Re: [PATCH] selftests/exec: Add Makefile to install list since exec test expect it

From: Yannick Brosseau
Date: Tue Jun 14 2016 - 15:15:42 EST


On 06/14/2016 12:09 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 06/14/2016 12:45 PM, Yannick Brosseau wrote:
>> When running the execveat test once installed, the Makefile it not available and the
>> test fail. Bundling the Makefile file with the installed files fix that.
> Install is for installing kselftest binaries and run-time dependencies
> if any on a target system. It is not for being able to build it on the
> target. Bundling Makefile doesn't make sense.
The test tries to exec the Makefile file:
fail += check_execveat_fail(dot_dfd, "Makefile", 0, EACCES);

So it's a runtime dependency at the moment.
We can either change the test to try to open another file or add the
Makefile

Yannick





> -- Shuah
>
>> Signed-off-by: Yannick Brosseau <scientist@xxxxxx>
>> ---
>> tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile | 2 +-
>> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
>> index 4e400eb..d2be580 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/exec/Makefile
>> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>> CFLAGS = -Wall
>> BINARIES = execveat
>> -DEPS = execveat.symlink execveat.denatured script subdir
>> +DEPS = execveat.symlink execveat.denatured script subdir Makefile
>> all: $(BINARIES) $(DEPS)
>>
>> subdir:
>>