Re: [PATCH 1/3] selftests: lib.mk: Do not process TEST_GEN_MODS_DIR

[Yujie Liu <yujie.liu@intel.com>]

On Wed, Feb 21, 2024 at 07:04:03PM -0300, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Feb 2024 14:12:00 -0700 Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> 
> > On 2/21/24 05:26, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote:
> > > On Tue, 20 Feb 2024 17:19:54 -0700 Shuah Khan <skhan@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
> > > 
> > >> On 2/19/24 06:53, Marcos Paulo de Souza wrote:
> > >>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 09:15:15 -0300 Marcos Paulo de Souza <mpdesouza@suse.com> wrote:
> > >>>
> > >>>> On Mon, 19 Feb 2024 14:35:16 +0800 kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com> wrote:
> > >>>>
> > >>>>> Hi Marcos,
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> kernel test robot noticed the following build errors:
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> [auto build test ERROR on 345e8abe4c355bc24bab3f4a5634122e55be8665]
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> url:    https://github.com/intel-lab-lkp/linux/commits/Marcos-Paulo-de-Souza/selftests-lib-mk-Do-not-process-TEST_GEN_MODS_DIR/20240216-021601
> > >>>>> base:   345e8abe4c355bc24bab3f4a5634122e55be8665
> > >>>>> patch link:    https://lore.kernel.org/r/20240215-lp-selftests-fixes-v1-1-89f4a6f5cddc%40suse.com
> > >>>>> patch subject: [PATCH 1/3] selftests: lib.mk: Do not process TEST_GEN_MODS_DIR
> > >>>>> compiler: gcc-12 (Debian 12.2.0-14) 12.2.0
> > >>>>> reproduce (this is a W=1 build): (https://download.01.org/0day-ci/archive/20240219/202402191417.XULH88Ct-lkp@intel.com/reproduce)
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> If you fix the issue in a separate patch/commit (i.e. not just a new version of
> > >>>>> the same patch/commit), kindly add following tags
> > >>>>> | Reported-by: kernel test robot <lkp@intel.com>
> > >>>>> | Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/oe-kbuild-all/202402191417.XULH88Ct-lkp@intel.com/
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>> All errors (new ones prefixed by >>):
> > >>>>>
> > >>>>>>> make[3]: *** /lib/modules/5.9.0-2-amd64/build: No such file or directory.  Stop.
> > >>>>
> > >>>> We should ask the kernel test robot machine owners to install kernel-devel
> > >>>> package in order to have this fixed.
> > >>>
> > >>> Or maybe ask them to change the reproducer to specify KDIR to the git tree,
> > >>> instead of /lib/modules/?
> > >>>
> > >>
> > >> This would be a regression to automated test rings. Do you have any other
> > >> solutions?
> > > 
> > > I would say that we could skip the these tests if kernel-devel package is not
> > > installed. Would it be acceptable? At least we would avoid such issues like this
> > > in the future as well.
> > > 
> > 
> > We have to check and skip build. Something we could do in the livepatch
> > Makefile. Can you send patch for this - I will oull this in for next
> > so we don't break test rings.
> 
> I added a new patch in the same patchset that would cover this, skipping the
> build and test if kernel-devel is not installed. The patchset was sent earlier
> today. Please check if the new patch fixes things on the build robot.

Hi Shuah, Hi Marcos,

Sorry for this wrong report. The files are organized in a different way
in the bot and cause this issue. We have fixed the bot to explicitly
set KDIR to the correct path before building the selftests. The patch
[1] can also work well in bot's environment.

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240221-lp-selftests-fixes-v2-2-a19be1e029a7@suse.com/

Best Regards,
Yujie