Hi Shuah, On Thu, Sep 26, 2019 at 8:05 AM Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > Add kselftest_install target to install tests from the top level > Makefile. This is to simplify kselftest use-cases for CI and > distributions where build and test systems are different. > > This change addresses requests from developers and testers to add > support for installing kselftest from the main Makefile. > > In addition, make the install directory the same when install is > run using "make kselftest_install" or by running kselftest_install.sh. > Also fix the INSTALL_PATH variable conflict between main Makefile. > > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> So, if these two patches were applied, we would see the following: 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 PHONY += kselftest_install kselftest_install: $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests install PHONY += kselftest-clean kselftest-clean: $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests clean I do not want to see this endless crap addition just for changing the working directory to $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests Why don't you use pattern rule? Those will be reduced into the two rules. PHONY += kselftest kselftest: $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests run_tests kselftest-%: FORCE $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(srctree)/tools/testing/selftests $* This also avoids your inconsistency about "kselftest-" vs "kselftest_". Given the existing "kselftest-clean" and "kselftest-merge", "kselftest_build" and "kselftest_install" (using an underscore instead of n hyphen) would add needless confusion. -- Best Regards Masahiro Yamada