linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/vm: fix inability to build any vm tests

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Message-ID: <75024e6e-2060-18ce-06e5-19769f7eb05b@nvidia.com>
Date:   Fri, 19 Aug 2022 17:11:37 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Guillaume Tucker <guillaume.tucker@...labora.com>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-mm@...ck.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests/vm: fix inability to build any vm tests

On 8/19/22 12:19, Axel Rasmussen wrote:
> When we stopped using KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL, a side effect is we also
> changed the value of `top_srcdir`. This can be seen by looking at the
> code removed by commit 49de12ba06ef
> ("selftests: drop KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL make target").
> 
> (Note though that this commit didn't break this, technically the one
> before it did since that's the one that stopped KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL from
> being used, even though the code was still there.)
> 
> Previously lib.mk reconfigured `top_srcdir` when KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL was
> being used. Now, that's no longer the case.
> 
> As a result, the path to gup_test.h in vm/Makefile was wrong, and
> since it's a dependency of all of the vm binaries none of them could
> be built. Instead, we'd get an "error" like:
> 
>      make[1]: *** No rule to make target
>          '/[...]/tools/testing/selftests/vm/compaction_test', needed by
> 	'all'.  Stop.
> 
> So, modify lib.mk so it once again sets top_srcdir to the root of the
> kernel tree.
> 
> Fixes: f2745dc0ba3d ("selftests: stop using KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL")
> Signed-off-by: Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>
> ---
>   tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> index 947fc72413e9..d44c72b3abe3 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> @@ -40,6 +40,7 @@ ifeq (0,$(MAKELEVEL))
>       endif
>   endif
>   selfdir = $(realpath $(dir $(filter %/lib.mk,$(MAKEFILE_LIST))))
> +top_srcdir = $(selfdir)/../../..
>   
>   # The following are built by lib.mk common compile rules.
>   # TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS should be used by tests that require


Reviewed-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA