Hi
On 22/10/2019 04:52, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
> Dear Cristian,
>
> On Mon, Oct 21, 2019 at 4:15 PM Cristian Marussi
> <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx> wrote:
>>
>> Hi
>>
>> On 20/10/2019 13:24, Prabhakar Kushwaha wrote:
>>> As per commit 131b30c94fbc ("kselftest: exclude failed TARGETS from
>>> runlist") failed targets were excluded from the runlist. But value
>>> $$INSTALL_PATH is always NULL. It should be $INSTALL_PATH instead
>>> $$INSTALL_PATH.
>>>
>>> So, fix Makefile to use $INSTALL_PATH.
>>>
>>
>> I was a bit puzzled at first since I never saw the NULLified value while testing
>> the original patch. Looking at it closely today, I realized that I used to test it
>> like:
>>
>> $ rm -rf $HOME/KSFT_TEST && make -C tools/testing/selftests/ INSTALL_PATH=$HOME/KSFT_TEST install
>>
>> which in fact causes INSTALL_PATH to be exported down to the subshell in the recipe, so that even
>> referring it as $$INSTALL_PATH from the recipe line make it work fine.
>>
>> Instead, using the default Makefile provided value (unexported) by invoking like:
>>
>> $ rm -rf $HOME/KSFT_TEST && make -C tools/testing/selftests/ install
>>
>> exposes the error you mentioned, being INSTALL_PATH not accessible form the subshell and so NULL.
>> Moreover it's anyway certainly better to refer with $(INSTALL_PATH) being it a strict Makefile var.
>> So it's fine for me, thanks to have spotted this.
>>
>> Reviewed-by: cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx
>>
>
> Thanks for Reviewing.
>
> I have to send v2 patch with author mail id fix. I will keep your Reviewed-by.
Thanks to you.
I forgot to say that maybe it's worth also adding a Fixes: tag too like:
Fixes: 131b30c94fbc ("kselftest: exclude failed TARGETS from runlist")
given that I've spotted the original patch being already picked up for
some stable queues like in:
https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20191018220324.8165-22-sashal@xxxxxxxxxx/
Thanks
Cristian
>
> --prabhakar (pk)
>
>
>>
>>> Signed-off-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <pkushwaha@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>>> Signed-off-by: Prabhakar Kushwaha <prabhakar.pkin@xxxxxxxxx>
>>> CC: Cristian Marussi <cristian.marussi@xxxxxxx>
>>> ---
>>> tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 2 +-
>>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>>
>>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
>>> index 4cdbae6f4e61..612f6757015d 100644
>>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
>>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
>>> @@ -213,7 +213,7 @@ ifdef INSTALL_PATH
>>> @# included in the generated runlist.
>>> for TARGET in $(TARGETS); do \
>>> BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET; \
>>> - [ ! -d $$INSTALL_PATH/$$TARGET ] && echo "Skipping non-existent dir: $$TARGET" && continue; \
>>> + [ ! -d $(INSTALL_PATH)/$$TARGET ] && echo "Skipping non-existent dir: $$TARGET" && continue; \
>>> echo "[ -w /dev/kmsg ] && echo \"kselftest: Running tests in $$TARGET\" >> /dev/kmsg" >> $(ALL_SCRIPT); \
>>> echo "cd $$TARGET" >> $(ALL_SCRIPT); \
>>> echo -n "run_many" >> $(ALL_SCRIPT); \
>>>
>>
