At the moment we check the compiler's ability to compile MTE enabled code, but guard all the Makefile rules by it. As a consequence a broken or not capable compiler just doesn't do anything, and make happily returns without any error message, but with no programs created. Since the MTE feature is only supported by recent aarch64 compilers (not all stable distro compilers support it), having an explicit message seems like a good idea. To not break building multiple targets, we let make proceed without errors. Signed-off-by: Andre Przywara <andre.przywara@xxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile | 3 +++ 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile index fa282e5f2069..e0d43cea3cd1 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/arm64/mte/Makefile @@ -23,6 +23,9 @@ TEST_GEN_PROGS := $(PROGS) # Get Kernel headers installed and use them. KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL := 1 +else + $(warning compiler "$(CC)" does not support the ARMv8.5 MTE extension.) + $(warning test program "mte" will not be created.) endif # Include KSFT lib.mk. -- 2.17.5
