On Mon, May 23, 2022 at 01:02:22PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote: > The "utsrelease.h" target was in parallel with the "scripts" target, > which meant -j1 or unlucky parallel builds from a distclean state would > fail to build the GCC plugins. > > Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@xxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/linux-mm/202205230239.EZxeZ3Fv-lkp@xxxxxxxxx > Reported-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/YouX6g1T7w3FDeM8@xxxxxxxxxxx > Fixes: 61f60bac8c05 ("gcc-plugins: Change all version strings match kernel") > Cc: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx> > Cc: linux-kbuild@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> I was able to reproduce the problem with the following change in Makefile. include/generated/utsrelease.h: include/config/kernel.release FORCE + sleep 2 $(call filechk,utsrelease.h) With this patch, the problem is gone. Tested-by: Guenter Roeck <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Guenter > --- > Makefile | 2 +- > scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile | 2 +- > 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile > index 91c91fcf3c24..c04420d5aa3d 100644 > --- a/Makefile > +++ b/Makefile > @@ -1175,7 +1175,7 @@ include/config/kernel.release: FORCE > # Carefully list dependencies so we do not try to build scripts twice > # in parallel > PHONY += scripts > -scripts: scripts_basic scripts_dtc > +scripts: include/generated/utsrelease.h scripts_basic scripts_dtc > $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=$(@) > > # Things we need to do before we recursively start building the kernel > diff --git a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile > index 6f0aecad5d67..c29334669a16 100644 > --- a/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile > +++ b/scripts/gcc-plugins/Makefile > @@ -64,5 +64,5 @@ $(foreach m, $(notdir $(plugin-multi)), $(eval $(obj)/$m: $(addprefix $(obj)/, $ > quiet_cmd_plugin_cxx_o_c = HOSTCXX $@ > cmd_plugin_cxx_o_c = $(HOSTCXX) $(plugin_cxxflags) -c -o $@ $< > > -$(plugin-objs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c FORCE > +$(plugin-objs): $(obj)/%.o: $(src)/%.c $(objdir)/include/generated/utsrelease.h FORCE > $(call if_changed_dep,plugin_cxx_o_c) > -- > 2.32.0 >