linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/Makefile: include $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS) in clean target to clean net/lib dependency

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Message-ID: <20250911164137.29da651f@kernel.org>
Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2025 16:41:37 -0700
From: Jakub Kicinski <kuba@...nel.org>
To: Nai-Chen Cheng <bleach1827@...il.com>
Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Paolo Abeni <pabeni@...hat.com>, "David
 S. Miller" <davem@...emloft.net>, Eric Dumazet <edumazet@...gle.com>, Simon
 Horman <horms@...nel.org>, netdev@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linux.dev
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/Makefile: include $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS) in
 clean target to clean net/lib dependency

On Wed, 10 Sep 2025 19:30:32 +0800 Nai-Chen Cheng wrote:
> The selftests 'make clean' does not clean the net/lib because it only
> processes $(TARGETS) and ignores $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS). This leaves
> compiled objects in net/lib after cleaning, requiring manual cleanup.
> 
> Include $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS) in clean target to ensure net/lib
> dependency is properly cleaned.

Shuah, please LMK if think it makes sense for netdev to take this
(net/lib is the only DEP_TARGET today).