linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] Documentation: kselftest: "make headers" is a prerequisite

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Date:   Mon, 5 Jun 2023 13:38:33 +0200
From:   David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To:     John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
Cc:     Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] Documentation: kselftest: "make headers" is a
 prerequisite

On 03.06.23 04:15, John Hubbard wrote:
> As per a discussion with Muhammad Usama Anjum [1], the following is how
> one is supposed to build selftests:
> 
>      make headers && make -C tools/testing/selftests/mm
> 
> However, that's not yet documented anywhere. So add it to
> Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst .
> 
> [1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/bf910fa5-0c96-3707-cce4-5bcc656b6274@collabora.com/
> 
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
> Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
> Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
> Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> ---
>   Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 1 +
>   1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
> index 12b575b76b20..6e35d042199c 100644
> --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
> @@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode)
>   
>   To build the tests::
>   
> +  $ make headers
>     $ make -C tools/testing/selftests
>   
>   To run the tests::

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb