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

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Hi Andrii

I am delighted to hear from you.
I will rebase and resent it to bpf soon.


On 15/01/2025 06:35, Andrii Nakryiko wrote:
> 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)





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