When trying to compile with CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF enabled, I got this error: % make -s Failed to generate BTF for vmlinux Try to disable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF make[3]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 Compiling again without -s shows the true error (that pahole is missing), but since this is fatal, we should show the error unconditionally on stderr as well, not silence it using the `info` function. With this patch: % make -s BTF: .tmp_vmlinux.btf: pahole (pahole) is not available Failed to generate BTF for vmlinux Try to disable CONFIG_DEBUG_INFO_BTF make[3]: *** [vmlinux] Error 1 Signed-off-by: Chris Down <chris@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Stanislav Fomichev <sdf@xxxxxxxxxx> Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andriin@xxxxxx> Cc: John Fastabend <john.fastabend@xxxxxxxxx> Cc: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: netdev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: bpf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Cc: kernel-team@xxxxxx --- scripts/link-vmlinux.sh | 6 ++++-- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) diff --git a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh index c287ad9b3a67..c8e9f49903a0 100755 --- a/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh +++ b/scripts/link-vmlinux.sh @@ -108,13 +108,15 @@ gen_btf() local bin_arch if ! [ -x "$(command -v ${PAHOLE})" ]; then - info "BTF" "${1}: pahole (${PAHOLE}) is not available" + printf 'BTF: %s: pahole (%s) is not available\n' \ + "${1}" "${PAHOLE}" >&2 return 1 fi pahole_ver=$(${PAHOLE} --version | sed -E 's/v([0-9]+)\.([0-9]+)/\1\2/') if [ "${pahole_ver}" -lt "113" ]; then - info "BTF" "${1}: pahole version $(${PAHOLE} --version) is too old, need at least v1.13" + printf 'BTF: %s: pahole version %s is too old, need at least v1.13\n' \ + "${1}" "$(${PAHOLE} --version)" >&2 return 1 fi -- 2.25.0