[PATCH 1/1] kbuild: record real-prereqs in .cmd files

From: Luis Augenstein

Date: Fri Aug 14 2026 - 07:28:32 EST


Record $(real-prereqs), the non-phony prerequisites of the target, in a
new metadata field:

make_prereqs_<target> := <prerequisites>

Write the field from both cmd_and_savecmd and cmd_and_fixdep.

Update scripts/make_fit.py to read only savedcmd_* instead of parsing the
complete .cmd file.

Ignore make_prereqs_* in KernelSbom.

Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/a01233b9-23a2-4666-91ed-f1cf030dcb9f@xxxxxxxxxxx
Assisted-by: Cursor:GPT-5.6 Sol
Co-developed-by: Maximilian Huber <maximilian.huber@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Maximilian Huber <maximilian.huber@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Luis Augenstein <luis.augenstein@xxxxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/Kbuild.include | 9 +++++++--
scripts/basic/fixdep.c | 16 ++++++++++------
scripts/make_fit.py | 2 +-
scripts/sbom/sbom/cmd_graph/cmd_file.py | 4 ++++
4 files changed, 22 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-)

diff --git a/scripts/Kbuild.include b/scripts/Kbuild.include
index 8c311b997e2..6daa244ba0e 100644
--- a/scripts/Kbuild.include
+++ b/scripts/Kbuild.include
@@ -181,6 +181,9 @@ endif
# (needed for the shell)
make-cmd = $(call escsq,$(subst $(pound),$$(pound),$(subst $$,$$$$,$(cmd_$(1)))))

+# prerequisites to record in .cmd files, excluding those covered in deps_*
+cmd-prereqs = $(call escsq,$(filter-out $(deps_$@), $(real-prereqs)))
+
# Find any prerequisites that are newer than target or that do not exist.
# PHONY targets skipped in both cases.
# If there is no prerequisite other than phony targets, $(newer-prereqs) becomes
@@ -198,14 +201,16 @@ if_changed = $(if $(if-changed-cond),$(cmd_and_savecmd),@:)

cmd_and_savecmd = \
$(cmd); \
- printf '%s\n' 'savedcmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd
+ printf '%s\n\n%s\n' 'savedcmd_$@ := $(make-cmd)' \
+ 'make_prereqs_$@ := $(cmd-prereqs)' > $(dot-target).cmd

# Execute the command and also postprocess generated .d dependencies file.
if_changed_dep = $(if $(if-changed-cond),$(cmd_and_fixdep),@:)

cmd_and_fixdep = \
$(cmd); \
- $(objtree)/scripts/basic/fixdep $(depfile) $@ '$(make-cmd)' > $(dot-target).cmd;\
+ $(objtree)/scripts/basic/fixdep $(depfile) $@ '$(make-cmd)' \
+ '$(cmd-prereqs)' > $(dot-target).cmd; \
rm -f $(depfile)

# Usage: $(call if_changed_rule,foo)
diff --git a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
index cdd5da7e009..03831a6f8f7 100644
--- a/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
+++ b/scripts/basic/fixdep.c
@@ -62,15 +62,17 @@
*
* It is invoked as
*
- * fixdep <depfile> <target> <cmdline>
+ * fixdep <depfile> <target> <cmdline> <prereqs>
*
* and will read the dependency file <depfile>
*
* The transformed dependency snipped is written to stdout.
*
- * It first generates a line
+ * It first generates the lines
*
- * savedcmd_<target> = <cmdline>
+ * savedcmd_<target> := <cmdline>
+ *
+ * make_prereqs_<target> := <prereqs>
*
* and then basically copies the .<target>.d file to stdout, in the
* process filtering out the dependency on autoconf.h and adding
@@ -103,7 +105,7 @@

static void usage(void)
{
- fprintf(stderr, "Usage: fixdep <depfile> <target> <cmdline>\n");
+ fprintf(stderr, "Usage: fixdep <depfile> <target> <cmdline> <prereqs>\n");
exit(1);
}

@@ -409,17 +411,19 @@ static void parse_dep_file(char *p, const char *target)

int main(int argc, char *argv[])
{
- const char *depfile, *target, *cmdline;
+ const char *depfile, *target, *cmdline, *prereqs;
void *buf;

- if (argc != 4)
+ if (argc != 5)
usage();

depfile = argv[1];
target = argv[2];
cmdline = argv[3];
+ prereqs = argv[4];

printf("savedcmd_%s := %s\n\n", target, cmdline);
+ printf("make_prereqs_%s := %s\n\n", target, prereqs);

buf = read_file(depfile);
parse_dep_file(buf, target);
diff --git a/scripts/make_fit.py b/scripts/make_fit.py
index 15ba26974fd..346e8a7ec12 100755
--- a/scripts/make_fit.py
+++ b/scripts/make_fit.py
@@ -288,7 +288,7 @@ def process_dtb(fname, args):
path, basename = os.path.split(fname)
cmd_fname = os.path.join(path, f'.{basename}.cmd')
with open(cmd_fname, 'r', encoding='ascii') as inf:
- cmd = inf.read()
+ cmd = inf.readline()

if 'scripts/dtc/fdtoverlay' in cmd:
# This depends on the structure of the composite DTB command
diff --git a/scripts/sbom/sbom/cmd_graph/cmd_file.py b/scripts/sbom/sbom/cmd_graph/cmd_file.py
index dcd63e284a3..08819b4d117 100644
--- a/scripts/sbom/sbom/cmd_graph/cmd_file.py
+++ b/scripts/sbom/sbom/cmd_graph/cmd_file.py
@@ -50,6 +50,10 @@ class CmdFile:
with open(cmd_file_path, "rt", encoding="utf-8") as f:
lines = [line.strip() for line in f.readlines() if line.strip() != "" and not line.startswith("#")]

+ # make_prereqs_* is recorded for future use. Ignore it for now to
+ # preserve the existing parser behavior.
+ lines = [line for line in lines if not line.startswith("make_prereqs_")]
+
# savedcmd
match = SAVEDCMD_PATTERN.match(lines[0] if lines else "")
if match is None:
--
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