+
+# cmd_make_link checks to see if the $(foo-dir) variable starts with a /. If
+# so, it's considered to be a path relative to $(srcdir) rather than
+# $(srcdir)/arch/$(SUBARCH). This is because x86_64 wants to get ldt.c from
+# arch/um/sys-i386 rather than arch/i386 like the other borrowed files. So,
+# it sets $(ldt.c-dir) to /arch/um/sys-i386.
+quiet_cmd_make_link = SYMLINK $@
+cmd_make_link = rm -f $@; ln -sf $(srctree)$(if $(filter-out /%,$($(notdir $@)-dir)),/arch/$(SUBARCH))/$($(notdir $@)-dir)/$(notdir $@) $@
+
+# this needs to be before the foreach, because targets does not accept
+# complete paths like $(obj)/$(f). To make sure this works, use a := assignment
+# or we will get $(obj)/$(f) in the "targets" value.
+# Also, this forces you to use the := syntax when assigning to targets.
+# Otherwise the line below will cause an infinite loop (if you don't know why,
+# just do it).
+
+targets := $(targets) $(SYMLINKS)
+
+SYMLINKS := $(foreach f,$(SYMLINKS),$(obj)/$(f))
+
+$(SYMLINKS): FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,make_link)