I thought fixdep is about finding module dependency, and it isn't >> needed for built-in drivers. Please correct me if I'm wrong. > >fixdep filters the *.d files generated by gcc. These files record source >-> object file dependencies, to not miss rebuilds. OK, then it's more likely to be a timing issue. I'm running my builds on a machine with 32 cores, and as the build is distributed to multi-processors, there might be a synchronization issue. Do you know how the .d files getting deleted normally? I see only .o.cmd file left after the build is completed. Michal -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/