From: Prarit Bhargava <prarit(a)redhat.com&gt; redhat/configs/process_configs.sh: Fix race with tools generation Kernel builds are occasionally failing with (for example): Processing /home/prarit/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-5.17/linux-5.17.0-0.test.fc35.x86_64/configs/kernel-5.17.0-s390x.config ... Processing /home/prarit/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-5.17/linux-5.17.0-0.test.fc35.x86_64/configs/kernel-5.17.0-x86_64-debug.config ... Processing /home/prarit/rpmbuild/BUILD/kernel-5.17/linux-5.17.0-0.test.fc35.x86_64/configs/kernel-5.17.0-x86_64.config ... /bin/sh: line 1: scripts/basic/fixdep: Text file busy make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.host:95: scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 126 make[1]: *** Deleting file 'scripts/basic/fixdep' make: *** [Makefile:559: scripts_basic] Error 2 /bin/sh: line 1: scripts/basic/fixdep: Text file busy make[1]: *** [scripts/Makefile.host:95: scripts/basic/fixdep] Error 126 make[1]: *** Deleting file 'scripts/basic/fixdep' make: *** [Makefile:559: scripts_basic] Error 2 This occurs because the makes are conflicting with one another to create the same files. This can be fixed by having the first make run on it's own, and then having the remainder run in parallel. Signed-off-by: Prarit Bhargava <prarit(a)redhat.com&gt; diff --git a/redhat/configs/process_configs.sh b/redhat/configs/process_configs.sh index blahblah..blahblah 100755 --- a/redhat/configs/process_configs.sh +++ b/redhat/configs/process_configs.sh @@ -304,6 +304,10 @@ function process_configs() count=0 for cfg in "$SCRIPT_DIR/${PACKAGE_NAME}${KVERREL}${SUBARCH}"*.config do + if [ "$count" -eq 0 ]; then + # do the first one by itself so that tools are built + process_config "$cfg" "$count" + fi process_config "$cfg" "$count" & waitpids[${count}]=$! ((count++)) -- https://gitlab.com/cki-project/kernel-ark/-/merge_requests/1673