diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
index 0eb47fbb3f44..42422e425107 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ftrace/test.d/instances/instance-event.tc
@@ -39,7 +39,7 @@ instance_read() {
 
 instance_set() {
         while :; do
-                echo 1 > foo/events/sched/sched_switch
+                echo 1 > foo/events/sched/sched_switch/enable
         done 2> /dev/null
 }
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
index 1c952d1401d4..70e0a465e30d 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest/runner.sh
@@ -36,7 +36,8 @@ tap_timeout()
 {
 	# Make sure tests will time out if utility is available.
 	if [ -x /usr/bin/timeout ] ; then
-		/usr/bin/timeout --foreground "$kselftest_timeout" $1
+		/usr/bin/timeout --foreground "$kselftest_timeout" \
+			/usr/bin/timeout "$kselftest_timeout" $1
 	else
 		$1
 	fi
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_deps.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_deps.sh
index 4bc14d9e8ff1..de59cc8f03c3 100755
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_deps.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_deps.sh
@@ -46,11 +46,11 @@ fi
 print_targets=0
 
 while getopts "p" arg; do
-    case $arg in
-        p)
+	case $arg in
+		p)
 		print_targets=1
 	shift;;
-    esac
+	esac
 done
 
 if [ $# -eq 0 ]
@@ -92,6 +92,10 @@ pass_cnt=0
 # Get all TARGETS from selftests Makefile
 targets=$(grep -E "^TARGETS +|^TARGETS =" Makefile | cut -d "=" -f2)
 
+# Initially, in LDLIBS related lines, the dep checker needs
+# to ignore lines containing the following strings:
+filter="\$(VAR_LDLIBS)\|pkg-config\|PKG_CONFIG\|IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS"
+
 # Single test case
 if [ $# -eq 2 ]
 then
@@ -100,6 +104,8 @@ then
 	l1_test $test
 	l2_test $test
 	l3_test $test
+	l4_test $test
+	l5_test $test
 
 	print_results $1 $2
 	exit $?
@@ -113,7 +119,7 @@ fi
 # Append space at the end of the list to append more tests.
 
 l1_tests=$(grep -r --include=Makefile "^LDLIBS" | \
-		grep -v "VAR_LDLIBS" | awk -F: '{print $1}')
+		grep -v "$filter" | awk -F: '{print $1}' | uniq)
 
 # Level 2: LDLIBS set dynamically.
 #
@@ -126,7 +132,7 @@ l1_tests=$(grep -r --include=Makefile "^LDLIBS" | \
 # Append space at the end of the list to append more tests.
 
 l2_tests=$(grep -r --include=Makefile ": LDLIBS" | \
-		grep -v "VAR_LDLIBS" | awk -F: '{print $1}')
+		grep -v "$filter" | awk -F: '{print $1}' | uniq)
 
 # Level 3
 # memfd and others use pkg-config to find mount and fuse libs
@@ -138,11 +144,32 @@ l2_tests=$(grep -r --include=Makefile ": LDLIBS" | \
 #	VAR_LDLIBS := $(shell pkg-config fuse --libs 2>/dev/null)
 
 l3_tests=$(grep -r --include=Makefile "^VAR_LDLIBS" | \
-		grep -v "pkg-config" | awk -F: '{print $1}')
+		grep -v "pkg-config\|PKG_CONFIG" | awk -F: '{print $1}' | uniq)
 
