Re: [PATCH] selftests: use "$(MAKE)" instead of "make" for headers_install

From: Shuah Khan
Date: Mon Aug 31 2020 - 16:49:56 EST


On 8/17/20 9:09 AM, Denys Vlasenko wrote:
If top make invocation uses -j4 or larger, this patch reduces
"make headers_install" subtask run time from 30 to 7 seconds.

CC: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
CC: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
CC: linux-kselftest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
CC: linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: Denys Vlasenko <dvlasenk@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk | 4 ++--
1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
index 7a17ea815736..51124b962d56 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
@@ -47,9 +47,9 @@ ARCH ?= $(SUBARCH)
khdr:
ifndef KSFT_KHDR_INSTALL_DONE
ifeq (1,$(DEFAULT_INSTALL_HDR_PATH))
- make --no-builtin-rules ARCH=$(ARCH) -C $(top_srcdir) headers_install
+ $(MAKE) --no-builtin-rules ARCH=$(ARCH) -C $(top_srcdir) headers_install
else
- make --no-builtin-rules INSTALL_HDR_PATH=$$OUTPUT/usr \
+ $(MAKE) --no-builtin-rules INSTALL_HDR_PATH=$$OUTPUT/usr \
ARCH=$(ARCH) -C $(top_srcdir) headers_install
endif
endif


Thanks for the patch. Applied to linux-kselftest next for 5.10

thanks,
-- Shuah