Cleaning a partial build can fail if the output directory for libbpf wasn't created: $ make -C tools/bpf/bpftool O=/tmp/bpf clean /bin/sh: line 0: cd: /tmp/bpf/libbpf/: No such file or directory tools/scripts/Makefile.include:17: *** output directory "/tmp/bpf/libbpf/" does not exist. Stop. make: *** [Makefile:36: /tmp/bpf/libbpf/libbpf.a-clean] Error 2 As a result make never gets around to clearing the leftover objects. Add the libbpf output directory as clean dependency to ensure clean always succeeds (similarly to the "descend" macro). The directory is later removed by the clean recipe. Signed-off-by: Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile | 8 +++++--- 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-) diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile index f60e6ad3a1df..1358c093b812 100644 --- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile +++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile @@ -27,11 +27,13 @@ LIBBPF = $(LIBBPF_PATH)libbpf.a BPFTOOL_VERSION ?= $(shell make -rR --no-print-directory -sC ../../.. kernelversion) -$(LIBBPF): FORCE - $(if $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT),@mkdir -p $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT)) +$(LIBBPF_OUTPUT): + $(QUIET_MKDIR)mkdir -p $@ + +$(LIBBPF): FORCE | $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT) $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) OUTPUT=$(LIBBPF_OUTPUT) $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT)libbpf.a -$(LIBBPF)-clean: +$(LIBBPF)-clean: $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT) $(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf) $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) OUTPUT=$(LIBBPF_OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null -- 2.29.1
