linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] kbuild: devtest - new make target for build all and run tests

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Date:	Wed, 06 Aug 2014 16:06:33 +0200
From:	Michal Marek <mmarek@...e.cz>
To:	shuah.kh@...sung.com, gregkh@...uxfoundation.org
CC:	linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] kbuild: devtest - new make target for build all and run
 tests

On 2014-08-06 16:04, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 08/06/2014 07:51 AM, Michal Marek wrote:
>> On 2014-07-18 22:44, Shuah Khan wrote:
>>> Add a new devtest make target to enable developer testing. This
>>> new target does full build (make all) and then runs selftests.
>>
>> I agree with Sam that the name is rather ambiguous, but I can't suggest
>> a better alternative right now.
> 
> Does kselftest or kern_selftest sound better?

It does sound better to me than dev(ice)test, but I'm not a native
English speaker. Greg?


>>> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@...sung.com>
>>> ---
>>>   Makefile | 11 +++++++++++
>>>   1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
>>> index f3c543d..1ef3128 100644
>>> --- a/Makefile
>>> +++ b/Makefile
>>> @@ -1034,6 +1034,14 @@ headers_check: headers_install
>>>   	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi/asm $(hdr-dst) HDRCHECK=1
>>>
>>>   # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
>>> +# Kernel devtest
>>> +
>>> +PHONY += devtest
>>> +devtest:
>>> +	make all
>>
>> devtest: all
>>
>>
>>> +	make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests
>>
>> Please use $(Q)$(MAKE), to keep the build silent by default and to
>> consistently use the same make program with the same options throughout
>> the build.
>>
> 
> Working on the change - send v2 patch.

Great!

Michal

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