introduce the concept of LDLIBS for additional libraries so that when we do the final link, the objects/libraries are in the correct order

2 files changed, 7 insertions, 4 deletions

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 6a50a2859..4f45ae822 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -302,6 +302,8 @@ AFLAGS_KERNEL	=
 CFLAGS          := $(CFLAGS)
 CPPFLAGS        := $(CPPFLAGS)
 AFLAGS          := $(AFLAGS)
+LDFLAGS         := $(LDFLAGS)
+LDLIBS          :=
 
 # Read KERNELRELEASE from .kernelrelease (if it exists)
 KERNELRELEASE = $(shell cat .kernelrelease 2> /dev/null)
@@ -565,7 +567,8 @@ quiet_cmd_busybox__ ?= LINK    $@
       cmd_busybox__ ?= $(srctree)/scripts/trylink $(CC) $(LDFLAGS) \
       -o $@ -Wl,-M \
       -Wl,--warn-common -Wl,--sort-common -Wl,--gc-sections \
-      -Wl,--start-group $(busybox-all) -Wl,--end-group
+      -Wl,--start-group $(busybox-all) -Wl,--end-group \
+      $(LDLIBS)
 
 # Generate System.map
 quiet_cmd_sysmap = SYSMAP
diff --git a/Makefile.flags b/Makefile.flags
index 487300de2..e4cdc459e 100644
--- a/Makefile.flags
+++ b/Makefile.flags
@@ -56,15 +56,15 @@ LDFLAGS += -static
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_SELINUX),y)
-LDFLAGS += -lselinux -lsepol
+LDLIBS += -lselinux -lsepol
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_EFENCE),y)
-LDFLAGS += -lefence
+LDLIBS += -lefence
 endif
 
 ifeq ($(CONFIG_DMALLOC),y)
-LDFLAGS += -ldmalloc
+LDLIBS += -ldmalloc
 endif
 
 #LDFLAGS += -nostdlib