linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests: fix bpf build/test workflow regression when KBUILD

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Date:   Thu, 16 May 2019 13:18:40 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
Cc:     Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Daniel Borkmann <daniel@...earbox.net>,
        "David S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>,
        Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
        "open list:KERNEL SELFTEST FRAMEWORK" 
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Network Development <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        bpf <bpf@...r.kernel.org>, skhan@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: fix bpf build/test workflow regression when
 KBUILD_OUTPUT is set

On 5/16/19 12:36 PM, Alexei Starovoitov wrote:
> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 9:37 PM Alexei Starovoitov
> <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> On Fri, May 10, 2019 at 08:52:49PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
>>> commit 8ce72dc32578 ("selftests: fix headers_install circular dependency")
>>> broke bpf build/test workflow. When KBUILD_OUTPUT is set, bpf objects end
>>> up in KBUILD_OUTPUT build directory instead of in ../selftests/bpf.
>>>
>>> The following bpf workflow breaks when it can't find the test_verifier:
>>>
>>> cd tools/testing/selftests/bpf; make; ./test_verifier;
>>>
>>> Fix it to set OUTPUT only when it is undefined in lib.mk. It didn't need
>>> to be set in the first place.
>>>
>>> Fixes: commit 8ce72dc32578 ("selftests: fix headers_install circular dependency")
>>>
>>> Reported-by: Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>
>>> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
>>
>> 'git am' couldn't apply this patch because "sha1 information is lacking",
>> but the patch itself looks good.
>> Acked-by: Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>
>> Thanks for the quick fix.
> 
> Ping! What is the status of the fix?
> 

Sending pull request this afternoon.

thanks,
-- Shuah