linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] kbuild: Add "make headers" to "make help" output

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Message-ID: <DC1CB322-2527-4F6A-8EC4-A76DD35CB564@zytor.com>
Date: Sat, 08 Mar 2025 08:47:44 -0800
From: "H. Peter Anvin" <hpa@...or.com>
To: Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de>
CC: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>, "Xin Li (Intel)" <xin@...or.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kbuild@...r.kernel.org,
        nathan@...nel.org, nicolas@...sle.eu, sraithal@....com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v1 1/1] kbuild: Add "make headers" to "make help" output

On March 8, 2025 8:41:51 AM PST, Borislav Petkov <bp@...en8.de> wrote:
>On Sat, Mar 08, 2025 at 08:01:56AM -0800, H. Peter Anvin wrote:
>> Unfortunately it seems users haven't been following that :(
>
>If by "users haven't been following that" you mean they've been doing
>
>make kselftest
>
>in order to run selftests and *that* thing builds headers, then yes, you're
>right.
>
>Oh look:
>
>PHONY += kselftest
>kselftest: headers
>	   ^^^^^^^^
>        $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests run_tests
>
>:-P
>

That's not the only one. Point being that users have been using it so it is better to make it official than breaking it.