---

yaml
---
r: 250747
b: refs/heads/master
c: 40df759
h: refs/heads/master
i:
  250745: 730325e
  250743: e8274e6
v: v3

[refs]

@@ -1,2 +1,2 @@
 ---
-refs/heads/master: a8b8017c34fefcb763d8b06c294b58d1c480b2e4
+refs/heads/master: 40df759e2b9ec945f1a5ddc61b3fdfbb6583257e

trunk/Documentation/kbuild/makefiles.txt

@@ -955,6 +955,11 @@ When kbuild executes, the following steps are followed (roughly):
 	used when linking modules. This is often a linker script.
 	From commandline LDFLAGS_MODULE shall be used (see kbuild.txt).
 
+    KBUILD_ARFLAGS   Options for $(AR) when creating archives
+
+	$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) set by the top level Makefile to "D" (deterministic
+	mode) if this option is supported by $(AR).
+
 --- 6.2 Add prerequisites to archprepare:
 
 	The archprepare: rule is used to list prerequisites that need to be

trunk/Makefile

@@ -382,6 +382,7 @@ export KBUILD_CFLAGS CFLAGS_KERNEL CFLAGS_MODULE CFLAGS_GCOV
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS AFLAGS_KERNEL AFLAGS_MODULE
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_CFLAGS_MODULE KBUILD_LDFLAGS_MODULE
 export KBUILD_AFLAGS_KERNEL KBUILD_CFLAGS_KERNEL
+export KBUILD_ARFLAGS
 
 # When compiling out-of-tree modules, put MODVERDIR in the module
 # tree rather than in the kernel tree. The kernel tree might
@@ -612,6 +613,9 @@ KBUILD_CFLAGS	+= $(call cc-option,-fno-strict-overflow)
 # conserve stack if available
 KBUILD_CFLAGS   += $(call cc-option,-fconserve-stack)
 
+# use the deterministic mode of AR if available
+KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)
+
 # check for 'asm goto'
 ifeq ($(shell $(CONFIG_SHELL) $(srctree)/scripts/gcc-goto.sh $(CC)), y)
 	KBUILD_CFLAGS += -DCC_HAVE_ASM_GOTO

trunk/scripts/Kbuild.include

@@ -141,6 +141,11 @@ cc-ldoption = $(call try-run,\
 ld-option = $(call try-run,\
 	$(CC) /dev/null -c -o "$$TMPO" ; $(LD) $(1) "$$TMPO" -o "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
 
+# ar-option
+# Usage: KBUILD_ARFLAGS := $(call ar-option,D)
+# Important: no spaces around options
+ar-option = $(call try-run, $(AR) rc$(1) "$$TMP",$(1),$(2))
+
 ######
 
 ###

trunk/scripts/Makefile.build

@@ -345,7 +345,7 @@ quiet_cmd_link_o_target = LD      $@
 cmd_link_o_target = $(if $(strip $(obj-y)),\
 		      $(LD) $(ld_flags) -r -o $@ $(filter $(obj-y), $^) \
 		      $(cmd_secanalysis),\
-		      rm -f $@; $(AR) rcsD $@)
+		      rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@)
 
 $(builtin-target): $(obj-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,link_o_target)
@@ -371,7 +371,7 @@ $(modorder-target): $(subdir-ym) FORCE
 #
 ifdef lib-target
 quiet_cmd_link_l_target = AR      $@
-cmd_link_l_target = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcsD $@ $(lib-y)
+cmd_link_l_target = rm -f $@; $(AR) rcs$(KBUILD_ARFLAGS) $@ $(lib-y)
 
 $(lib-target): $(lib-y) FORCE
 	$(call if_changed,link_l_target)