diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/android/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/android/Makefile
index 1a7492268993..f6304d2be90c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/android/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/android/Makefile
@@ -11,11 +11,11 @@ all:
 		BUILD_TARGET=$(OUTPUT)/$$DIR;	\
 		mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET  -p;	\
 		make OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$DIR $@;\
-		#SUBDIR test prog name should be in the form: SUBDIR_test.sh
+		#SUBDIR test prog name should be in the form: SUBDIR_test.sh \
 		TEST=$$DIR"_test.sh"; \
-		if [ -e $$DIR/$$TEST ]; then
-			rsync -a $$DIR/$$TEST $$BUILD_TARGET/;
-		fi
+		if [ -e $$DIR/$$TEST ]; then \
+			rsync -a $$DIR/$$TEST $$BUILD_TARGET/; \
+		fi \
 	done
 
 override define RUN_TESTS
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
index cea4adcd42b8..a63e8453984d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
@@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ all:
 		BUILD_TARGET=$(OUTPUT)/$$DIR;	\
 		mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET  -p;	\
 		make OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$DIR $@;\
-		if [ -e $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) ]; then
-			rsync -a $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) $$BUILD_TARGET/;
-		fi
+		if [ -e $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) ]; then \
+			rsync -a $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) $$BUILD_TARGET/; \
+		fi \
 	done
 
 override define RUN_TESTS
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/config b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/config
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..835c7f4dadcd
--- /dev/null
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/config
@@ -0,0 +1 @@
+CONFIG_FUSE_FS=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/Makefile
index 86636d207adf..183b46883875 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memory-hotplug/Makefile
@@ -4,7 +4,7 @@ all:
 include ../lib.mk
 
 TEST_PROGS := mem-on-off-test.sh
-override RUN_TESTS := ./mem-on-off-test.sh -r 2 && echo "selftests: memory-hotplug [PASS]" || echo "selftests: memory-hotplug [FAIL]"
+override RUN_TESTS := @./mem-on-off-test.sh -r 2 && echo "selftests: memory-hotplug [PASS]" || echo "selftests: memory-hotplug [FAIL]"
 override EMIT_TESTS := echo "$(RUN_TESTS)"
 
 run_full_test:
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/config b/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/config
index 6a8e5a9bfc10..d148f9f89fb6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pstore/config
@@ -2,3 +2,4 @@ CONFIG_MISC_FILESYSTEMS=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_PMSG=y
 CONFIG_PSTORE_CONSOLE=y
+CONFIG_PSTORE_RAM=m
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/Makefile
index b3c8ba3cb668..d0121a8a3523 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/sync/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/sync/Makefile
@@ -30,7 +30,7 @@ $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS): $(TESTS) $(OBJS)
 	$(CC) -o $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) $(OBJS) $(TESTS) $(CFLAGS) $(LDFLAGS)
 
 $(OBJS): $(OUTPUT)/%.o: %.c
-	$(CC) -c $^ -o $@
+	$(CC) -c $^ -o $@ $(CFLAGS)
 
 $(TESTS): $(OUTPUT)/%.o: %.c
 	$(CC) -c $^ -o $@
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/Makefile
index 3d5a62ff7d31..f5d7a7851e21 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vDSO/Makefile
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
+include ../lib.mk
+
 ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
 CFLAGS := -std=gnu99
 CFLAGS_vdso_standalone_test_x86 := -nostdlib -fno-asynchronous-unwind-tables -fno-stack-protector
@@ -6,16 +8,14 @@ ifeq ($(CONFIG_X86_32),y)
 LDLIBS += -lgcc_s
 endif
 
-TEST_PROGS := vdso_test vdso_standalone_test_x86
+TEST_PROGS := $(OUTPUT)/vdso_test $(OUTPUT)/vdso_standalone_test_x86
 
 all: $(TEST_PROGS)
-vdso_test: parse_vdso.c vdso_test.c
-vdso_standalone_test_x86: vdso_standalone_test_x86.c parse_vdso.c
+$(OUTPUT)/vdso_test: parse_vdso.c vdso_test.c
+$(OUTPUT)/vdso_standalone_test_x86: vdso_standalone_test_x86.c parse_vdso.c
 	$(CC) $(CFLAGS) $(CFLAGS_vdso_standalone_test_x86) \
 		vdso_standalone_test_x86.c parse_vdso.c \
-		-o vdso_standalone_test_x86
+		-o $@
 
-include ../lib.mk
-clean:
-	rm -fr $(TEST_PROGS)
+EXTRA_CLEAN := $(TEST_PROGS)
 endif
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
index 63c94d776e89..342c7bc9dc8c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/.gitignore
@@ -11,3 +11,4 @@ mlock-intersect-test
 mlock-random-test
 virtual_address_range
 gup_benchmark
+va_128TBswitch