-#echo $l1_tests
-#echo $l2_1_tests
-#echo $l3_tests
+# Level 4
+# some tests may fall back to default using `|| echo -l<libname>`
+# if pkg-config doesn't find the libs, instead of using VAR_LDLIBS
+# as per level 3 checks.
+# e.g:
+# netfilter/Makefile
+#	LDLIBS += $(shell $(HOSTPKG_CONFIG) --libs libmnl 2>/dev/null || echo -lmnl)
+l4_tests=$(grep -r --include=Makefile "^LDLIBS" | \
+		grep "pkg-config\|PKG_CONFIG" | awk -F: '{print $1}' | uniq)
+
+# Level 5
+# some tests may use IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS to add extra libs to LDLIBS,
+# which in turn may be defined in a sub-Makefile
+# e.g.:
+# mm/Makefile
+#	$(OUTPUT)/gup_longterm: LDLIBS += $(IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS)
+l5_tests=$(grep -r --include=Makefile "LDLIBS +=.*\$(IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS)" | \
+	awk -F: '{print $1}' | uniq)
+
+#echo l1_tests $l1_tests
+#echo l2_tests $l2_tests
+#echo l3_tests $l3_tests
+#echo l4_tests $l4_tests
+#echo l5_tests $l5_tests
 
 all_tests
 print_results $1 $2
@@ -164,24 +191,32 @@ all_tests()
 	for test in $l3_tests; do
 		l3_test $test
 	done
+
+	for test in $l4_tests; do
+		l4_test $test
+	done
+
+	for test in $l5_tests; do
+		l5_test $test
+	done
 }
 
 # Use same parsing used for l1_tests and pick libraries this time.
 l1_test()
 {
 	test_libs=$(grep --include=Makefile "^LDLIBS" $test | \
-			grep -v "VAR_LDLIBS" | \
+			grep -v "$filter" | \
 			sed -e 's/\:/ /' | \
 			sed -e 's/+/ /' | cut -d "=" -f 2)
 
 	check_libs $test $test_libs
 }
 
-# Use same parsing used for l2__tests and pick libraries this time.
+# Use same parsing used for l2_tests and pick libraries this time.
 l2_test()
 {
 	test_libs=$(grep --include=Makefile ": LDLIBS" $test | \
-			grep -v "VAR_LDLIBS" | \
+			grep -v "$filter" | \
 			sed -e 's/\:/ /' | sed -e 's/+/ /' | \
 			cut -d "=" -f 2)
 
@@ -197,6 +232,24 @@ l3_test()
 	check_libs $test $test_libs
 }
 
+l4_test()
+{
+	test_libs=$(grep --include=Makefile "^VAR_LDLIBS\|^LDLIBS" $test | \
+			grep "\(pkg-config\|PKG_CONFIG\).*|| echo " | \
+			sed -e 's/.*|| echo //' | sed -e 's/)$//')
+
+	check_libs $test $test_libs
+}
+
+l5_test()
+{
+	tests=$(find $(dirname "$test") -type f -name "*.mk")
+	test_libs=$(grep "^IOURING_EXTRA_LIBS +\?=" $tests | \
+			cut -d "=" -f 2)
+
+	check_libs $test $test_libs
+}
+
 check_libs()
 {
 
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
index d17854285f2b..118e0964bda9 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
@@ -106,7 +106,7 @@ endef
 run_tests: all
 ifdef building_out_of_srctree
 	@if [ "X$(TEST_PROGS)$(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED)$(TEST_FILES)" != "X" ]; then \
-		rsync -aLq $(TEST_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_FILES) $(OUTPUT); \
+		rsync -aq --copy-unsafe-links $(TEST_PROGS) $(TEST_PROGS_EXTENDED) $(TEST_FILES) $(OUTPUT); \
 	fi
 	@if [ "X$(TEST_PROGS)" != "X" ]; then \
 		$(call RUN_TESTS, $(TEST_GEN_PROGS) $(TEST_CUSTOM_PROGS) \
@@ -120,7 +120,7 @@ endif
 
 define INSTALL_SINGLE_RULE
 	$(if $(INSTALL_LIST),@mkdir -p $(INSTALL_PATH))
-	$(if $(INSTALL_LIST),rsync -aL $(INSTALL_LIST) $(INSTALL_PATH)/)
+	$(if $(INSTALL_LIST),rsync -a --copy-unsafe-links $(INSTALL_LIST) $(INSTALL_PATH)/)
 endef
 
 define INSTALL_RULE