From: Andrew Morton CHK include/linux/version.h CHK include/linux/utsrelease.h CC scripts/mod/empty.o /bin/sh: /usr/src/25/scripts/recordmcount.pl: Permission denied We shouldn't assume that files have their `x' bits set. There are various ways in which file permissions get lost, including use of patch(1). It might not be correct to assume that perl lives in $PATH? Cc: Ingo Molnar Cc: Sam Ravnborg Cc: Steven Rostedt Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton --- scripts/Makefile.build | 5 +++-- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff -puN scripts/Makefile.build~kbuild-ftrace-dont-assume-that-scripts-recordmcountpl-is-executable scripts/Makefile.build --- a/scripts/Makefile.build~kbuild-ftrace-dont-assume-that-scripts-recordmcountpl-is-executable +++ a/scripts/Makefile.build @@ -199,8 +199,9 @@ cmd_modversions = \ endif ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD -cmd_record_mcount = $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \ - "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" "$(MV)" "$(@)"; +cmd_record_mcount = perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl \ + "$(ARCH)" "$(OBJDUMP)" "$(OBJCOPY)" "$(CC)" "$(LD)" "$(NM)" "$(RM)" \ + "$(MV)" "$(@)"; endif define rule_cc_o_c _