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-rw-r--r--Makefile9
1 files changed, 8 insertions, 1 deletions
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 9f9c3b577c75..b816089e5dc9 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -607,6 +607,13 @@ else
include/config/auto.conf: ;
endif # $(dot-config)
+# For the kernel to actually contain only the needed exported symbols,
+# we have to build modules as well to determine what those symbols are.
+# (this can be evaluated only once include/config/auto.conf has been included)
+ifdef CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
+ KBUILD_MODULES := 1
+endif
+
# The all: target is the default when no target is given on the
# command line.
# This allow a user to issue only 'make' to build a kernel including modules
@@ -944,7 +951,7 @@ ifdef CONFIG_GDB_SCRIPTS
endif
ifdef CONFIG_TRIM_UNUSED_KSYMS
$(Q)$(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/adjust_autoksyms.sh \
- "$(MAKE) KBUILD_MODULES=1 -f $(srctree)/Makefile vmlinux_prereq"
+ "$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/Makefile vmlinux"
endif
# standalone target for easier testing