kbuild: modpost: remove unnecessary dependency for __modpost

__modpost is a phony target. The dependency on FORCE is pointless. All the objects have been built in the previous stage, so the dependency on the objects are not necessary either. Count the number of modules in a more straightforward way. Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
berg · Jul 31, 2019 · acf2a13 · acf2a13
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commit acf2a13
Showing 1 changed file with 2 additions and 2 deletions.
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.modpost b/scripts/Makefile.modpost
@@ -86,11 +86,11 @@ modpost = scripts/mod/modpost                    \
 MODPOST_OPT=$(subst -i,-n,$(filter -i,$(MAKEFLAGS)))
 
 # We can go over command line length here, so be careful.
-quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $(words $(filter-out vmlinux FORCE, $^)) modules
+quiet_cmd_modpost = MODPOST $(words $(modules)) modules
       cmd_modpost = sed 's/ko$$/o/' $(modorder) | $(modpost) $(MODPOST_OPT) -s -T -
 
 PHONY += __modpost
-__modpost: $(modules:.ko=.o) FORCE
+__modpost:
 	$(call cmd,modpost) $(wildcard vmlinux)
 
 quiet_cmd_kernel-mod = MODPOST $@