Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] kbuild: use relative path from $(srctree) instead of FILE

From	Joe Perches <joe@perches.com>
Newsgroups	linux.kernel
Subject	Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] kbuild: use relative path from $(srctree) instead of __FILE__
Date	2017-04-21 23:00 +0200
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On Sat, 2017-04-22 at 04:03 +0900, Masahiro Yamada wrote:
> Kbuild works in objtree, not in srctree.  So, __FILE__ is prefixed
> with $(srctree)/ for out-of-tree build.
> 
> It would be nice to see the same log regardless
> in-tree, or out-of-tree build.
> 
> 1/2 adds a new macro KBUILD_FILE.  This points the relative path
> of the file we are building.  This is intended to replace __FILE__.
> 
> 2/2 replaces __FILE__ in bug.h as an example.  This will improve
> the output of WARN_ON() etc.

Good idea.

Perhaps a lot of the in-tree __FILE__ uses should be
KBUILD_BASENAME or another new type like KBUILD_PRETTY_FILE

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[RFC PATCH 0/2] kbuild: use relative path from $(srctree) instead of __FILE__ Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2017-04-21 21:10 +0200
  [RFC PATCH 2/2] bug.h: replace __FILE__ with KBUILD_FILE for shorter names in log Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@socionext.com> - 2017-04-21 21:10 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] kbuild: use relative path from $(srctree) instead  of __FILE__ Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org> - 2017-04-21 21:50 +0200
  Re: [RFC PATCH 0/2] kbuild: use relative path from $(srctree)  instead of __FILE__ Joe Perches <joe@perches.com> - 2017-04-21 23:00 +0200

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