Messages in this thread | | | Subject | Re: [PATCH] selftests: Fix build failures when invoked from kselftest target | From | Michael Ellerman <> | Date | Mon, 16 Mar 2015 11:38:49 +1100 |
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On Fri, 2015-03-13 at 19:45 -0600, Shuah Khan wrote: > Several tests that rely on implicit build rules fail to build, > when invoked from the main Makefile kselftest target. These > failures are due to --no-builtin-rules and --no-builtin-variables > options set in the inherited MAKEFLAGS. > > --no-builtin-rules eliminates the use of built-in implicit rules > and --no-builtin-variables is for not defining built-in variables. > These two options override the use of implicit rules resulting in > build failures. In addition, inherited LDFLAGS result in build > failures and there is no need to define LDFLAGS. Clear LDFLAGS > and MAKEFLAG when make is invoked from the main Makefile kselftest > target. Fixing this at selftests Makefile avoids changing the main > Makefile and keeps this change self contained at selftests level. > > Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> > --- > tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 9 +++++++++ > 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+) > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile > index 4e51122..8e09db7 100644 > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile > @@ -22,6 +22,15 @@ TARGETS += vm > TARGETS_HOTPLUG = cpu-hotplug > TARGETS_HOTPLUG += memory-hotplug > > +# Clear LDFLAGS and MAKEFLAGS if called from main > +# Makefile to avoid test build failures when test > +# Makefile doesn't have explicit build rules. > +ifeq (1,$(MAKELEVEL)) > +undefine LDFLAGS > +override define MAKEFLAGS = > +endef > +endif
You shouldn't need to use define/endef here, that is just for multi-line variables.
This should be equivalent:
ifeq (1,$(MAKELEVEL)) undefine LDFLAGS override MAKEFLAGS = endif
cheers
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