Re: [PATCH v3 11/11] selftests: error out if kernel header files are not yet built

David Hildenbrand
2023-11-03T12:23:04Z

On 03.11.23 13:16, Peter Zijlstra wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 06, 2023 at 12:16:37AM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
>> 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
>>
>> Change the selftest build system's lib.mk to fail out with a helpful
>> message if that prerequisite "make headers" has not been done yet.
>>
>
> NAK NAK NAK
>
> This now means I can no longer run selftests, I thank you very much! :-/
>
> root@spr:/usr/src/linux-2.6# make O=defconfig-build/ -j64
> make[1]: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.6/defconfig-build'
> ***
> *** The source tree is not clean, please run 'make mrproper'
> *** in /usr/src/linux-2.6
>
>
> I've always done:
>
> cd tools/testing/selftests/x86; make
>
> and that has always worked
>
> Now I can't bloody well build *any* selftest or risk not being able to
> do builds.

This change landed in 6.5, no? And 6.6 was just released. Just curious
why you notice that now.

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb