[PATCH v2] kbuild: kselftest - new make target to build and run kernel selftests

Shuah Khan
2014-08-07T14:03:17Z

Add a new make target "kselftest" to enable kernel testing. This
new target builds and runs kernel selftests. Running as root is
recommended for a complete test run as some tests don't run when
run by non-root user.

Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@samsung.com>
---
Makefile | 10 ++++++++++
1 file changed, 10 insertions(+)

diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
index d0901b4..7eda9fb 100644
--- a/Makefile
+++ b/Makefile
@@ -1036,6 +1036,13 @@ headers_check: headers_install
$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi/asm $(hdr-dst) HDRCHECK=1

# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
+# Kernel selftest
+
+PHONY += kselftest
+kselftest:
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests
+
+# ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
# Modules

ifdef CONFIG_MODULES
@@ -1238,6 +1245,9 @@ help:
@echo ' headerdep - Detect inclusion cycles in headers'
@$(MAKE) -f $(srctree)/scripts/Makefile.help checker-help
@echo ''
+ @echo 'Kernel selftest'
+ @echo ' kselftest - Build and run kernel selftest (run as root)'
+ @echo ''
@echo 'Kernel packaging:'
@$(MAKE) $(build)=$(package-dir) help
@echo ''
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