Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests: keep consistency for uname -m usage

[Shuah Khan]

Hi Fathi,

On 03/15/2017 07:15 AM, Fathi Boudra wrote:
> powerpc selftests allow to override ARCH for cross-compilation by making
> the first ARCH assignment weak.
> Use the same approach in breakpoints, ipc and prctl tests to:
>  - keep uname usage consistent across selftests
>  - make it easier to cross-compile

How does it make it easier to cross-compile? Could you please
elaborate on what this patch is fixing?

Also I would like to see 3 separate patches one for each
of the tests?

thanks,
-- Shuah

> 
> Signed-off-by: Fathi Boudra <fathi.boudra@xxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile | 4 ++--
>  tools/testing/selftests/ipc/Makefile         | 4 ++--
>  tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile     | 2 +-
>  tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile       | 4 ++--
>  4 files changed, 7 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile
> index 72aa103e4141..9d5a1af4b5c9 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/breakpoints/Makefile
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  # Taken from perf makefile
> -uname_M := $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
> -ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/)
> +ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
> +ARCH := $(shell echo $(ARCH) | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/)



>  
>  ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
>  TEST_GEN_PROGS := breakpoint_test
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/Makefile
> index 30ef4c7f53ea..7e5a459842bb 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/ipc/Makefile
> @@ -1,5 +1,5 @@
> -uname_M := $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
> -ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/)
> +ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
> +ARCH := $(shell echo $(ARCH) | sed -e s/i.86/i386/)
>  ifeq ($(ARCH),i386)
>          ARCH := x86
>  	CFLAGS := -DCONFIG_X86_32 -D__i386__
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
> index 1c5d0575802e..731e015d170d 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/powerpc/Makefile
> @@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
>  # Makefile for powerpc selftests
>  
>  # ARCH can be overridden by the user for cross compiling
> -ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
> +ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
>  ARCH := $(shell echo $(ARCH) | sed -e s/ppc.*/powerpc/)
>  
>  ifeq ($(ARCH),powerpc)
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile
> index 35aa1c8f2df2..08aeb8721ce6 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/prctl/Makefile
> @@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
>  ifndef CROSS_COMPILE
> -uname_M := $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
> -ARCH ?= $(shell echo $(uname_M) | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/)
> +ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m 2>/dev/null || echo not)
> +ARCH := $(shell echo $(ARCH) | sed -e s/i.86/x86/ -e s/x86_64/x86/)
>  
>  ifeq ($(ARCH),x86)
>  TEST_PROGS := disable-tsc-ctxt-sw-stress-test disable-tsc-on-off-stress-test \
>