Merge tag 'kbuild-v5.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild

Pull Kbuild updates from Masahiro Yamada:

 - Increase the -falign-functions alignment for the debug option.

 - Remove ugly libelf checks from the top Makefile.

 - Make the silent build (-s) more silent.

 - Re-compile the kernel if KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP is specified.

 - Various script cleanups

* tag 'kbuild-v5.14' of git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/masahiroy/linux-kbuild: (27 commits)
  scripts: add generic syscallnr.sh
  scripts: check duplicated syscall number in syscall table
  sparc: syscalls: use pattern rules to generate syscall headers
  parisc: syscalls: use pattern rules to generate syscall headers
  nds32: add arch/nds32/boot/.gitignore
  kbuild: mkcompile_h: consider timestamp if KBUILD_BUILD_TIMESTAMP is set
  kbuild: modpost: Explicitly warn about unprototyped symbols
  kbuild: remove trailing slashes from $(KBUILD_EXTMOD)
  kconfig.h: explain IS_MODULE(), IS_ENABLED()
  kconfig: constify long_opts
  scripts/setlocalversion: simplify the short version part
  scripts/setlocalversion: factor out 12-chars hash construction
  scripts/setlocalversion: add more comments to -dirty flag detection
  scripts/setlocalversion: remove workaround for old make-kpkg
  scripts/setlocalversion: remove mercurial, svn and git-svn supports
  kbuild: clean up ${quiet} checks in shell scripts
  kbuild: sink stdout from cmd for silent build
  init: use $(call cmd,) for generating include/generated/compile.h
  kbuild: merge scripts/mkmakefile to top Makefile
  sh: move core-y in arch/sh/Makefile to arch/sh/Kbuild
  ...

1 files changed, 4 insertions, 2 deletions

diff --git a/include/linux/kconfig.h b/include/linux/kconfig.h
index cc8fa109cfa3..20d1079e92b4 100644
--- a/include/linux/kconfig.h
+++ b/include/linux/kconfig.h
@@ -51,7 +51,8 @@
 
 /*
  * IS_MODULE(CONFIG_FOO) evaluates to 1 if CONFIG_FOO is set to 'm', 0
- * otherwise.
+ * otherwise.  CONFIG_FOO=m results in "#define CONFIG_FOO_MODULE 1" in
+ * autoconf.h.
  */
 #define IS_MODULE(option) __is_defined(option##_MODULE)
 
@@ -66,7 +67,8 @@
 
 /*
  * IS_ENABLED(CONFIG_FOO) evaluates to 1 if CONFIG_FOO is set to 'y' or 'm',
- * 0 otherwise.
+ * 0 otherwise.  Note that CONFIG_FOO=y results in "#define CONFIG_FOO 1" in
+ * autoconf.h, while CONFIG_FOO=m results in "#define CONFIG_FOO_MODULE 1".
  */
 #define IS_ENABLED(option) __or(IS_BUILTIN(option), IS_MODULE(option))