Re: [PATCH] kselftest: replace $(RM) with rm -f command

[Cam Hutchison <camh@xdna.net>]

Mathieu Desnoyers <mathieu.desnoyers@efficios.com> writes:

>----- On Sep 27, 2015, at 10:10 PM, Wang Long long.wanglong@huawei.com wrote:

>> Some test's Makefile using "$(RM)" while the other's
>> using "rm -f". It is better to use one of them in all
>> tests.

>I agree that this disparity appears to be unwanted. We
>should settle on one or the other.

>> 
>> "rm -f" is better, because it is less magic, and everyone
>> konws what is does.

>"$(RM)" is clearly defined as a Makefile implicit variable
>which defaults to "rm -f".
>Ref. https://www.gnu.org/software/make/manual/html_node/Implicit-Variables.html

>Leaving it as a variable is more flexible because then the
>default behavior can be overridden if need be, which is
>not the case of a hardcoded "rm -f".

And you're also possibly less likely to get errors like below...

>Following your line of argumentation, we should then
>invoke "gcc" directly in every Makefile because it is
>less magic than "$(CC)". This makes no sense.

>Thanks,

>Mathieu

>> 
>> Signed-off-by: Wang Long <long.wanglong@huawei.com>
>> ---
>> tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/Makefile | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/Makefile         | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile   | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile        | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile          | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile      | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile         | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile           | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile          | 2 +-
>> tools/testing/selftests/zram/Makefile         | 2 +-
>> 10 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 10 deletions(-)
>> 
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/Makefile
>> index 8c8f0c1..dcc1972 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/capabilities/Makefile
>> @@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ CFLAGS := -O2 -g -std=gnu99 -Wall -lcap-ng
>> all: $(TARGETS)
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) $(TARGETS)
>> +	rm -f $(TARGETS)
>> 
>> $(TARGETS): %: %.c
>> 	$(CC) -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $^ -lrt -ldl
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/Makefile
>> index 2ae7450..2deaee0 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/kcmp/Makefile
>> @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ TEST_PROGS := kcmp_test
>> include ../lib.mk
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) kcmp_test kcmp-test-file
>> +	rn -f kcmp_test kcmp-test-file

s/rn/rm/


>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile
>> index a1a9708..f23fc58 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/membarrier/Makefile
>> @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ all: $(TEST_PROGS)
>> include ../lib.mk
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) $(TEST_PROGS)
>> +	rm -f $(TEST_PROGS)
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
>> index 3e7eb79..068fa93 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/memfd/Makefile
>> @@ -19,4 +19,4 @@ run_fuse: build_fuse
>> 	@./run_fuse_test.sh || echo "fuse_test: [FAIL]"
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) memfd_test fuse_test
>> +	rm -f memfd_test fuse_test
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
>> index fac4782..ec7eaa4 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile
>> @@ -16,4 +16,4 @@ TEST_FILES := $(NET_PROGS)
>> include ../lib.mk
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) $(NET_PROGS)
>> +	rm -f $(NET_PROGS)
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile
>> index 8401e87..c16072a 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/seccomp/Makefile
>> @@ -7,4 +7,4 @@ all: $(TEST_PROGS)
>> include ../lib.mk
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) $(TEST_PROGS)
>> +	rm -f $(TEST_PROGS)
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile
>> index bbd0b53..cefe914 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/size/Makefile
>> @@ -8,4 +8,4 @@ TEST_PROGS := get_size
>> include ../lib.mk
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) get_size
>> +	rm -f get_size
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
>> index 3c53cac..26663c7 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
>> @@ -24,4 +24,4 @@ TEST_FILES := $(BINARIES)
>> include ../lib.mk
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) $(BINARIES)
>> +	rm -f $(BINARIES)
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile
>> index 29089b2..48b2406 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile
>> @@ -32,7 +32,7 @@ all_32: $(BINARIES_32)
>> all_64: $(BINARIES_64)
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) $(BINARIES_32) $(BINARIES_64)
>> +	rm -f $(BINARIES_32) $(BINARIES_64)
>> 
>> $(TARGETS_C_32BIT_ALL:%=%_32): %_32: %.c
>> 	$(CC) -m32 -o $@ $(CFLAGS) $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) $^ -lrt -ldl
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/zram/Makefile
>> b/tools/testing/selftests/zram/Makefile
>> index 29d8034..e1591c8 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/zram/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/zram/Makefile
>> @@ -6,4 +6,4 @@ TEST_FILES := zram01.sh zram02.sh zram_lib.sh
>> include ../lib.mk
>> 
>> clean:
>> -	$(RM) err.log
>> +	rm -f err.log
>> --
>> 1.8.3.4

>-- 
>Mathieu Desnoyers
>EfficiOS Inc.
>http://www.efficios.com
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