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Makefile: add comment to discourage tools/* addition for kernel builds

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Kbuild provides scripts/Makefile.host to build host programs used for
building the kernel. Unfortunately, there are two exceptions that opt
out of Kbuild. The build system under tools/ is a cheesy replica, and
cause issues. I was recently poked about a problem in the tools build
system, which I do not maintain (and nobody maintains). [1]

Without a comment, people might believe this is the right location
because that is where objtool lives, even if a more robust Kbuild
syntax satisfies their needs. [2]

[1]: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-kbuild/ZnIYWBgrJ-IJtqK8@google.com/T/#m8ece130dd0e23c6f2395ed89070161948dee8457
[2]: https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240618200501.GA1611012@google.com/

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>
Acked-by: Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>
Reviewed-by: Brian Norris <briannorris@chromium.org>
Reviewed-by: Sami Tolvanen <samitolvanen@google.com>
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Masahiro Yamada 2024-07-18 03:28:19 +09:00
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@ -1328,6 +1328,12 @@ prepare: tools/bpf/resolve_btfids
endif
endif
# The tools build system is not a part of Kbuild and tends to introduce
# its own unique issues. If you need to integrate a new tool into Kbuild,
# please consider locating that tool outside the tools/ tree and using the
# standard Kbuild "hostprogs" syntax instead of adding a new tools/* entry
# here. See Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.rst for details.
PHONY += resolve_btfids_clean
resolve_btfids_O = $(abspath $(objtree))/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids