Build of several selftests fail if separate output directory is specified by the following methods: 1) make -C tools/testing/selftests O=<build_dir> 2) export KBUILD_OUTPUT="build_dir"; make -C tools/testing/selftests Build fails because of several reasons: 1) The kernel headers aren't found. 2) The path of output objects is wrong and hence unaccessible. These problems can be solved by: 1) Including the correct path of uapi header files 2) By setting the BUILD variable correctly inside Makefile Following different build scnerios have been tested after making these changes: make -C tools/testing/selftests make -C tools/testing/selftests O=build make -C tools/testing/selftests o=/opt/build export KBUILD_OUTPUT="/opt/build"; make -C tools/testing/selftests export KBUILD_OUTPUT="build"; make -C tools/testing/selftests cd <any_dir>; make -C <src_path>/tools/testing/selftests cd <any_dir>; make -C <src_path>/tools/testing/selftests O=build Muhammad Usama Anjum (10): selftests: set the BUILD variable to absolute path selftests: Add and export a kernel uapi headers path selftests: Correct the headers install path selftests: futex: Add the uapi headers include variable selftests: kvm: Add the uapi headers include variable selftests: landlock: Add the uapi headers include variable selftests: net: Add the uapi headers include variable selftests: mptcp: Add the uapi headers include variable selftests: vm: Add the uapi headers include variable selftests: vm: remove dependecy from internal kernel macros tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 32 +++++++++++++------ .../selftests/futex/functional/Makefile | 5 ++- tools/testing/selftests/kvm/Makefile | 6 ++-- tools/testing/selftests/landlock/Makefile | 11 ++----- tools/testing/selftests/net/Makefile | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/net/mptcp/Makefile | 3 +- tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile | 2 +- tools/testing/selftests/vm/userfaultfd.c | 3 ++ 8 files changed, 35 insertions(+), 29 deletions(-) -- 2.30.2
