[PATCH] kbuild: fix compilation of dtb specified on command-line without make rule
From: Thomas De Schampheleire
Date: Thu Nov 20 2025 - 09:07:07 EST
Since commit e7e2941300d2 ("kbuild: split device tree build rules into
scripts/Makefile.dtbs"), it is no longer possible to compile a device tree
blob that is not specified in a make rule
like:
dtb-$(CONFIG_FOO) += foo.dtb
Before the mentioned commit, one could copy a dts file to e.g.
arch/arm64/boot/dts/ (or a new subdirectory) and then convert it to a dtb
file using:
make ARCH=arm64 foo.dtb
In this scenario, both 'dtb-y' and 'dtb-' are empty, and the inclusion of
scripts/Makefile.dtbs relies on 'targets' to contain the MAKECMDGOALS. The
value of 'targets', however, is only final later in the code.
Move the conditional include of scripts/Makefile.dtbs down to where the
value of 'targets' is final.
Fixes: e7e2941300d2 ("kbuild: split device tree build rules into scripts/Makefile.dtbs")
Signed-off-by: Thomas De Schampheleire <thomas.de_schampheleire@xxxxxxxxx>
---
scripts/Makefile.build | 9 +++++----
1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile.build b/scripts/Makefile.build
index d0ee33a487be..6e0f9e922c68 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile.build
+++ b/scripts/Makefile.build
@@ -527,10 +527,6 @@ ifneq ($(userprogs),)
include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.userprogs
endif
-ifneq ($(need-dtbslist)$(dtb-y)$(dtb-)$(filter %.dtb %.dtb.o %.dtbo.o,$(targets)),)
-include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.dtbs
-endif
-
# Build
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
@@ -568,6 +564,11 @@ FORCE:
targets += $(filter-out $(single-subdir-goals), $(MAKECMDGOALS))
targets := $(filter-out $(PHONY), $(targets))
+# Now that targets is fully known, include dtb rules if needed
+ifneq ($(need-dtbslist)$(dtb-y)$(dtb-)$(filter %.dtb %.dtb.o %.dtbo.o,$(targets)),)
+include $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.dtbs
+endif
+
# Read all saved command lines and dependencies for the $(targets) we
# may be building above, using $(if_changed{,_dep}). As an
# optimization, we don't need to read them if the target does not
base-commit: deab487e0f9b39ae4603e22d7d00908ebfc9753c
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2.51.0