On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 05:53:59PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote: > > > (3) avoids dirtying the tree as a "make headers_install" would, but it also > > > means that each test that makes use of new uapi has to update the relevant > > > headers (what people working on QEMU are used to). > > Note that you can do an out of tree build to avoid dirtying things. > Yes, but apparently the simple "make headers_install" will dirty the kernel. > See (and ideally comment on) > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231209020144.244759-1-jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx I mean, I guess people who don't want to install the headers are just not going to be able to build a bunch of tests? There definitely are a bunch of tests where it's not needed so I can see why people would not like being forced to do the headers step if they're only interested in those tests.
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