kbuild: remove --include-dir MAKEFLAG from top Makefile

I added $(srctree)/ to some included Makefiles in the following commits:

 - 3204a7fb98a3 ("kbuild: prefix $(srctree)/ to some included Makefiles")
 - d82856395505 ("kbuild: do not require sub-make for separate output tree builds")

They were a preparation for removing --include-dir flag.

I have never thought --include-dir useful. Rather, it _is_ harmful.

For example, run the following commands:

  $ make -s ARCH=x86 mrproper defconfig
  $ make ARCH=arm O=foo dtbs
  make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
    HOSTCC  scripts/basic/fixdep
  Error: kernelrelease not valid - run 'make prepare' to update it
    UPD     include/config/kernel.release
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/linux/foo'

The first command configures the source tree for x86. The next command
tries to build ARM device trees in the separate foo/ directory - this
must stop because the directory foo/ has not been configured yet.

However, due to --include-dir=$(abs_srctree), the top Makefile includes
the wrong include/config/auto.conf from the source tree and continues
building. Kbuild traverses the directory tree, but of course it does
not work correctly. The Error message is also pointless - 'make prepare'
does not help at all for fixing the issue.

This commit fixes more arch Makefile, and finally removes --include-dir
from the top Makefile.

There are more breakages under drivers/, but I do not volunteer to fix
them all. I just moved --include-dir to drivers/Makefile.

With this commit, the second command will stop with a sensible message.

  $ make -s ARCH=x86 mrproper defconfig
  $ make ARCH=arm O=foo dtbs
  make[1]: Entering directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
    SYNC    include/config/auto.conf.cmd
  ***
  *** The source tree is not clean, please run 'make ARCH=arm mrproper'
  *** in /tmp/linux
  ***
  make[2]: *** [../Makefile:646: outputmakefile] Error 1
  /tmp/linux/Makefile:770: include/config/auto.conf.cmd: No such file or directory
  make[1]: *** [/tmp/linux/Makefile:793: include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Error 2
  make[1]: Leaving directory '/tmp/linux/foo'
  make: *** [Makefile:226: __sub-make] Error 2

Signed-off-by: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>

1 files changed, 0 insertions, 8 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 93796ece1cba..2faf872b6808 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -203,14 +203,6 @@ ifneq ($(words $(subst :, ,$(abs_srctree))), 1)
 $(error source directory cannot contain spaces or colons)
 endif
 
-ifneq ($(abs_srctree),$(abs_objtree))
-# Look for make include files relative to root of kernel src
-#
-# --included-dir is added for backward compatibility, but you should not rely on
-# it. Please add $(srctree)/ prefix to include Makefiles in the source tree.
-MAKEFLAGS += --include-dir=$(abs_srctree)
-endif
-
 ifneq ($(filter 3.%,$(MAKE_VERSION)),)
 # 'MAKEFLAGS += -rR' does not immediately become effective for GNU Make 3.x
 # We need to invoke sub-make to avoid implicit rules in the top Makefile.