On 07/26, Andrii Nakryiko wrote: > Apprently listing header as a normal dependency for a binary output > makes it go through compilation as if it was C code. This currently > works without a problem, but in subsequent commits causes problems for > differently generated test.h for test_progs. Marking those headers as > order-only dependency solves the issue. Are you sure it will not result in a situation where test_progs/test_maps is not regenerated if tests.h is updated. If I read the following doc correctly, order deps make sense for directories only: https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Prerequisite-Types.html Can you maybe double check it with: * make * add new prog_tests/test_something.c * make to see if the binary is regenerated with test_something.c? Maybe fix the problem of header compilation by having '#ifndef DECLARE_TEST #define DECLARE_TEST() #endif' in tests.h instead? > Signed-off-by: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx> > --- > tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 6 +++--- > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile > index 11c9c62c3362..bb66cc4a7f34 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile > @@ -235,7 +235,7 @@ PROG_TESTS_H := $(PROG_TESTS_DIR)/tests.h > PROG_TESTS_FILES := $(wildcard prog_tests/*.c) > test_progs.c: $(PROG_TESTS_H) > $(OUTPUT)/test_progs: CFLAGS += $(TEST_PROGS_CFLAGS) > -$(OUTPUT)/test_progs: test_progs.c $(PROG_TESTS_H) $(PROG_TESTS_FILES) > +$(OUTPUT)/test_progs: test_progs.c $(PROG_TESTS_FILES) | $(PROG_TESTS_H) > $(PROG_TESTS_H): $(PROG_TESTS_FILES) | $(PROG_TESTS_DIR) > $(shell ( cd prog_tests/; \ > echo '/* Generated header, do not edit */'; \ > @@ -256,7 +256,7 @@ MAP_TESTS_H := $(MAP_TESTS_DIR)/tests.h > MAP_TESTS_FILES := $(wildcard map_tests/*.c) > test_maps.c: $(MAP_TESTS_H) > $(OUTPUT)/test_maps: CFLAGS += $(TEST_MAPS_CFLAGS) > -$(OUTPUT)/test_maps: test_maps.c $(MAP_TESTS_H) $(MAP_TESTS_FILES) > +$(OUTPUT)/test_maps: test_maps.c $(MAP_TESTS_FILES) | $(MAP_TESTS_H) > $(MAP_TESTS_H): $(MAP_TESTS_FILES) | $(MAP_TESTS_DIR) > $(shell ( cd map_tests/; \ > echo '/* Generated header, do not edit */'; \ > @@ -277,7 +277,7 @@ VERIFIER_TESTS_H := $(VERIFIER_TESTS_DIR)/tests.h > VERIFIER_TEST_FILES := $(wildcard verifier/*.c) > test_verifier.c: $(VERIFIER_TESTS_H) > $(OUTPUT)/test_verifier: CFLAGS += $(TEST_VERIFIER_CFLAGS) > -$(OUTPUT)/test_verifier: test_verifier.c $(VERIFIER_TESTS_H) > +$(OUTPUT)/test_verifier: test_verifier.c | $(VERIFIER_TEST_FILES) $(VERIFIER_TESTS_H) > $(VERIFIER_TESTS_H): $(VERIFIER_TEST_FILES) | $(VERIFIER_TESTS_DIR) > $(shell ( cd verifier/; \ > echo '/* Generated header, do not edit */'; \ > -- > 2.17.1 >