On Fri, Jan 06, 2023 at 04:08:16PM -0600, Tyler Hicks wrote: > From: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > commit 5ad51ab618de5d05f4e692ebabeb6fe6289aaa57 upstream. > > The build of kselftests fails if relative path is specified through > KBUILD_OUTPUT or O=<path> method. BUILD variable is used to determine > the path of the output objects. When make is run from other directories > with relative paths, the exact path of the build objects is ambiguous > and build fails. > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/usama/repos/kernel/linux_mainline2/tools/testing/selftests/alsa' > gcc mixer-test.c -L/usr/lib/x86_64-linux-gnu -lasound -o build/kselftest/alsa/mixer-test > /usr/bin/ld: cannot open output file build/kselftest/alsa/mixer-test > > Set the BUILD variable to the absolute path of the output directory. > Make the logic readable and easy to follow. Use spaces instead of tabs > for indentation as if with tab indentation is considered recipe in make. > > Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Signed-off-by: Tyler Hicks (Microsoft) <code@xxxxxxxxxxx> > --- > tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 26 +++++++++++++++++--------- > 1 file changed, 17 insertions(+), 9 deletions(-) > Now queued up, thanks. greg k-h
