netdev - [PATCH bpf-next v4 10/12] samples/bpf: do not FORCE-recompile libbpf

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Date:   Thu,  7 Oct 2021 20:44:36 +0100
From:   Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        Andrii Nakryiko <andrii@...nel.org>
Cc:     netdev@...r.kernel.org, bpf@...r.kernel.org,
        Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
Subject: [PATCH bpf-next v4 10/12] samples/bpf: do not FORCE-recompile libbpf

In samples/bpf/Makefile, libbpf has a FORCE dependency that force it to
be rebuilt. I read this as a way to keep the library up-to-date, given
that we do not have, in samples/bpf, a list of the source files for
libbpf itself. However, a better approach would be to use the
"$(wildcard ...)" function from make, and to have libbpf depend on all
the .c and .h files in its directory. This is what samples/bpf/Makefile
does for bpftool, and also what the BPF selftests' Makefile does for
libbpf.

Let's update the Makefile to avoid rebuilding libbpf all the time (and
bpftool on top of it).

Signed-off-by: Quentin Monnet <quentin@...valent.com>
---
 samples/bpf/Makefile | 3 ++-
 1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/samples/bpf/Makefile b/samples/bpf/Makefile
index cb72198f6b48..c9cee54ce79d 100644
--- a/samples/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/samples/bpf/Makefile
@@ -276,7 +276,8 @@ clean:
 	@find $(CURDIR) -type f -name '*~' -delete
 	@$(RM) -r $(CURDIR)/libbpf $(CURDIR)/bpftool

-$(LIBBPF): FORCE | $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT)
+$(LIBBPF): $(wildcard $(LIBBPF_SRC)/*.[ch] $(LIBBPF_SRC)/Makefile) \
+	   | $(LIBBPF_OUTPUT)
 # Fix up variables inherited from Kbuild that tools/ build system won't like
 	$(MAKE) -C $(LIBBPF_SRC) RM='rm -rf' EXTRA_CFLAGS="$(TPROGS_CFLAGS)" \
 		LDFLAGS=$(TPROGS_LDFLAGS) srctree=$(BPF_SAMPLES_PATH)/../../ \
-- 
2.30.2