[PATCH 3/3] kbuild: don't print DESCEND messages from tools/ build

From: Thomas Weißschuh

Date: Mon Nov 02 2026 - 00:58:56 EST


kbuild itself does not print the directories it descends into, the
tools/ build however does so. When kbuild executes the tools/ build
these messages are out of place.

Forward kbuild's behavior to the tools/ build:
Nothing is printed by default, the full command is printed with V=1.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
Makefile | 2 +-
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d73f2bbd3b93..2bfe786bc284 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1637,7 +1637,7 @@ endif

tools/%: FORCE
$(Q)mkdir -p $(objtree)/tools
- $(Q)$(MAKE) O=$(abspath $(objtree)) subdir=tools -C $(srctree)/tools/ $*
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) O=$(abspath $(objtree)) QUIET_DESCEND=$(Q) subdir=tools -C $(srctree)/tools/ $*

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