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Date:   Tue, 14 May 2019 14:49:42 +1000
From:   Stephen Rothwell <sfr@canb.auug.org.au>
To:     Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com>
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Subject: Re: linux-next: build failure after merge of the ecryptfs tree
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Hi Masahiro,

On Tue, 14 May 2019 13:16:37 +0900 Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socione=
xt.com> wrote:
>
> If you are talking about the rebuild of
> .tmp_versions/*.mod files,
> yes, they are cleaned up every time.
>=20
> # Create temporary dir for module support files
> # clean it up only when building all modules
> cmd_crmodverdir =3D $(Q)mkdir -p $(MODVERDIR) \
>                   $(if $(KBUILD_MODULES),; rm -f $(MODVERDIR)/*)
>=20
>=20
> I think the reason is that
> we want to make sure stale modules are not remaining
> when CONFIG_MY_DRIVER=3Dm is turned into CONFIG_MY_DRIVER=3Dn
>=20
>=20
> Rebuilding .mod files is not expensive.
>=20
> I think this behavior can be improved, but
> that is how it has been working for a long time.

when you say "not expensive", how long is that?  Because an x86_64
allmodconfig build currently produces 7313 of those files, so at .01
seconds each (for example) that would add over a minute to each of my
builds ... and I do lots of builds every day.  OK, so it may not be
that significant (so a millisecond each is obviously not a problem),
but just wondering if it can be avoided.

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Cheers,
Stephen Rothwell

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