On Tue, Nov 10, 2020 at 8:46 AM Jean-Philippe Brucker <jean-philippe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > 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) shouldn't this be `| $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT)` ? > $(call QUIET_CLEAN, libbpf) > $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(BPF_DIR) OUTPUT=$(LIBBPF_OUTPUT) clean >/dev/null > > -- > 2.29.1 >