kbuild: improve comments on KBUILD_SRC

Original comments is confusing on "OBJ directory", make it clear. Bonus: move comments close to what it wants to comment. Signed-off-by: Cao jin <[email protected]> Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <[email protected]>
jimmycarry · Jul 2, 2017 · c4e6fff · c4e6fff
1 parent d77698d
commit c4e6fff
Showing 1 changed file with 3 additions and 3 deletions.
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
@@ -106,8 +106,8 @@ export quiet Q KBUILD_VERBOSE
 # The O= assignment takes precedence over the KBUILD_OUTPUT environment
 # variable.
 
-# KBUILD_SRC is set on invocation of make in OBJ directory
-# KBUILD_SRC is not intended to be used by the regular user (for now)
+# KBUILD_SRC is not intended to be used by the regular user (for now),
+# it is set on invocation of make with KBUILD_OUTPUT or O= specified.
 ifeq ($(KBUILD_SRC),)
 
 # OK, Make called in directory where kernel src resides
@@ -128,7 +128,6 @@ ifneq ($(words $(subst :, ,$(CURDIR))), 1)
 endif
 
 ifneq ($(KBUILD_OUTPUT),)
-# Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables
 # check that the output directory actually exists
 saved-output := $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)
 KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(shell mkdir -p $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) && cd $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) \
@@ -141,6 +140,7 @@ PHONY += $(MAKECMDGOALS) sub-make
 $(filter-out _all sub-make $(CURDIR)/Makefile, $(MAKECMDGOALS)) _all: sub-make
 	@:
 
+# Invoke a second make in the output directory, passing relevant variables
 sub-make:
 	$(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(KBUILD_OUTPUT) KBUILD_SRC=$(CURDIR) \
 	-f $(CURDIR)/Makefile $(filter-out _all sub-make,$(MAKECMDGOALS))