With pre-generated vmlinux.h there is no dependency on neither vmlinux nor bootstrap bpftool. Define dependencies separately for both modes. This avoids needless rebuilds in some corner cases. Suggested-by: Jan Stancek <jstancek@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Artem Savkov <asavkov@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile | 3 ++- 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile index dfa4f1bebbb31..ba927379eb201 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile @@ -204,10 +204,11 @@ ifeq ($(feature-clang-bpf-co-re),1) BUILD_BPF_SKELS := 1 -$(OUTPUT)vmlinux.h: $(VMLINUX_BTF) $(BPFTOOL_BOOTSTRAP) ifeq ($(VMLINUX_H),) +$(OUTPUT)vmlinux.h: $(VMLINUX_BTF) $(BPFTOOL_BOOTSTRAP) $(QUIET_GEN)$(BPFTOOL_BOOTSTRAP) btf dump file $< format c > $@ else +$(OUTPUT)vmlinux.h: $(VMLINUX_H) $(Q)cp "$(VMLINUX_H)" $@ endif -- 2.44.0