linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: selftests: Add EXTRA

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Message-ID: <CAAhSdy0v=CrxJwiMtkPaR9y2WHcwqZZC9-mgc0ZncJ--69rVag@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 29 Nov 2021 09:13:49 +0530
From:   Anup Patel <anup@...infault.org>
To:     Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com>
Cc:     Anup Patel <anup.patel@....com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Atish Patra <atishp@...shpatra.org>,
        Palmer Dabbelt <palmer@...belt.com>,
        Paul Walmsley <paul.walmsley@...ive.com>,
        Albert Ou <aou@...s.berkeley.edu>,
        Alistair Francis <Alistair.Francis@....com>,
        KVM General <kvm@...r.kernel.org>,
        kvm-riscv@...ts.infradead.org,
        linux-riscv <linux-riscv@...ts.infradead.org>,
        "linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org List" <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/4] KVM: selftests: Add EXTRA_CFLAGS in top-level Makefile

On Fri, Nov 26, 2021 at 9:45 PM Paolo Bonzini <pbonzini@...hat.com> wrote:
>
> On 11/26/21 16:40, Anup Patel wrote:
> > We add EXTRA_CFLAGS to the common CFLAGS of top-level Makefile
> > which will allow users to pass additional compile-time flags such
> > as "-static".
>
> Is this just for debugging?  I cannot understand if it's used in patch 4.

Yes, this is just for debugging.

I am using it to add selftests ELFs to any arbitrary initrd so that I can
try selftests on Spike, FPGA, or even HW simulators.

Regards,
Anup

>
> Paolo
>