Re: [PATCH for-next v2] selftests/Makefile: override the srctree for out-of-tree builds

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On Mon, Dec 23, 2024 at 12:33 AM Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Fixes an issue where out-of-tree kselftest builds fail when building
> the BPF and bpftools components. The failure occurs because the top-level
> Makefile passes a relative srctree path to its sub-Makefiles, which
> leads to errors in locating necessary files.
>
> For example, the following error is encountered:
>
> ```
> $ make V=1 O=$build/ TARGETS=hid kselftest-all
> ...
> make -C ../tools/testing/selftests all
> make[4]: Entering directory '/path/to/linux/tools/testing/selftests/hid'
> make  -C /path/to/linux/tools/testing/selftests/../../../tools/lib/bpf OUTPUT=/path/to/linux/O/kselftest/hid/tools/build/libbpf/ \
>             EXTRA_CFLAGS='-g -O0'                                      \
>             DESTDIR=/path/to/linux/O/kselftest/hid/tools prefix= all install_headers
> make[5]: Entering directory '/path/to/linux/tools/lib/bpf'
> ...
> make[5]: Entering directory '/path/to/linux/tools/bpf/bpftool'
> Makefile:127: ../tools/build/Makefile.feature: No such file or directory
> make[5]: *** No rule to make target '../tools/build/Makefile.feature'.  Stop.
> ```
>
> To resolve this, override the srctree in the kselftests's top Makefile
> when performing an out-of-tree build. This ensures that all sub-Makefiles
> have the correct path to the source tree, preventing directory resolution
> errors.
>
> Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> V2:
>  - handle srctree in selftests itself rather than the linux' top Makefile # Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>
>
> V1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241217031052.69744-1-lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx/
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 8 ++++++--
>  1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>

Is this intended to go through the bpf-next tree? I don't see it in
our patchworks, so please rebase and resend (unless this was routed
through some other tree already)

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
> index 3d8a80abd4f0..ab82278353cf 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
> @@ -154,15 +154,19 @@ override LDFLAGS =
>  override MAKEFLAGS =
>  endif
>
> +top_srcdir ?= ../../..
> +
>  # Append kselftest to KBUILD_OUTPUT and O to avoid cluttering
>  # KBUILD_OUTPUT with selftest objects and headers installed
>  # by selftests Makefile or lib.mk.
> +# Override the `srctree` variable to ensure it is correctly resolved in
> +# sub-Makefiles, such as those within `bpf`, when managing targets like
> +# `net` and `hid`.
>  ifdef building_out_of_srctree
>  override LDFLAGS =
> +override srctree := $(top_srcdir)
>  endif
>
> -top_srcdir ?= ../../..
> -
>  ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
>    KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
>  endif
> --
> 2.44.0
>
>





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