diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
index 076cf4325f78..cd4582129c7d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/clone3/clone3.c
@@ -126,8 +126,6 @@ static void test_clone3(uint64_t flags, size_t size, int expected,
 
 int main(int argc, char *argv[])
 {
-	pid_t pid;
-
 	uid_t uid = getuid();
 
 	ksft_print_header();
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ir/ir_loopback.c b/tools/testing/selftests/ir/ir_loopback.c
index 06256c96df12..f4a15cbdd5ea 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ir/ir_loopback.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ir/ir_loopback.c
@@ -29,6 +29,16 @@
 #define SYSFS_PATH_MAX 256
 #define DNAME_PATH_MAX 256
 
+/*
+ * Support ancient lirc.h which does not have these values. Can be removed
+ * once RHEL 8 is no longer a relevant testing platform.
+ */
+#if RC_PROTO_MAX < 26
+#define RC_PROTO_RCMM12 24
+#define RC_PROTO_RCMM24 25
+#define RC_PROTO_RCMM32 26
+#endif
+
 static const struct {
 	enum rc_proto proto;
 	const char *name;
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
index 01f8d3c0cf2c..6922d6417e1c 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@
 #define PIDFD_SKIP 3
 #define PIDFD_XFAIL 4
 
-int wait_for_pid(pid_t pid)
+static inline int wait_for_pid(pid_t pid)
 {
 	int status, ret;
 
@@ -78,13 +78,20 @@ int wait_for_pid(pid_t pid)
 		if (errno == EINTR)
 			goto again;
 
+		ksft_print_msg("waitpid returned -1, errno=%d\n", errno);
 		return -1;
 	}
 
-	if (!WIFEXITED(status))
+	if (!WIFEXITED(status)) {
+		ksft_print_msg(
+		       "waitpid !WIFEXITED, WIFSIGNALED=%d, WTERMSIG=%d\n",
+		       WIFSIGNALED(status), WTERMSIG(status));
 		return -1;
+	}
 
-	return WEXITSTATUS(status);
+	ret = WEXITSTATUS(status);
+	ksft_print_msg("waitpid WEXITSTATUS=%d\n", ret);
+	return ret;
 }
 
 static inline int sys_pidfd_open(pid_t pid, unsigned int flags)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_fdinfo_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_fdinfo_test.c
index 22558524f71c..3fd8e903118f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_fdinfo_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_fdinfo_test.c
@@ -12,6 +12,7 @@
 #include <string.h>
 #include <syscall.h>
 #include <sys/wait.h>
+#include <sys/mman.h>
 
 #include "pidfd.h"
 #include "../kselftest.h"
@@ -80,7 +81,10 @@ static inline int error_check(struct error *err, const char *test_name)
 	return err->code;
 }
 
+#define CHILD_STACK_SIZE 8192
+
 struct child {
+	char *stack;
 	pid_t pid;
 	int   fd;
 };
@@ -89,17 +93,22 @@ static struct child clone_newns(int (*fn)(void *), void *args,
 				struct error *err)
 {
 	static int flags = CLONE_PIDFD | CLONE_NEWPID | CLONE_NEWNS | SIGCHLD;
-	size_t stack_size = 1024;
-	char *stack[1024] = { 0 };
 	struct child ret;
 
 	if (!(flags & CLONE_NEWUSER) && geteuid() != 0)
 		flags |= CLONE_NEWUSER;
 
+	ret.stack = mmap(NULL, CHILD_STACK_SIZE, PROT_READ | PROT_WRITE,
+			 MAP_PRIVATE | MAP_ANONYMOUS | MAP_STACK, -1, 0);
+	if (ret.stack == MAP_FAILED) {
+		error_set(err, -1, "mmap of stack failed (errno %d)", errno);
+		return ret;
+	}
+
 #ifdef __ia64__
-	ret.pid = __clone2(fn, stack, stack_size, flags, args, &ret.fd);
+	ret.pid = __clone2(fn, ret.stack, CHILD_STACK_SIZE, flags, args, &ret.fd);
 #else
-	ret.pid = clone(fn, stack + stack_size, flags, args, &ret.fd);
+	ret.pid = clone(fn, ret.stack + CHILD_STACK_SIZE, flags, args, &ret.fd);
 #endif
 
 	if (ret.pid < 0) {
@@ -129,6 +138,11 @@ static inline int child_join(struct child *child, struct error *err)
 	else if (r > 0)
 		error_set(err, r, "child %d reported: %d", child->pid, r);
 
+	if (munmap(child->stack, CHILD_STACK_SIZE)) {
+		error_set(err, -1, "munmap of child stack failed (errno %d)", errno);
+		r = -1;
+	}
+
 	return r;
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
index 529eb700ac26..9a2d64901d59 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_test.c
@@ -441,7 +441,6 @@ static void test_pidfd_poll_exec(int use_waitpid)
 {
 	int pid, pidfd = 0;
 	int status, ret;
-	pthread_t t1;
 	time_t prog_start = time(NULL);
 	const char *test_name = "pidfd_poll check for premature notification on child thread exec";
 
@@ -500,13 +499,14 @@ static int child_poll_leader_exit_test(void *args)
 	 */
 	*child_exit_secs = time(NULL);
 	syscall(SYS_exit, 0);
+	/* Never reached, but appeases compiler thinking we should return. */
+	exit(0);
 }
 
 static void test_pidfd_poll_leader_exit(int use_waitpid)
 {
 	int pid, pidfd = 0;
-	int status, ret;
-	time_t prog_start = time(NULL);
+	int status, ret = 0;
 	const char *test_name = "pidfd_poll check for premature notification on non-empty"
 				"group leader exit";
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_wait.c b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_wait.c
index be2943f072f6..17999e082aa7 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_wait.c
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/pidfd/pidfd_wait.c
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ static int sys_waitid(int which, pid_t pid, siginfo_t *info, int options,
 
 TEST(wait_simple)
 {
-	int pidfd = -1, status = 0;
+	int pidfd = -1;
 	pid_t parent_tid = -1;
 	struct clone_args args = {
 		.parent_tid = ptr_to_u64(&parent_tid),
@@ -47,7 +47,6 @@ TEST(wait_simple)
 		.flags = CLONE_PIDFD | CLONE_PARENT_SETTID,
 		.exit_signal = SIGCHLD,
 	};
-	int ret;
 	pid_t pid;
 	siginfo_t info = {
 		.si_signo = 0,
@@ -88,7 +87,7 @@ TEST(wait_simple)
 
 TEST(wait_states)
 {
-	int pidfd = -1, status = 0;
+	int pidfd = -1;
 	pid_t parent_tid = -1;
 	struct clone_args args = {
 		.parent_tid = ptr_to_u64(&parent_tid),