@@ -210,7 +210,13 @@ endif
ifdef CONFIG_FTRACE_MCOUNT_RECORD
ifdef BUILD_C_RECORDMCOUNT
-cmd_record_mcount = $(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount "$(@)";
+# Due to recursion, we must skip empty.o.
+# The empty.o file is created in the make process in order to determine
+# the target endianness and word size. It is made before all other C
+# files, including recordmcount.
+cmd_record_mcount = if [ $(@) != "scripts/mod/empty.o" ]; then \
+ $(objtree)/scripts/recordmcount "$(@)"; \
+ fi;
else
cmd_record_mcount = set -e ; perl $(srctree)/scripts/recordmcount.pl "$(ARCH)" \
"$(if $(CONFIG_CPU_BIG_ENDIAN),big,little)" \