Re: [PATCH] selftests/futex: Fix line continuation in Makefile

From: Darren Hart
Date: Tue Feb 13 2018 - 20:34:08 EST


On Tue, Feb 13, 2018 at 02:26:46PM -0700, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 02/07/2018 10:24 AM, Daniel Díaz wrote:
> > The Makefile lacks a couple of line continuation backslashes
> > in an `if' clause, which produces an error while make'ing:
> >
> > $ make
> > make[1]: Entering directory `/[...]/linux/tools/testing/selftests/futex'
> > /bin/sh: -c: line 5: syntax error: unexpected end of file
> > make[1]: *** [all] Error 1
> > make[1]: Leaving directory `/[...]/linux/tools/testing/selftests/futex'
> > make: *** [all] Error 2
> >

What is the failure scenario here? Is this shell specific? What does /bin/sh
point to for you?

> > Signed-off-by: Daniel Díaz <daniel.diaz@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> > tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile | 6 +++---
> > 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 3 deletions(-)
> >
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
> > index cea4adc..a63e845 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/Makefile
> > @@ -12,9 +12,9 @@ all:
> > BUILD_TARGET=$(OUTPUT)/$$DIR; \
> > mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET -p; \
> > make OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$DIR $@;\
> > - if [ -e $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) ]; then
> > - rsync -a $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) $$BUILD_TARGET/;
> > - fi
> > + if [ -e $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) ]; then \
> > + rsync -a $$DIR/$(TEST_PROGS) $$BUILD_TARGET/; \
> > + fi \
> > done
> >
> > override define RUN_TESTS
> >
>
> Thanks for the patch. Applied to linux-kselftest fixes for 4.16-rc3
>
> thanks,
> -- Shuah
>

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Darren Hart
VMware Open Source Technology Center