[PATCH v3 2/2] bpf: makefiles: do not generate empty vmlinux.h

Changbin Du
2022-12-17T22:36:27Z

Remove the empty vmlinux.h if bpftool failed to dump btf info.
The empty vmlinux.h can hide real error when reading output
of make.

This is done by adding .DELETE_ON_ERROR special target in related
makefiles.

Signed-off-by: Changbin Du <changbin.du@gmail.com>
---
tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile | 3 +++
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 3 +++
2 files changed, 6 insertions(+)

diff --git a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
index 787b857d3fb5..313fd1b09189 100644
--- a/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
+++ b/tools/bpf/bpftool/Makefile
@@ -289,3 +289,6 @@ FORCE:
.PHONY: all FORCE bootstrap clean install-bin install uninstall
.PHONY: doc doc-clean doc-install doc-uninstall
.DEFAULT_GOAL := all
+
+# Delete partially updated (corrupted) files on error
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index c22c43bbee19..205e8c3c346a 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -626,3 +626,6 @@ EXTRA_CLEAN := $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) $(SCRATCH_DIR) $(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR) \
liburandom_read.so)

.PHONY: docs docs-clean
+
+# Delete partially updated (corrupted) files on error
+.DELETE_ON_ERROR:
--
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