diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/Makefile b/tools/net/ynl/Makefile
index d664b36deb5b..da1aa10bbcc3 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/Makefile
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/Makefile
@@ -4,6 +4,8 @@ SUBDIRS = lib generated samples
 
 all: $(SUBDIRS)
 
+samples: | lib generated
+
 $(SUBDIRS):
 	@if [ -f "$@/Makefile" ] ; then \
 		$(MAKE) -C $@ ; \
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/samples/Makefile b/tools/net/ynl/samples/Makefile
index 1afefc266b7a..28bdb1557a54 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/samples/Makefile
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/samples/Makefile
@@ -18,6 +18,8 @@ include $(wildcard *.d)
 
 all: $(BINS)
 
+CFLAGS_page-pool=$(CFLAGS_netdev)
+
 $(BINS): ../lib/ynl.a ../generated/protos.a $(SRCS)
 	@echo -e '\tCC sample $@'
 	@$(COMPILE.c) $(CFLAGS_$@) $@.c -o $@.o
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/samples/page-pool.c b/tools/net/ynl/samples/page-pool.c
index 18d359713469..098b5190d0e5 100644
--- a/tools/net/ynl/samples/page-pool.c
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/samples/page-pool.c
@@ -81,7 +81,7 @@ int main(int argc, char **argv)
 		struct stat *s = find_ifc(&a, pp->ifindex);
 
 		count(s, 1, pp);
-		if (pp->_present.destroyed)
+		if (pp->_present.detach_time)
 			count(s, 0, pp);
 	}
 	netdev_page_pool_get_list_free(pools);
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
index cbbda276f6d1..ba1c3611c6fa 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-gen-c.py
@@ -1164,8 +1164,9 @@ class RenderInfo:
 
 
 class CodeWriter:
-    def __init__(self, nlib, out_file=None):
+    def __init__(self, nlib, out_file=None, overwrite=True):
         self.nlib = nlib
+        self._overwrite = overwrite
 
         self._nl = False
         self._block_end = False
@@ -1186,8 +1187,9 @@ class CodeWriter:
             return
         # Avoid modifying the file if contents didn't change
         self._out.flush()
-        if os.path.isfile(self._out_file) and filecmp.cmp(self._out.name, self._out_file, shallow=False):
-            return
+        if not self._overwrite and os.path.isfile(self._out_file):
+            if filecmp.cmp(self._out.name, self._out_file, shallow=False):
+                return
         with open(self._out_file, 'w+') as out_file:
             self._out.seek(0)
             shutil.copyfileobj(self._out, out_file)
@@ -2516,6 +2518,8 @@ def main():
     parser.add_argument('--header', dest='header', action='store_true', default=None)
     parser.add_argument('--source', dest='header', action='store_false')
     parser.add_argument('--user-header', nargs='+', default=[])
+    parser.add_argument('--cmp-out', action='store_true', default=None,
+                        help='Do not overwrite the output file if the new output is identical to the old')
     parser.add_argument('--exclude-op', action='append', default=[])
     parser.add_argument('-o', dest='out_file', type=str, default=None)
     args = parser.parse_args()
@@ -2543,7 +2547,7 @@ def main():
         print(f'Message enum-model {parsed.msg_id_model} not supported for {args.mode} generation')
         os.sys.exit(1)
 
-    cw = CodeWriter(BaseNlLib(), args.out_file)
+    cw = CodeWriter(BaseNlLib(), args.out_file, overwrite=(not args.cmp_out))
 
     _, spec_kernel = find_kernel_root(args.spec)
     if args.mode == 'uapi' or args.header:
diff --git a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-regen.sh b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-regen.sh
index bdba24066cf1..a37304dcc88e 100755
--- a/tools/net/ynl/ynl-regen.sh
+++ b/tools/net/ynl/ynl-regen.sh
@@ -30,8 +30,8 @@ for f in $files; do
     fi
 
     echo -e "\tGEN ${params[2]}\t$f"
-    $TOOL --mode ${params[2]} --${params[3]} --spec $KDIR/${params[0]} \
-	  $args -o $f
+    $TOOL --cmp-out --mode ${params[2]} --${params[3]} \
+	  --spec $KDIR/${params[0]} $args -o $f
 done
 
 popd >>/dev/null