Re: [PATCH 0/8] selftests/bpf: installation and out of tree build fixes

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On Tue, May 26, 2020 at 9:52 PM Yauheni Kaliuta
<yauheni.kaliuta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Hi, Andrii!
>
> >>>>> On Tue, 26 May 2020 15:32:10 -0700, Andrii Nakryiko  wrote:
>
>  > On Thu, May 21, 2020 at 11:41 PM Yauheni Kaliuta
>  > <yauheni.kaliuta@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> Actually, a bit more needed :)
>
>  > From the other kselftest thread, it seems like selftests are not
>  > supporting builds out-of-tree. With that, wouldn't it be simpler to
>  > build in tree and then just copy selftests/bpf directory to wherever
>  > you need to run tests from? It would be simple and reliable. Given I
>  > and probably everyone else never build and run tests out-of-tree, it's
>  > just too easy to break this and you'll be constantly chasing some
>  > non-obvious breakages...
>
>  > Is there some problem with such approach?
>
> This is `make install` ;).

So patch #2, #5, and #7 is solving just `make install` problem?..

My point is that by building in tree and then just copying everything
under selftests/bpf directory to wherever you want to "install" it
would just work. And won't require complicating already complicated
Makefile. Any problem with such approach?


>
> I personally do not need OOT build, but since it's in the code,
> I'd prefer either fix it or remove it, otherwise it's
> misleading. But I have not got reply from kselftest.
>
>  >>
>  >> >>>>> On Fri, 22 May 2020 07:13:02 +0300, Yauheni Kaliuta  wrote:
>  >>
>  >> > I had a look, here are some fixes.
>  >> > Yauheni Kaliuta (8):
>  >> >   selftests/bpf: remove test_align from Makefile
>  >> >   selftests/bpf: build bench.o for any $(OUTPUT)
>  >> >   selftests/bpf: install btf .c files
>  >> >   selftests/bpf: fix object files installation
>  >> >   selftests/bpf: add output dir to include list
>  >> >   selftests/bpf: fix urandom_read installation
>  >> >   selftests/bpf: fix test.h placing for out of tree build
>  >> >   selftests/bpf: factor out MKDIR rule
>  >>
>  >> >  tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 77 ++++++++++++++++++++--------
>  >> >  1 file changed, 55 insertions(+), 22 deletions(-)
>  >>
>  >> > --
>  >> > 2.26.2
>  >>
>  >>
>  >> --
>  >> WBR,
>  >> Yauheni Kaliuta
>  >>
>
>
> --
> WBR,
> Yauheni Kaliuta
>



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