When building bpf selftest with make -j, I'm randomly getting build failures
such as this one:
In file included from progs/bpf_flow.c:19:
[...]/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/include/bpf/bpf_helpers.h:11:10: fatal error: 'bpf_helper_defs.h' file not found
#include "bpf_helper_defs.h"
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The file that fails the build varies between runs but it's always in the
progs/ subdir.
The reason is a missing make dependency on libbpf for the .o files in
progs/. There was a dependency before commit 3ac2e20fba07e but that commit
removed it to prevent unneeded rebuilds. However, that only works if libbpf
has been built already; the 'wildcard' prerequisite does not trigger when
there's no bpf_helper_defs.h generated yet.
Keep the libbpf as an order-only prerequisite to satisfy both goals. It is
always built before the progs/ objects but it does not trigger unnecessary
rebuilds by itself.
Fixes: 3ac2e20fba07e ("selftests/bpf: BPF object files should depend only on libbpf headers")
Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <redacted>
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tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
On Mon, Sep 27, 2021 at 9:02 AM Jiri Benc [off-list ref] wrote:
quoted hunk
When building bpf selftest with make -j, I'm randomly getting build failures
such as this one:
quoted
In file included from progs/bpf_flow.c:19:
[...]/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/tools/include/bpf/bpf_helpers.h:11:10: fatal error: 'bpf_helper_defs.h' file not found
#include "bpf_helper_defs.h"
^~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The file that fails the build varies between runs but it's always in the
progs/ subdir.
The reason is a missing make dependency on libbpf for the .o files in
progs/. There was a dependency before commit 3ac2e20fba07e but that commit
removed it to prevent unneeded rebuilds. However, that only works if libbpf
has been built already; the 'wildcard' prerequisite does not trigger when
there's no bpf_helper_defs.h generated yet.
Keep the libbpf as an order-only prerequisite to satisfy both goals. It is
always built before the progs/ objects but it does not trigger unnecessary
rebuilds by itself.
Fixes: 3ac2e20fba07e ("selftests/bpf: BPF object files should depend only on libbpf headers")
Signed-off-by: Jiri Benc <redacted>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 3 ++-
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)