Re: [PATCH] selftests: enforce local header dependency in lib.mk

[Kees Cook]

On Wed, Mar 25, 2020 at 05:16:49PM -0600, Shuah Khan wrote:
> Add local header dependency in lib.mk. This enforces the dependency
> blindly even when a test doesn't include the file, with the benefit
> of a simpler common logic without requiring individual tests to have
> special rule for it.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>

Reviewed-by: Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>

style nit below...

> ---
>  tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk | 3 ++-
>  1 file changed, 2 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)
> 
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> index 3ed0134a764d..b0556c752443 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/lib.mk
> @@ -137,7 +137,8 @@ endif
>  # Selftest makefiles can override those targets by setting
>  # OVERRIDE_TARGETS = 1.
>  ifeq ($(OVERRIDE_TARGETS),)
> -$(OUTPUT)/%:%.c
> +LOCAL_HDRS := $(selfdir)/kselftest_harness.h $(selfdir)/kselftest.h
> +$(OUTPUT)/%:%.c $(LOCAL_HDRS)
>  	$(LINK.c) $^ $(LDLIBS) -o $@

It's already in lib.mk as "target:deps" but the tradition for kernel
make rules has been "target: deps". i.e.:

$(OUTPUT)/%: %.c $(LOCAL_HDRS)

But it doesn't actually matter. :)

-Kees

>  
>  $(OUTPUT)/%.o:%.S
> -- 
> 2.20.1
> 

-- 
Kees Cook