diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index 63430e2664c2..6ec503912bea 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -77,6 +77,12 @@ ifneq ($(SKIP_TARGETS),)
 	override TARGETS := $(TMP)
 endif
 
+# User can set FORCE_TARGETS to 1 to require all targets to be successfully
+# built; make will fail if any of the targets cannot be built. If
+# FORCE_TARGETS is not set (the default), make will succeed if at least one
+# of the targets gets built.
+FORCE_TARGETS ?=
+
 # Clear LDFLAGS and MAKEFLAGS if called from main
 # Makefile to avoid test build failures when test
 # Makefile doesn't have explicit build rules.
@@ -151,7 +157,8 @@ all: khdr
 	for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do				\
 		BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET;			\
 		mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET  -p;			\
-		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET;	\
+		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET	\
+				$(if $(FORCE_TARGETS),|| exit);	\
 		ret=$$((ret * $$?));				\
 	done; exit $$ret;
 
@@ -205,7 +212,8 @@ ifdef INSTALL_PATH
 	@ret=1;	\
 	for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \
 		BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET;	\
-		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET INSTALL_PATH=$(INSTALL_PATH)/$$TARGET install; \
+		$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET INSTALL_PATH=$(INSTALL_PATH)/$$TARGET install \
+				$(if $(FORCE_TARGETS),|| exit);	\
 		ret=$$((ret * $$?));		\
 	done; exit $$ret;
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
index 64cfcc75e3c1..f2ee1e889e13 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/ftrace/func-filter-pid.tc
@@ -1,6 +1,7 @@
 #!/bin/sh
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # description: ftrace - function pid filters
+# flags: instance
 
 # Make sure that function pid matching filter works.
 # Also test it on an instance directory
@@ -96,13 +97,6 @@ do_test() {
 }
 
 do_test
-
-mkdir instances/foo
-cd instances/foo
-do_test
-cd ../../
-rmdir instances/foo
-
 do_reset
 
 exit 0
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/Makefile
index 30996306cabc..23207829ec75 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 INCLUDES := -I../include -I../../
 CFLAGS := $(CFLAGS) -g -O2 -Wall -D_GNU_SOURCE -pthread $(INCLUDES)
-LDFLAGS := $(LDFLAGS) -pthread -lrt
+LDLIBS := -lpthread -lrt
 
 HEADERS := \
 	../include/futextest.h \
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
index 1c8a1963d03f..3ed0134a764d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
@@ -83,17 +83,20 @@ else
 	$(call RUN_TESTS, $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS))
 endif
 
+define INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE
+	$(if $(INSTALL_LIST),@mkdir -p $(INSTALL_PATH))
+	$(if $(INSTALL_LIST),@echo rsync -a $(INSTALL_LIST) $(INSTALL_PATH)/)
+	$(if $(INSTALL_LIST),@rsync -a $(INSTALL_LIST) $(INSTALL_PATH)/)
+endef
+
 define INSTALL_RULE
-	@if [ "X$(TEST_PROGS)$(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED)$(TEST_FILES)" != "X" ]; then					\
-		mkdir -p ${INSTALL_PATH};										\
-		echo "rsync -a $(TEST_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_FILES) $(INSTALL_PATH)/";	\
-		rsync -a $(TEST_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_FILES) $(INSTALL_PATH)/;		\
-	fi
-	@if [ "X$(TEST_GEN_PROGS)$(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS)$(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED)$(TEST_GEN_FILES)" != "X" ]; then					\
-		mkdir -p ${INSTALL_PATH};										\
-		echo "rsync -a $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_GEN_FILES) $(INSTALL_PATH)/";	\
-		rsync -a $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_GEN_FILES) $(INSTALL_PATH)/;		\
-	fi
+	$(eval INSTALL_LIST = $(TEST_PROGS)) $(INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE)
+	$(eval INSTALL_LIST = $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED)) $(INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE)
+	$(eval INSTALL_LIST = $(TEST_FILES)) $(INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE)
+	$(eval INSTALL_LIST = $(TEST_GEN_PROGS)) $(INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE)
+	$(eval INSTALL_LIST = $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS)) $(INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE)
+	$(eval INSTALL_LIST = $(TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED)) $(INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE)
+	$(eval INSTALL_LIST = $(TEST_GEN_FILES)) $(INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE)
 endef
 
 install: all
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
index b5694196430a..287ae916ec0b 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
@@ -27,5 +27,5 @@ KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
 include ../lib.mk
 
