Re: [PATCH] arm64/hwcap: Include kernel-hwcap.h in list of generated files

From: Anshuman Khandual

Date: Tue Apr 14 2026 - 02:56:17 EST




On 13/04/26 9:14 PM, Mark Brown wrote:
> When adding generation for the kernel internal constants for hwcaps the
> generated file was not explicitly flagged as such in the build system,
> causing it to be regenerated on each build. This wasn't obvious when the
> series the change was included in was developed since it was all about
> changes that trigger rebuilds anyway.
>
> Fixes: abed23c3c44f5 (arm64/hwcap: Generate the KERNEL_HWCAP_ definitions for the hwcaps)
> Reported-by: Marek Vasut <marex@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Signed-off-by: Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@xxxxxxx>

> ---
> arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild | 1 +
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
>
> diff --git a/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild b/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
> index d2ff8f6c3231..31441790b808 100644
> --- a/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
> +++ b/arch/arm64/include/asm/Kbuild
> @@ -17,4 +17,5 @@ generic-y += parport.h
> generic-y += user.h
>
> generated-y += cpucap-defs.h
> +generated-y += kernel-hwcap.h
> generated-y += sysreg-defs.h
>
> ---
> base-commit: abed23c3c44f565dc812563ac015be70dd61e97b
> change-id: 20260413-arm64-hwcap-gen-fix-ecb4bb6dbb91
>
> Best regards,
> --
> Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
>