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arm64: vdso: fix build error when switching from LE to BE

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Building a kernel with CPU_BIG_ENDIAN fails if there are stale objects
from a !CPU_BIG_ENDIAN build. Due to a missing FORCE prerequisite on an
if_changed rule in the VDSO Makefile, we attempt to link a stale LE
object into the new BE kernel.

According to Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt, FORCE is required for
if_changed rules and forgetting it is a common mistake, so fix it by
'Forcing' the build of vdso. This patch fixes build errors like these:

arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/note.o: compiled for a little endian system and target is big endian
failed to merge target specific data of file arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/note.o

arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.o: compiled for a little endian system and target is big endian
failed to merge target specific data of file arch/arm64/kernel/vdso/sigreturn.o

Tested-by: Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@arm.com>
Signed-off-by: Arun Chandran <achandran@mvista.com>
Signed-off-by: Will Deacon <will.deacon@arm.com>
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Arun Chandran 2014-06-26 15:16:03 +05:30 committed by Will Deacon
parent af9b99647c
commit 1915e2ad1c
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@ -43,7 +43,7 @@ $(obj)/vdso-offsets.h: $(obj)/vdso.so.dbg FORCE
$(call if_changed,vdsosym)
# Assembly rules for the .S files
$(obj-vdso): %.o: %.S
$(obj-vdso): %.o: %.S FORCE
$(call if_changed_dep,vdsoas)
# Actual build commands