Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1756211Ab3JHKN6 (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Oct 2013 06:13:58 -0400 Received: from mail-ea0-f180.google.com ([209.85.215.180]:64116 "EHLO mail-ea0-f180.google.com" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1756054Ab3JHKMr (ORCPT ); Tue, 8 Oct 2013 06:12:47 -0400 From: Ingo Molnar To: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Cc: Peter Zijlstra , Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo , Namhyung Kim , David Ahern , Jiri Olsa Subject: [PATCH 48/52] tools/perf/build: Exclude MAKEFLAGS from nested invocation Date: Tue, 8 Oct 2013 12:11:18 +0200 Message-Id: <1381227082-22039-49-git-send-email-mingo@kernel.org> X-Mailer: git-send-email 1.8.3.1 In-Reply-To: <1381227082-22039-1-git-send-email-mingo@kernel.org> References: <1381227082-22039-1-git-send-email-mingo@kernel.org> Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 2270 Lines: 78 In case the user specifies MAKEFLAGS as an environment variable, or uses 'make -jN' explicitly, the options can conflict and result in: BUILD: Doing 'make -j8' parallel build make[1]: warning: -jN forced in submake: disabling jobserver mode. GEN common-cmds.h make[1]: *** write jobserver: Bad file descriptor. Stop. Make sure we invoke the main makefile in a pristine state. Users who want to do something non-standard can use the: make -f Makefile.perf method to invoke the makefile. Cc: Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo Cc: Peter Zijlstra Cc: Namhyung Kim Cc: David Ahern Cc: Jiri Olsa Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/n/tip-uen6hzTvkqqngqwjma9yoEgw@git.kernel.org Signed-off-by: Ingo Molnar --- tools/perf/Makefile | 16 +++++++++++++--- 1 file changed, 13 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/perf/Makefile b/tools/perf/Makefile index 6f6f13a..74f52d8 100644 --- a/tools/perf/Makefile +++ b/tools/perf/Makefile @@ -1,3 +1,10 @@ +# +# This is a simple wrapper Makefile that calls the main Makefile.perf +# with a -j option to do parallel builds +# +# If you want to invoke the perf build in some non-standard way then +# you can use the 'make -f Makefile.perf' method to invoke it. +# # # Clear out the built-in rules GNU make defines by default (such as .o targets), @@ -6,6 +13,11 @@ .SUFFIXES: # +# We don't want to pass along options like -j: +# +unexport MAKEFLAGS + +# # Do a parallel build with multiple jobs, based on the number of CPUs online # in this system: 'make -j8' on a 8-CPU system, etc. # @@ -18,14 +30,12 @@ ifeq ($(JOBS),) endif endif -export JOBS - define print_msg @printf ' BUILD: Doing '\''make \033[33m-j'$(JOBS)'\033[m'\'' parallel build\n' endef define make - @$(MAKE) -f Makefile.perf --no-print-directory -j$(JOBS) $@ + @$(MAKE) -f Makefile.perf --no-print-directory -j$(JOBS) O=$(O) $@ endef # -- 1.8.3.1 -- 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/