From fdb12c8a24a453bdd6759979b6ef1e04ebd4beb4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Nathan Chancellor Date: Fri, 27 Feb 2026 22:40:48 -0700 Subject: [PATCH] kbuild: Leave objtool binary around with 'make clean' The difference between 'make clean' and 'make mrproper' is documented in 'make help' as: clean - Remove most generated files but keep the config and enough build support to build external modules mrproper - Remove all generated files + config + various backup files After commit 68b4fe32d737 ("kbuild: Add objtool to top-level clean target"), running 'make clean' then attempting to build an external module with the resulting build directory fails with $ make ARCH=x86_64 O=build clean $ make -C build M=... MO=... ... /bin/sh: line 1: .../build/tools/objtool/objtool: No such file or directory as 'make clean' removes the objtool binary. Split the objtool clean target into mrproper and clean like Kbuild does and remove all generated artifacts with 'make clean' except for the objtool binary, which is removed with 'make mrproper'. To avoid a small race when running the objtool clean target through both objtool_mrproper and objtool_clean when running 'make mrproper', modify objtool's clean up find command to avoid using find's '-delete' command by piping the files into 'xargs rm -f' like the rest of Kbuild does. Cc: stable@vger.kernel.org Fixes: 68b4fe32d737 ("kbuild: Add objtool to top-level clean target") Reported-by: Michal Suchanek Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/20260225112633.6123-1-msuchanek@suse.de/ Reported-by: Rainer Fiebig Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/62d12399-76e5-3d40-126a-7490b4795b17@mailbox.org/ Acked-by: Josh Poimboeuf Acked-by: Peter Zijlstra (Intel) Reviewed-by: Nicolas Schier Tested-by: Nicolas Schier Link: https://patch.msgid.link/20260227-avoid-objtool-binary-removal-clean-v1-1-122f3e55eae9@kernel.org Signed-off-by: Nathan Chancellor --- Makefile | 8 ++++---- tools/objtool/Makefile | 8 +++++--- 2 files changed, 9 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index e944c6e71e81..d76d706a5580 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1497,13 +1497,13 @@ ifneq ($(wildcard $(resolve_btfids_O)),) $(Q)$(MAKE) -sC $(srctree)/tools/bpf/resolve_btfids O=$(resolve_btfids_O) clean endif -PHONY += objtool_clean +PHONY += objtool_clean objtool_mrproper objtool_O = $(abspath $(objtree))/tools/objtool -objtool_clean: +objtool_clean objtool_mrproper: ifneq ($(wildcard $(objtool_O)),) - $(Q)$(MAKE) -sC $(abs_srctree)/tools/objtool O=$(objtool_O) srctree=$(abs_srctree) clean + $(Q)$(MAKE) -sC $(abs_srctree)/tools/objtool O=$(objtool_O) srctree=$(abs_srctree) $(patsubst objtool_%,%,$@) endif tools/: FORCE @@ -1686,7 +1686,7 @@ PHONY += $(mrproper-dirs) mrproper $(mrproper-dirs): $(Q)$(MAKE) $(clean)=$(patsubst _mrproper_%,%,$@) -mrproper: clean $(mrproper-dirs) +mrproper: clean objtool_mrproper $(mrproper-dirs) $(call cmd,rmfiles) @find . $(RCS_FIND_IGNORE) \ \( -name '*.rmeta' \) \ diff --git a/tools/objtool/Makefile b/tools/objtool/Makefile index 6964175abdfd..76bcd4e85de3 100644 --- a/tools/objtool/Makefile +++ b/tools/objtool/Makefile @@ -142,13 +142,15 @@ $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean: $(Q)$(RM) -r -- $(LIBSUBCMD_OUTPUT) clean: $(LIBSUBCMD)-clean - $(call QUIET_CLEAN, objtool) $(RM) $(OBJTOOL) - $(Q)find $(OUTPUT) -name '*.o' -delete -o -name '\.*.cmd' -delete -o -name '\.*.d' -delete + $(Q)find $(OUTPUT) \( -name '*.o' -o -name '\.*.cmd' -o -name '\.*.d' \) -type f -print | xargs $(RM) $(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT)arch/x86/lib/cpu-feature-names.c $(OUTPUT)fixdep $(Q)$(RM) $(OUTPUT)arch/x86/lib/inat-tables.c $(OUTPUT)fixdep $(Q)$(RM) -- $(OUTPUT)FEATURE-DUMP.objtool $(Q)$(RM) -r -- $(OUTPUT)feature +mrproper: clean + $(call QUIET_CLEAN, objtool) $(RM) $(OBJTOOL) + FORCE: -.PHONY: clean FORCE +.PHONY: clean mrproper FORCE