Re: [PATCH 2/8] selftests/vm: use a common gup_test.h

[John Hubbard]

On 9/29/20 12:08 PM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 11:59:55AM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > On 9/29/20 10:55 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > On Tue, Sep 29, 2020 at 10:44:31AM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > > > On 9/29/20 9:35 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > > > On Mon, Sep 28, 2020 at 01:10:24PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > > > > > On 9/28/20 5:57 AM, Jason Gunthorpe wrote:
> > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 27, 2020 at 11:21:53PM -0700, John Hubbard wrote:
> > ...
> > > > I don't see any "gcc -m" type of dependency generation pass happening
> > > > in this relatively simple Make system.
> > >
> > > It happens with -MD, all the deps are stored in files like mm/.init-mm.o.cmd
> > > and sucked into the build.
> >
> > You are thinking of kbuild. This is not kbuild. There are no such artifacts
> > being generated.
>
> Oh. Really? That's horrible.

Well, yes, it's not a perfect build system down here in selftests/. Are you saying
that it is worth upgrading? I'm open to suggestions and ideas for improvements,
and at the moment, I have the miniature build system here mostly loaded into my
head. So for a brief shining moment I can probably understand it well enough to
work on it. :)


thanks,
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John Hubbard
NVIDIA