Re: [PATCH v1 2/3] selftests/nolibc: fix up O= option support

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Fri Aug 04 2023 - 13:52:02 EST


On 2023-08-05 00:29:10+0800, Zhangjin Wu wrote:
> > On 2023-08-04 23:52:18+0800, Zhangjin Wu wrote:
> > > > On 2023-08-04 15:43:42+0800, Zhangjin Wu wrote:
> > > > > Hi, Thomas
> > > > >
> > > > > > On 2023-08-03 22:45:52+0800, Zhangjin Wu wrote:
> > > > > > > To avoid pollute the source code tree and avoid mrproper for every
> > > > > > > architecture switch, the O= argument must be supported.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Both IMAGE and .config are from the building directory, let's use
> > > > > > > objtree instead of srctree for them.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > If no O= option specified, means building kernel in source code tree,
> > > > > > > objtree should be srctree in such case.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Suggested-by: Willy Tarreau <w@xxxxxx>
> > > > > > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/ZK0AB1OXH1s2xYsh@xxxxxx/
> > > > > > > Signed-off-by: Zhangjin Wu <falcon@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> > > > > > > ---
> > > > > > > tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile | 7 +++++--
> > > > > > > 1 file changed, 5 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > > > > > index 51fef5e6a152..af590aee063a 100644
> > > > > > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > > > > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > > > > > @@ -9,6 +9,9 @@ ifeq ($(srctree),)
> > > > > > > srctree := $(patsubst %/tools/testing/selftests/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
> > > > > > > endif
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > +# add objtree for O= argument, required by IMAGE and .config
> > > > > > > +objtree ?= $(srctree)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Isn't this already set by the included tools/scripts/Makefile.include?
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > > > Good question, but it is empty if no O= specified, checked it several
> > > > > times before ;-)
> > > >
> > > > For me it is not empty when I am in tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/.
> > > >
> > >
> > > Interesting, here is the code I added to check the value:
> > >
> > > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > index 22f1e1d73fa8..1ae19e896e24 100644
> > > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile
> > > @@ -12,6 +12,8 @@ include $(srctree)/scripts/subarch.include
> > > ARCH = $(SUBARCH)
> > > endif
> > >
> > > +$(error objtree=$(objtree), srctree=$(srctree))
> > > +
> > >
> > > Whenever I do defconfig or run,
> > >
> > > $ make help
> > > Makefile:15: *** objtree=, srctree=/labs/linux-lab/src/linux-stable. Stop.
> > >
> > > It is only not empty when we pass O explicitly:
> > >
> > > $ mkdir out
> > > $ make help O=out
> > > Makefile:15: *** objtree=out, srctree=/labs/linux-lab/src/linux-stable. Stop.
> > > $ make help O=$PWD/out
> > > Makefile:15: *** objtree=/labs/linux-lab/src/linux-stable/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/out, srctree=/labs/linux-lab/src/linux-stable. Stop.
> >
> > Welp, now it's the same for me.
> > I guess I messed it up before, maybe I forgot to remove your changes
> > while testing?
> >
> > Anyways instead of having to manually do stuff with $(objtree) we could
> > also use $(OUTPUT)$(IMAGE) to always get the correct image.
> >
>
> Do you mean here?
>
> # kernel image names by architecture
> IMAGE_i386 = arch/x86/boot/bzImage
> IMAGE_x86 = arch/x86/boot/bzImage
> IMAGE_arm64 = arch/arm64/boot/Image
> IMAGE_arm = arch/arm/boot/zImage
> IMAGE_mips = vmlinuz
> IMAGE_riscv = arch/riscv/boot/Image
> IMAGE = $(IMAGE_$(ARCH))
> IMAGE_NAME = $(notdir $(IMAGE))
>
> It does save another KERNEL_IMAGE macro in my future patch ;-)
>
> But without O=, OUTPUT is also empty like objtree and when empty, it is
> assigned as $(CURDIR), not $(srctree) as we expected for IMAGE and .config. To
> be cleaner, objtree should also be used:
>
> - IMAGE = $(IMAGE_$(ARCH))
> + IMAGE = $(objtree)/$(IMAGE_$(ARCH))
>
> Is this what you want?

More like:

- $(Q)qemu-system-$(QEMU_ARCH) -display none -no-reboot -kernel "$(srctree)/$(IMAGE)" -serial stdio $(QEMU_ARGS) > "$(CURDIR)/run.out"
+ $(Q)qemu-system-$(QEMU_ARCH) -display none -no-reboot -kernel "$(OUTPUT)$(IMAGE)" -serial stdio $(QEMU_ARGS) > "$(CURDIR)/run.out"

My assumption was that it's weird that we need to define such variables
ourselves.

Using an empty $(OUTPUT) would have been fine if make is run from the
root of the kernel tree. But that is not the case.

It still feels weird but I can't think of a nicer way, and it's not
a big issue. So let's keep that part the same.

Or maybe Willy has a better idea.