pipe named FIFO special file is being created in execveat.c to perform some tests. Makefile doesn't need to do anything with the pipe. When it isn't found, Makefile generates the following build error: make: *** No rule to make target '/linux_mainline/tools/testing/selftests/exec/pipe', needed by 'all'. Stop. Fixes: 61016db15b8e ("selftests/exec: Verify execve of non-regular files fail") Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> --- tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile index dd61118df66ed..12c5e27d32c16 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile @@ -5,7 +5,7 @@ CFLAGS += -D_GNU_SOURCE TEST_PROGS := binfmt_script non-regular TEST_GEN_PROGS := execveat load_address_4096 load_address_2097152 load_address_16777216 -TEST_GEN_FILES := execveat.symlink execveat.denatured script subdir pipe +TEST_GEN_FILES := execveat.symlink execveat.denatured script subdir # Makefile is a run-time dependency, since it's accessed by the execveat test TEST_FILES := Makefile -- 2.30.2