One of the use-cases is building kselftest and then installing. Adding a target to just build the tests from the main Makefile will help users and makes it easier. Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- Makefile | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile index 15c8251d4d5e..38a2ce3c343f 100644 --- a/Makefile +++ b/Makefile @@ -1195,6 +1195,9 @@ endif # --------------------------------------------------------------------------- # Kernel selftest +PHONY += kselftest-build +kselftest-build: + $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests all PHONY += kselftest kselftest: $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests run_tests -- 2.17.1