Re: [PATCH] kbuild: devtest - new make target for build all and run tests

[Michal Marek <mmarek@suse.cz>]

On 2014-07-18 22:44, Shuah Khan wrote:
> Add a new devtest make target to enable developer testing. This
> new target does full build (make all) and then runs selftests.

I agree with Sam that the name is rather ambiguous, but I can't suggest
a better alternative right now.


> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuah.kh@samsung.com>
> ---
>  Makefile | 11 +++++++++++
>  1 file changed, 11 insertions(+)
> 
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index f3c543d..1ef3128 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -1034,6 +1034,14 @@ headers_check: headers_install
>  	$(Q)$(MAKE) $(hdr-inst)=arch/$(hdr-arch)/include/uapi/asm $(hdr-dst) HDRCHECK=1
>  
>  # ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> +# Kernel devtest
> +
> +PHONY += devtest
> +devtest:
> +	make all

devtest: all


> +	make -C tools/testing/selftests run_tests

Please use $(Q)$(MAKE), to keep the build silent by default and to
consistently use the same make program with the same options throughout
the build.

Thanks,
Michal