diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
index 063ecb290a5a..a4605b5ee66d 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/ftracetest
@@ -17,6 +17,7 @@ echo "		-v|--verbose Increase verbosity of test messages"
 echo "		-vv        Alias of -v -v (Show all results in stdout)"
 echo "		-vvv       Alias of -v -v -v (Show all commands immediately)"
 echo "		--fail-unsupported Treat UNSUPPORTED as a failure"
+echo "		--fail-unresolved Treat UNRESOLVED as a failure"
 echo "		-d|--debug Debug mode (trace all shell commands)"
 echo "		-l|--logdir <dir> Save logs on the <dir>"
 echo "		            If <dir> is -, all logs output in console only"
@@ -29,8 +30,25 @@ err_ret=1
 # kselftest skip code is 4
 err_skip=4
 
+# cgroup RT scheduling prevents chrt commands from succeeding, which
+# induces failures in test wakeup tests.  Disable for the duration of
+# the tests.
+
+readonly sched_rt_runtime=/proc/sys/kernel/sched_rt_runtime_us
+
+sched_rt_runtime_orig=$(cat $sched_rt_runtime)
+
+setup() {
+  echo -1 > $sched_rt_runtime
+}
+
+cleanup() {
+  echo $sched_rt_runtime_orig > $sched_rt_runtime
+}
+
 errexit() { # message
   echo "Error: $1" 1>&2
+  cleanup
   exit $err_ret
 }
 
@@ -39,6 +57,8 @@ if [ `id -u` -ne 0 ]; then
   errexit "this must be run by root user"
 fi
 
+setup
+
 # Utilities
 absdir() { # file_path
   (cd `dirname $1`; pwd)
@@ -93,6 +113,10 @@ parse_opts() { # opts
       UNSUPPORTED_RESULT=1
       shift 1
     ;;
+    --fail-unresolved)
+      UNRESOLVED_RESULT=1
+      shift 1
+    ;;
     --logdir|-l)
       LOG_DIR=$2
       shift 2
@@ -157,6 +181,7 @@ KEEP_LOG=0
 DEBUG=0
 VERBOSE=0
 UNSUPPORTED_RESULT=0
+UNRESOLVED_RESULT=0
 STOP_FAILURE=0
 # Parse command-line options
 parse_opts $*
@@ -235,6 +260,7 @@ TOTAL_RESULT=0
 
 INSTANCE=
 CASENO=0
+
 testcase() { # testfile
   CASENO=$((CASENO+1))
   desc=`grep "^#[ \t]*description:" $1 | cut -f2 -d:`
@@ -260,7 +286,7 @@ eval_result() { # sigval
     $UNRESOLVED)
       prlog "	[${color_blue}UNRESOLVED${color_reset}]"
       UNRESOLVED_CASES="$UNRESOLVED_CASES $CASENO"
-      return 1 # this is a kind of bug.. something happened.
+      return $UNRESOLVED_RESULT # depends on use case
     ;;
     $UNTESTED)
       prlog "	[${color_blue}UNTESTED${color_reset}]"
@@ -273,7 +299,7 @@ eval_result() { # sigval
       return $UNSUPPORTED_RESULT # depends on use case
     ;;
     $XFAIL)
-      prlog "	[${color_red}XFAIL${color_reset}]"
+      prlog "	[${color_green}XFAIL${color_reset}]"
       XFAILED_CASES="$XFAILED_CASES $CASENO"
       return 0
     ;;
@@ -406,5 +432,7 @@ prlog "# of unsupported: " `echo $UNSUPPORTED_CASES | wc -w`
 prlog "# of xfailed: " `echo $XFAILED_CASES | wc -w`
 prlog "# of undefined(test bug): " `echo $UNDEFINED_CASES | wc -w`
 
+cleanup
+
 # if no error, return 0
 exit $TOTAL_RESULT
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
index 712a2ddd2a27..b728c0a0f9b2 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile
@@ -5,8 +5,34 @@ all:
 
 top_srcdir = ../../../..
 KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1
+
+# For cross-builds to work, UNAME_M has to map to ARCH and arch specific
+# directories and targets in this Makefile. "uname -m" doesn't map to
+# arch specific sub-directory names.
+#
+# UNAME_M variable to used to run the compiles pointing to the right arch
+# directories and build the right targets for these supported architectures.
+#
+# TEST_GEN_PROGS and LIBKVM are set using UNAME_M variable.
+# LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE is set using ARCH variable.
+#
+# x86_64 targets are named to include x86_64 as a suffix and directories
+# for includes are in x86_64 sub-directory. s390x and aarch64 follow the
+# same convention. "uname -m" doesn't result in the correct mapping for
+# s390x and aarch64.
+#
+# No change necessary for x86_64
 UNAME_M := $(shell uname -m)
 
+# Set UNAME_M for arm64 compile/install to work
+ifeq ($(ARCH),arm64)
+	UNAME_M := aarch64
+endif
+# Set UNAME_M s390x compile/install to work
+ifeq ($(ARCH),s390)
+	UNAME_M := s390x
+endif
+
 LIBKVM = lib/assert.c lib/elf.c lib/io.c lib/kvm_util.c lib/sparsebit.c lib/test_util.c
 LIBKVM_x86_64 = lib/x86_64/processor.c lib/x86_64/vmx.c lib/x86_64/svm.c lib/x86_64/ucall.c
 LIBKVM_aarch64 = lib/aarch64/processor.c lib/aarch64/ucall.c
@@ -53,7 +79,7 @@ LIBKVM += $(LIBKVM_$(UNAME_M))
 INSTALL_HDR_PATH = $(top_srcdir)/usr
 LINUX_HDR_PATH = $(INSTALL_HDR_PATH)/include/
 LINUX_TOOL_INCLUDE = $(top_srcdir)/tools/include
-LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE = $(top_srcdir)/tools/arch/x86/include
+LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE = $(top_srcdir)/tools/arch/$(ARCH)/include
 CFLAGS += -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wuninitialized -O2 -g -std=gnu99 \
 	-fno-stack-protector -fno-PIE -I$(LINUX_TOOL_INCLUDE) \
 	-I$(LINUX_TOOL_ARCH_INCLUDE) -I$(LINUX_HDR_PATH) -Iinclude \
@@ -84,6 +110,7 @@ $(LIBKVM_OBJ): $(OUTPUT)/%.o: %.c
 $(OUTPUT)/libkvm.a: $(LIBKVM_OBJ)
 	$(AR) crs $@ $^
 
+x := $(shell mkdir -p $(sort $(dir $(TEST_GEN_PROGS))))
 all: $(STATIC_LIBS)
 $(TEST_GEN_PROGS): $(STATIC_LIBS)