 $(OUTPUT)/reuseport_bpf_numa: LDLIBS += -lnuma
-$(OUTPUT)/tcp_mmap: LDFLAGS += -lpthread
-$(OUTPUT)/tcp_inq: LDFLAGS += -lpthread
+$(OUTPUT)/tcp_mmap: LDLIBS += -lpthread
+$(OUTPUT)/tcp_inq: LDLIBS += -lpthread
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c
index e9a6557ab16f..5074681ffdc9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/helpers.c
@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ int sys_renameat2(int olddirfd, const char *oldpath,
 
 int touchat(int dfd, const char *path)
 {
-	int fd = openat(dfd, path, O_CREAT);
+	int fd = openat(dfd, path, O_CREAT, 0700);
 	if (fd >= 0)
 		close(fd);
 	return fd;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/resolve_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/resolve_test.c
index 7a94b1da8e7b..bbafad440893 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/resolve_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/openat2/resolve_test.c
@@ -230,7 +230,7 @@ void test_openat2_opath_tests(void)
 		{ .name = "[in_root] garbage link to /root",
 		  .path = "cheeky/garbageself",	.how.resolve = RESOLVE_IN_ROOT,
 		  .out.path = "root",		.pass = true },
-		{ .name = "[in_root] chainged garbage links to /root",
+		{ .name = "[in_root] chained garbage links to /root",
 		  .path = "abscheeky/garbageself", .how.resolve = RESOLVE_IN_ROOT,
 		  .out.path = "root",		.pass = true },
 		{ .name = "[in_root] relative path to 'root'",
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
index de9c8566672a..2d93d65723c9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/rtc/Makefile
@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 CFLAGS += -O3 -Wl,-no-as-needed -Wall
-LDFLAGS += -lrt -lpthread -lm
+LDLIBS += -lrt -lpthread -lm
 
 TEST_GEN_PROGS = rtctest
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/timens/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/timens/Makefile
index e9fb30bd8aeb..b4fd9a934654 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/timens/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/timens/Makefile
@@ -2,6 +2,6 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := timens timerfd timer clock_nanosleep procfs exec
 TEST_GEN_PROGS_EXTENDED := gettime_perf
 
 CFLAGS := -Wall -Werror -pthread
-LDFLAGS := -lrt -ldl
+LDLIBS := -lrt -ldl
 
 include ../lib.mk
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_smoke.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_smoke.sh
index 8155c2ea7ccb..b630c7b5950a 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_smoke.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_smoke.sh
@@ -1,8 +1,17 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause)
+self.flags = flags
 
-python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.SmokeTest
-python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.AsyncTest
+# Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4.
+ksft_skip=4
+
+
+if [ -f /dev/tpm0 ] ; then
+	python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.SmokeTest
+	python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.AsyncTest
+else
+	exit $ksft_skip
+fi
 
 CLEAR_CMD=$(which tpm2_clear)
 if [ -n $CLEAR_CMD ]; then
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_space.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_space.sh
index a6f5e346635e..180b469c53b4 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_space.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_space.sh
@@ -1,4 +1,11 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause)
 
-python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.SpaceTest
+# Kselftest framework requirement - SKIP code is 4.
+ksft_skip=4
+
+if [ -f /dev/tpmrm0 ] ; then
+	python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.SpaceTest
+else
+	exit $ksft_skip
+fi