linux-kernel - [PATCH v3 10/11] Documentation: kselftest: "make headers" is a prerequisite

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Date:   Tue, 6 Jun 2023 00:16:36 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
CC:     David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>, 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>,
        John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
        "Muhammad Usama Anjum" <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: [PATCH v3 10/11] Documentation: kselftest: "make headers" is a prerequisite

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: Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>
Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>
Cc: linux-doc@...r.kernel.org
Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
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::
-- 
2.40.1