The bison and flex generate C files from the source (.y and .l) files. When O= option is used, they are saved in a separate directory but the default build rule assumes the .C files are in the source directory. So it might read invalid file if there are generated files from an old version. The same is true for the pmu-events files. For example, the following command would cause a build failure: $ git checkout v6.3 $ make -C tools/perf # build in the same directory $ git checkout v6.5-rc2 $ mkdir build # create a build directory $ make -C tools/perf O=build # build in a different directory but it # refers files in the source directory Let's update the build rule to specify those cases explicitly to depend on the files in the output directory. Note that it's not a complete fix and it needs the next patch for the include path too. Fixes: 80eeb67fe577 ("perf jevents: Program to convert JSON file") Cc: stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Signed-off-by: Namhyung Kim <namhyung@xxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/build/Makefile.build | 8 ++++++++ tools/perf/pmu-events/Build | 4 ++++ 2 files changed, 12 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/build/Makefile.build b/tools/build/Makefile.build index 89430338a3d9..f9396696fcbf 100644 --- a/tools/build/Makefile.build +++ b/tools/build/Makefile.build @@ -117,6 +117,14 @@ $(OUTPUT)%.s: %.c FORCE $(call rule_mkdir) $(call if_changed_dep,cc_s_c) +$(OUTPUT)%-bison.o: $(OUTPUT)%-bison.c FORCE + $(call rule_mkdir) + $(call if_changed_dep,$(host)cc_o_c) + +$(OUTPUT)%-flex.o: $(OUTPUT)%-flex.c FORCE + $(call rule_mkdir) + $(call if_changed_dep,$(host)cc_o_c) + # Gather build data: # obj-y - list of build objects # subdir-y - list of directories to nest diff --git a/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build b/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build index 150765f2baee..f38a27765604 100644 --- a/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build +++ b/tools/perf/pmu-events/Build @@ -35,3 +35,7 @@ $(PMU_EVENTS_C): $(JSON) $(JSON_TEST) $(JEVENTS_PY) $(METRIC_PY) $(METRIC_TEST_L $(call rule_mkdir) $(Q)$(call echo-cmd,gen)$(PYTHON) $(JEVENTS_PY) $(JEVENTS_ARCH) $(JEVENTS_MODEL) pmu-events/arch $@ endif + +$(OUTPUT)pmu-events/pmu-events.o: $(PMU_EVENTS_C) + $(call rule_mkdir) + $(call if_changed_dep,$(host)cc_o_c) -- 2.41.0.487.g6d72f3e995-goog