Re: [PATCH v2 11/11] Documentation: kselftest: "make headers" is a prerequisite

From: David Hildenbrand
Date: Mon Jun 05 2023 - 07:39:37 EST


On 03.06.23 04:15, John Hubbard wrote:
As per a discussion with Muhammad Usama Anjum [1], the following is how
one is supposed to build selftests:

make headers && make -C tools/testing/selftests/mm

However, that's not yet documented anywhere. So add it to
Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst .

[1] https://lore.kernel.org/all/bf910fa5-0c96-3707-cce4-5bcc656b6274@xxxxxxxxxxxxx/

Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Peter Xu <peterx@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: Jonathan Corbet <corbet@xxxxxxx>
Cc: linux-doc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst | 1 +
1 file changed, 1 insertion(+)

diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
index 12b575b76b20..6e35d042199c 100644
--- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
+++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kselftest.rst
@@ -36,6 +36,7 @@ Running the selftests (hotplug tests are run in limited mode)
To build the tests::
+ $ make headers
$ make -C tools/testing/selftests
To run the tests::

Reviewed-by: David Hildenbrand <david@xxxxxxxxxx>

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Cheers,

David / dhildenb