When trying to compile the 3.1-rc10 kernel for my MIPS board with C=1
(sparse checking), the build fails early with the error:
CHK include/linux/version.h
UPD include/linux/version.h
CHK include/generated/utsrelease.h
UPD include/generated/utsrelease.h
Checking missing-syscalls for N32
CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
Checking missing-syscalls for O32
CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
CC kernel/bounds.s
GEN include/generated/bounds.h
CC arch/mips/kernel/asm-offsets.s
GEN include/generated/asm-offsets.h
CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh
HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/genksyms.o
SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/lex.lex.c
SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/keywords.hash.c
SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.tab.h
HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/lex.lex.o
SHIPPED scripts/genksyms/parse.tab.c
HOSTCC scripts/genksyms/parse.tab.o
HOSTLD scripts/genksyms/genksyms
/bin/sh: Syntax error: "(" unexpected
make[3]: *** [scripts/mod/empty.o] Error 2
make[2]: *** [scripts/mod] Error 2
make[1]: *** [scripts] Error 2
It seems the shell chokes because sparse is called with command line
arguments such as:
-D__INT8_C(c)='c'
Converting these to form:
-D'__INT8_C(c)'='c'
seems to fix the problem.
[ralf@linux-mips.org: This affects builds with gcc 4.5 and newer.]
Signed-off-by: Aaro Koskinen <aaro.koskinen@iki.fi>
Cc: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Patchwork: https://patchwork.linux-mips.org/patch/2827/
Signed-off-by: Ralf Baechle <ralf@linux-mips.org>