Re: [PATCH v3 1/9] kernel/api: introduce kernel API specification framework
From: Sasha Levin <sashal@kernel.org>
Date: 2026-05-05 07:46:25
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On Wed, Apr 29, 2026 at 06:43:24PM +0200, Nicolas Schier wrote:
On Fri, Apr 24, 2026 at 12:51:21PM -0400, Sasha Levin wrote:quoted
diff --git a/kernel/api/Makefile b/kernel/api/Makefile new file mode 100644 index 0000000000000..c0a13fc590e4a --- /dev/null +++ b/kernel/api/Makefile@@ -0,0 +1,14 @@ +# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0 +# +# Makefile for the Kernel API Specification Framework +# + +# Core API specification framework +obj-$(CONFIG_KAPI_SPEC) += kernel_api_spec.oBike-shedding: I'd use 'obj-y' here, to state clearly that kernel_api_spec.c is the core part in the kernel/api/ subdir. If CONFIG_KAPI_SPEC is unset, the subfir will not be entered at all.
Agreed, switched to "obj-y" in v4. The subdir gate moves up to kernel/Makefile and the entry inside kernel/api/Makefile becomes unconditional. The other two entries (KAPI_SPEC_DEBUGFS, KAPI_KUNIT_TEST) keep their own conditional guards since they are optional sub-features. -- Thanks, Sasha