[PATCH v2 2/2] kbuild: Move gen_init_cpio and gen_initramfs.sh to scripts/
From: Nicolas Schier
Date: Mon Jul 20 2026 - 15:14:05 EST
gen_init_cpio and gen_initramfs.sh are part of kbuild and required for
all kernel builds w/ CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD. Move both to scripts/ to be
more clear about their importance.
Link: https://lore.kernel.org/all/aSdrCFkUQup3qb-q@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Reviewed-by: Thomas Weißschuh <thomas.weissschuh@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Nicolas Schier <nsc@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
MAINTAINERS | 1 +
Makefile | 10 +++++-----
scripts/.gitignore | 1 +
scripts/Makefile | 3 +++
{usr => scripts}/gen_init_cpio.c | 0
{usr => scripts}/gen_initramfs.sh | 2 +-
scripts/remove-stale-files | 2 ++
usr/.gitignore | 4 +++-
usr/Makefile | 4 +---
9 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
diff --git a/MAINTAINERS b/MAINTAINERS
index 15011f5752a994cf1b354f490d6c4e411588df88..ec6d525177c79ce870d232d425bd830ef09bde42 100644
--- a/MAINTAINERS
+++ b/MAINTAINERS
@@ -14038,6 +14038,7 @@ F: scripts/basic/
F: scripts/clang-tools/
F: scripts/container
F: scripts/dummy-tools/
+F: scripts/gen_init*
F: scripts/include/
F: scripts/install.sh
F: scripts/mk*
diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index 41f6a1917866119c472a8876134824aded20a616..9be54ded7131df69d558a03029f19d9bb70ab1f5 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ no-dot-config-targets := $(clean-targets) \
%asm-generic kernelversion %src-pkg dt_binding_check \
dt_style_selftest \
outputmakefile rustavailable rustfmt rustfmtcheck \
- usr_gen_init_cpio \
+ scripts_gen_init_cpio \
run-command
no-sync-config-targets := $(no-dot-config-targets) %install modules_sign kernelrelease \
image_name
@@ -1509,9 +1509,9 @@ ifdef CONFIG_HEADERS_INSTALL
prepare: headers
endif
-PHONY += usr_gen_init_cpio
-usr_gen_init_cpio: scripts_basic
- $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=usr usr/gen_init_cpio
+PHONY += scripts_gen_init_cpio
+scripts_gen_init_cpio: scripts_basic
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) $(build)=scripts scripts/gen_init_cpio
PHONY += scripts_unifdef
scripts_unifdef: scripts_basic
@@ -1787,7 +1787,7 @@ distclean: mrproper
# Packaging of the kernel to various formats
# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-modules-cpio-pkg: usr_gen_init_cpio
+modules-cpio-pkg: scripts_gen_init_cpio
%src-pkg: FORCE
$(Q)$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.package $@
diff --git a/scripts/.gitignore b/scripts/.gitignore
index 4215c2208f7e4100e8047a6ac0407e3aea9a92f3..70045654391074295ba88aa8abf7507f7b7c8ae3 100644
--- a/scripts/.gitignore
+++ b/scripts/.gitignore
@@ -1,5 +1,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
/asn1_compiler
+/gen_init_cpio
/gen_packed_field_checks
/generate_rust_target
/insert-sys-cert
diff --git a/scripts/Makefile b/scripts/Makefile
index 3434a82a119f090864ecb7c6444053d84f54461e..3d50805b0885a814ee58023c34ddf875ee0dfbe8 100644
--- a/scripts/Makefile
+++ b/scripts/Makefile
@@ -53,6 +53,9 @@ ifdef CONFIG_BUILDTIME_MCOUNT_SORT
HOSTCFLAGS_sorttable.o += -DMCOUNT_SORT_ENABLED
endif
+hostprogs += gen_init_cpio
+always-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) += gen_init_cpio
+
# The following programs are only built on demand
hostprogs += unifdef gen_packed_field_checks
diff --git a/usr/gen_init_cpio.c b/scripts/gen_init_cpio.c
similarity index 100%
rename from usr/gen_init_cpio.c
rename to scripts/gen_init_cpio.c
diff --git a/usr/gen_initramfs.sh b/scripts/gen_initramfs.sh
similarity index 99%
rename from usr/gen_initramfs.sh
rename to scripts/gen_initramfs.sh
index 7eba2fddf0ef2e4dd3a9000fe6203e16892d1207..27ac1fd48001aec0fb50440478a261f7a7f945f3 100755
--- a/usr/gen_initramfs.sh
+++ b/scripts/gen_initramfs.sh
@@ -247,4 +247,4 @@ done
# If output_file is set we will generate cpio archive
# we are careful to delete tmp files
-usr/gen_init_cpio $output $timestamp $cpio_list
+scripts/gen_init_cpio $output $timestamp $cpio_list
diff --git a/scripts/remove-stale-files b/scripts/remove-stale-files
index 6e39fa8540df2f6da9d8a1d1e90e105243b495a2..e46337e4bfb8f836e2afbbfe6770ae3c6d5fe73e 100755
--- a/scripts/remove-stale-files
+++ b/scripts/remove-stale-files
@@ -26,3 +26,5 @@ rm -f scripts/selinux/genheaders/genheaders
rm -f *.spec
rm -f lib/test_fortify.log
+
+rm -f usr/gen_init_cpio
diff --git a/usr/.gitignore b/usr/.gitignore
index 8996e7a889024fbb13511a22743a2bff01c896f1..13bf7a38355ce5a5ffc53479c573ddbf5853a0d8 100644
--- a/usr/.gitignore
+++ b/usr/.gitignore
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only
-/gen_init_cpio
/initramfs_data.cpio
/initramfs_inc_data
+
+# Keep around until cleanup in scripts/remove-stale-files
+/gen_init_cpio
diff --git a/usr/Makefile b/usr/Makefile
index e8f42478a0b76540180d191042cd58d3e4381f19..5b97ee66c00a02e32c4383c42df6370e331f5451 100644
--- a/usr/Makefile
+++ b/usr/Makefile
@@ -16,8 +16,6 @@ obj-$(CONFIG_BLK_DEV_INITRD) := initramfs_data.o
$(obj)/initramfs_data.o: $(obj)/initramfs_inc_data
-hostprogs := gen_init_cpio
-
ramfs-input := $(CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE)
cpio-data :=
@@ -72,7 +70,7 @@ quiet_cmd_initfs = GEN $@
# 2) There are changes in which files are included (added or deleted)
# 3) If gen_init_cpio are newer than initramfs_data.cpio
# 4) Arguments to gen_initramfs.sh changes
-$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio: $(src)/gen_initramfs.sh $(obj)/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) FORCE
+$(obj)/initramfs_data.cpio: $(srctree)/scripts/gen_initramfs.sh scripts/gen_init_cpio $(deps_initramfs) FORCE
$(call if_changed,initfs)
endif
--
2.47.3