This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled selftests: filter kselftest headers from command in lib.mk to the 5.9-stable tree which can be found at: http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary The filename of the patch is: selftests-filter-kselftest-headers-from-command-in-l.patch and it can be found in the queue-5.9 subdirectory. If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree, please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it. commit 3892606be20bea6f1144b0c81836e9c555f0b53b Author: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@xxxxxxxxx> Date: Thu Oct 8 15:26:21 2020 +0300 selftests: filter kselftest headers from command in lib.mk [ Upstream commit f825d3f7ed9305e7dd0a3e0a74673a4257d0cc53 ] Commit 1056d3d2c97e ("selftests: enforce local header dependency in lib.mk") added header dependency to the rule, but as the rule uses $^, the headers are added to the compiler command line. This can cause unexpected precompiled header files being generated when compilation fails: $ echo { >> openat2_test.c $ make gcc -Wall -O2 -g -fsanitize=address -fsanitize=undefined openat2_test.c tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_harness.h tools/testing/selftests/kselftest.h helpers.c -o tools/testing/selftests/openat2/openat2_test openat2_test.c:313:1: error: expected identifier or â??(â?? before â??{â?? token 313 | { | ^ make: *** [../lib.mk:140: tools/testing/selftests/openat2/openat2_test] Error 1 $ file openat2_test* openat2_test: GCC precompiled header (version 014) for C openat2_test.c: C source, ASCII text Fix it by filtering out the headers, so that we'll only pass the actual *.c files in the compiler command line. Fixes: 1056d3d2c97e ("selftests: enforce local header dependency in lib.mk") Signed-off-by: Tommi Rantala <tommi.t.rantala@xxxxxxxxx> Acked-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Reviewed-by: Christian Brauner <christian.brauner@xxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk index 7a17ea8157367..66f3317dc3654 100644 --- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk @@ -137,7 +137,7 @@ endif ifeq ($(OVERRIDE_TARGETS),) LOCAL_HDRS := $(selfdir)/kselftest_harness.h $(selfdir)/kselftest.h $(OUTPUT)/%:%.c $(LOCAL_HDRS) - $(LINK.c) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@ + $(LINK.c) $(filter-out $(LOCAL_HDRS),$^) $(LDLIBS) -o $@ $(OUTPUT)/%.o:%.S $(COMPILE.S) $^ -o $@