This is on v6.4-rc1. I fat-fingered the make target (I intended "pciehp.o", not "pciehp.c"), then interrupted the build when I noticed my mistake: 06:04:15 ~/linux (hotplug)$ make drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.c SYNC include/config/auto.conf.cmd ^Cmake: *** [include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Deleting file 'include/generated/rustc_cfg' make: *** [include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Deleting file 'include/generated/autoconf.h' make[2]: *** [scripts/kconfig/Makefile:77: syncconfig] Interrupt make[1]: *** [Makefile:692: syncconfig] Interrupt make: *** [Makefile:793: include/config/auto.conf.cmd] Interrupt Subsequent builds now fail ("pciehp.o" is *also* an incorrect target, but doesn't seem related to the error): 06:04:22 ~/linux (hotplug)$ make drivers/pci/hotplug/pciehp.o SYNC include/config/auto.conf.cmd UPD include/config/kernel.release UPD include/generated/utsrelease.h UPD include/generated/compile.h CC scripts/mod/empty.o MKELF scripts/mod/elfconfig.h HOSTCC scripts/mod/modpost.o CC scripts/mod/devicetable-offsets.s HOSTCC scripts/mod/file2alias.o HOSTCC scripts/mod/sumversion.o HOSTLD scripts/mod/modpost CC kernel/bounds.s CC arch/x86/kernel/asm-offsets.s CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh DESCEND objtool HOSTCC /home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/fixdep.o HOSTLD /home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/fixdep-in.o LINK /home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/fixdep make[4]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/sys_errlist.h', needed by '/home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/libsubcmd/exec-cmd.o'. Stop. make[3]: *** [Makefile:80: /home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/libsubcmd/libsubcmd-in.o] Error 2 make[2]: *** [Makefile:78: /home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/libsubcmd/libsubcmd.a] Error 2 make[1]: *** [Makefile:73: objtool] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:1440: tools/objtool] Error 2 I finally got the right target, but the build still fails: 06:04:39 ~/linux (hotplug)$ make drivers/pci/hotplug/ CALL scripts/checksyscalls.sh DESCEND objtool make[4]: *** No rule to make target '/usr/include/x86_64-linux-gnu/bits/sys_errlist.h', needed by '/home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/libsubcmd/exec-cmd.o'. Stop. make[3]: *** [Makefile:80: /home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/libsubcmd/libsubcmd-in.o] Error 2 make[2]: *** [Makefile:78: /home/bjorn/linux/tools/objtool/libsubcmd/libsubcmd.a] Error 2 make[1]: *** [Makefile:73: objtool] Error 2 make: *** [Makefile:1440: tools/objtool] Error 2 After "make distclean", everything works as expected, so maybe this is just the expected behavior after my initial user error? I dunno; it seemed surprising. Just FYI. Bjorn