Re: [PATCH] selftests/futex: Fix build error with OUTPUT variable

From: Michael Ellerman
Date: Mon Mar 27 2017 - 20:21:38 EST


Darren Hart <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> writes:

> The use of $$OUTPUT in the target shell commands resulted in an empty
> string followed by an absolute path for which mkdir failed:
>
> $ make -C tools/testing/selftests/futex
> make: Entering directory '/home/dvhart/source/linux/linux-pdx86/tools/testing/selftests/futex'
> Makefile:36: warning: overriding recipe for target 'clean'
> ../lib.mk:55: warning: ignoring old recipe for target 'clean'
> for DIR in functional; do \
> BUILD_TARGET=$OUTPUT/$DIR; \
> mkdir $BUILD_TARGET -p; \
> make OUTPUT=$BUILD_TARGET -C $DIR all;\
> done
> mkdir: cannot create directory â/functionalâ: Permission denied
>
> Replace $$OUTPUT with $(OUTPUT) when referring to the Makefile OUTPUT
> variable. The above make command now completes successfully.
>
> Fixes: a8ba798bc8ec ("selftests: enable O and KBUILD_OUTPUT")
> Signed-off-by: Darren Hart (VMware) <dvhart@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: linux-kselftest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: bamvor.zhangjian@xxxxxxxxxx
> Cc: Shuah Khan <shuah@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> # 4.10.x-

The OUTPUT support only went into v4.11-rc1, so I don't see why you need
a stable tag?

Change looks good though.

cheers