-perf-tar=perf-$(KERNELVERSION)
-
-quiet_cmd_perf_tar = TAR
- cmd_perf_tar = \
-git --git-dir=$(srctree)/.git archive --prefix=$(perf-tar)/ \
- HEAD^{tree} $$(cd $(srctree); \
- echo $$(cat tools/perf/MANIFEST)) \
- -o $(perf-tar).tar; \
-mkdir -p $(perf-tar); \
-git --git-dir=$(srctree)/.git rev-parse HEAD > $(perf-tar)/HEAD; \
-(cd $(srctree)/tools/perf; \
-util/PERF-VERSION-GEN $(CURDIR)/$(perf-tar)/); \
-tar rf $(perf-tar).tar $(perf-tar)/HEAD $(perf-tar)/PERF-VERSION-FILE; \
-rm -r $(perf-tar); \
-$(if $(findstring tar-src,$@),, \
-$(if $(findstring bz2,$@),$(KBZIP2), \
-$(if $(findstring gz,$@),$(KGZIP), \
-$(if $(findstring xz,$@),$(XZ), \
-$(if $(findstring zst,$@),$(ZSTD), \
-$(error unknown target $@))))) \
- -f -9 $(perf-tar).tar)
-
-perf-tar-pkgs := perf-tar-src-pkg perf-targz-src-pkg perf-tarbz2-src-pkg \
- perf-tarxz-src-pkg perf-tarzst-src-pkg
-PHONY += $(perf-tar-pkgs)
-$(perf-tar-pkgs):
- $(call cmd,perf_tar)
+.tmp_perf:
+ $(Q)mkdir .tmp_perf
+
+.tmp_perf/HEAD: .tmp_HEAD | .tmp_perf
+ $(call cmd,copy)
+
+quiet_cmd_perf_version_file = GEN $@
+ cmd_perf_version_file = cd $(srctree)/tools/perf; util/PERF-VERSION-GEN $(dir $(abspath $@))
+
+# PERF-VERSION-FILE and .tmp_HEAD are independent, but this avoids updating the
+# timestamp of PERF-VERSION-FILE.
+# The best is to fix tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN.
+.tmp_perf/PERF-VERSION-FILE: .tmp_HEAD $(srctree)/tools/perf/util/PERF-VERSION-GEN | .tmp_perf
+ $(call cmd,perf_version_file)
+
+quiet_cmd_archive_perf = ARCHIVE $@
+ cmd_archive_perf = \
+ git -C $(srctree) archive --output=$$(realpath $@) --prefix=$(basename $@)/ \
+ --add-file=$$(realpath $(word 2, $^)) \
+ --add-file=$$(realpath $(word 3, $^)) \
+ $$(cat $(word 2, $^))^{tree} $$(cat $<)
+
+targets += perf-$(KERNELVERSION).tar
+perf-$(KERNELVERSION).tar: tools/perf/MANIFEST .tmp_perf/HEAD .tmp_perf/PERF-VERSION-FILE FORCE
+ $(call if_changed,archive_perf)
+
+PHONY += perf-tar-src-pkg
+perf-tar-src-pkg: perf-$(KERNELVERSION).tar
+ @:
+
+perf-tar%-src-pkg: perf-$(KERNELVERSION).tar.% FORCE
+ @: