-# checker-shell
-# Usage: option = $(call checker-shell,$(CC)...-o $$OUT,option-ok,otherwise)
-# Exit code chooses option. $$OUT is safe location for needless output.
-define checker-shell
-$(shell set -e; \
- DIR=$(KBUILD_EXTMOD); \
- cd $${DIR:-$(objtree)}; \
- OUT=$$PWD/.$$$$.null; \
- if $(1) >/dev/null 2>&1; \
- then echo "$(2)"; \
- else echo "$(3)"; \
- fi; \
- rm -f $$OUT)
-endef
+# output directory for tests below
+TMPOUT := $(if $(KBUILD_EXTMOD),$(firstword $(KBUILD_EXTMOD))/)
+
+# try-run
+# Usage: option = $(call try-run, $(CC)...-o "$$TMP",option-ok,otherwise)
+# Exit code chooses option. "$$TMP" is can be used as temporary file and
+# is automatically cleaned up.
+try-run = $(shell set -e; \
+ TMP="$(TMPOUT).$$$$.tmp"; \
+ if ($(1)) >/dev/null 2>&1; \
+ then echo "$(2)"; \
+ else echo "$(3)"; \
+ fi; \
+ rm -f "$$TMP")