diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config
index c2c8de4fafff..e59d985eeff0 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/config
@@ -11,5 +11,6 @@ CONFIG_PREEMPTIRQ_DELAY_TEST=m
 CONFIG_MODULES=y
 CONFIG_MODULE_UNLOAD=y
 CONFIG_SAMPLES=y
+CONFIG_SAMPLE_FTRACE_DIRECT=m
 CONFIG_SAMPLE_TRACE_PRINTK=m
 CONFIG_KALLSYMS_ALL=y
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
index 4c156aeab6b8..5ec4d9e18806 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/msgque.c
@@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ int dump_queue(struct msgque_data *msgque)
 	for (kern_id = 0; kern_id < 256; kern_id++) {
 		ret = msgctl(kern_id, MSG_STAT, &ds);
 		if (ret < 0) {
-			if (errno == -EINVAL)
+			if (errno == EINVAL)
 				continue;
 			printf("Failed to get stats for IPC queue with id %d\n",
 					kern_id);
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
index e84d901f8567..676b3a8b114d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ tap_timeout()
 {
 	# Make sure tests will time out if utility is available.
 	if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ] ; then
-		/usr/bin/timeout "$kselftest_timeout" "$1"
+		/usr/bin/timeout --foreground "$kselftest_timeout" "$1"
 	else
 		"$1"
 	fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
index 2902f6a78f8a..2bb8c81fc0b4 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h
@@ -705,7 +705,7 @@ static void __timeout_handler(int sig, siginfo_t *info, void *ucontext)
 	/* Sanity check handler execution environment. */
 	if (!t) {
 		fprintf(TH_LOG_STREAM,
-			"no active test in SIGARLM handler!?\n");
+			"no active test in SIGALRM handler!?\n");
 		abort();
 	}
 	if (sig != SIGALRM || sig != info->si_signo) {
@@ -731,7 +731,7 @@ void __wait_for_test(struct __test_metadata *t)
 	if (sigaction(SIGALRM, &action, &saved_action)) {
 		t->passed = 0;
 		fprintf(TH_LOG_STREAM,
-			"%s: unable to install SIGARLM handler\n",
+			"%s: unable to install SIGALRM handler\n",
 			t->name);
 		return;
 	}
@@ -743,7 +743,7 @@ void __wait_for_test(struct __test_metadata *t)
 	if (sigaction(SIGALRM, &saved_action, NULL)) {
 		t->passed = 0;
 		fprintf(TH_LOG_STREAM,
-			"%s: unable to uninstall SIGARLM handler\n",
+			"%s: unable to uninstall SIGALRM handler\n",
 			t->name);
 		return;
 	}
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
index 0a15f9e23431..187b14cad00c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
@@ -4,8 +4,9 @@ CFLAGS += -I../../../../include/uapi/
 CFLAGS += -I../../../../include/
 CFLAGS += -I../../../../usr/include/
 
-TEST_GEN_PROGS := memfd_test fuse_test fuse_mnt
+TEST_GEN_PROGS := memfd_test
 TEST_PROGS := run_fuse_test.sh run_hugetlbfs_test.sh
+TEST_GEN_FILES := fuse_test fuse_mnt
 
 fuse_mnt.o: CFLAGS += $(shell pkg-config fuse --cflags)
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
index 89fb3e0b552e..c0aa46ce14f6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/seccomp_bpf.c
@@ -2803,12 +2803,13 @@ TEST(syscall_restart)
 			 offsetof(struct seccomp_data, nr)),
 
 #ifdef __NR_sigreturn
-		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_sigreturn, 6, 0),
+		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_sigreturn, 7, 0),
 #endif
-		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_read, 5, 0),
-		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_exit, 4, 0),
-		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_rt_sigreturn, 3, 0),
-		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_nanosleep, 4, 0),
+		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_read, 6, 0),
+		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_exit, 5, 0),
+		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_rt_sigreturn, 4, 0),
+		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_nanosleep, 5, 0),
+		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_clock_nanosleep, 4, 0),
 		BPF_JUMP(BPF_JMP|BPF_JEQ|BPF_K, __NR_restart_syscall, 4, 0),
 
 		/* Allow __NR_write for easy logging. */
@@ -2895,7 +2896,8 @@ TEST(syscall_restart)
 	ASSERT_EQ(PTRACE_EVENT_SECCOMP, (status >> 16));
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_GETEVENTMSG, child_pid, NULL, &msg));
 	ASSERT_EQ(0x100, msg);
-	EXPECT_EQ(__NR_nanosleep, get_syscall(_metadata, child_pid));
+	ret = get_syscall(_metadata, child_pid);
+	EXPECT_TRUE(ret == __NR_nanosleep || ret == __NR_clock_nanosleep);
 
 	/* Might as well check siginfo for sanity while we're here. */
 	ASSERT_EQ(0, ptrace(PTRACE_GETSIGINFO, child_pid, NULL, &info));
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_smoke.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_smoke.sh
index b630c7b5950a..8155c2ea7ccb 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_smoke.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_smoke.sh
@@ -1,17 +1,8 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause)
-self.flags = flags
 
-# 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
+python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.SmokeTest
+python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.AsyncTest
 
 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 180b469c53b4..a6f5e346635e 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_space.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/tpm2/test_space.sh
@@ -1,11 +1,4 @@
 #!/bin/bash
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: (GPL-2.0 OR BSD-3-Clause)
 
-# 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
+python -m unittest -v tpm2_tests.SpaceTest
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
index d31db052dff6..6998877f707e 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 # SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0
 # Makefile for vm selftests
 uname_M := $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
-ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e 's/aarch64.*/arm64/')
+MACHINE ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e 's/aarch64.*/arm64/')
 
 CFLAGS = -Wall -I ../../../../usr/include $(EXTRA_CFLAGS)
 LDLIBS = -lrt
@@ -20,7 +20,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += thuge-gen
 TEST_GEN_FILES += transhuge-stress
 TEST_GEN_FILES += userfaultfd
 
-ifneq (,$(filter $(ARCH),arm64 ia64 mips64 parisc64 ppc64 riscv64 s390x sh64 sparc64 x86_64))
+ifneq (,$(filter $(MACHINE),arm64 ia64 mips64 parisc64 ppc64 ppc64le riscv64 s390x sh64 sparc64 x86_64))
 TEST_GEN_FILES += va_128TBswitch
 TEST_GEN_FILES += virtual_address_range
 TEST_GEN_FILES += write_to_hugetlbfs
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests
index 665009ebfba4..76ca5e7a3951 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/run_vmtests
@@ -59,7 +59,7 @@ else
 fi
 
 #filter 64bit architectures
-ARCH64STR="arm64 ia64 mips64 parisc64 ppc64 riscv64 s390x sh64 sparc64 x86_64"
+ARCH64STR="arm64 ia64 mips64 parisc64 ppc64 ppc64le riscv64 s390x sh64 sparc64 x86_64"
 if [ -z $ARCH ]; then
   ARCH=`uname -m 2>/dev/null | sed -e 's/aarch64.*/arm64/'`
 fi