[PATCH RFC 0/3] selftests/nolibc: avoid spurious kernel relinks

From: Thomas Weißschuh
Date: Sat Sep 16 2023 - 03:16:59 EST


Currently the nolibc testsuite embeds the test executable into a kernel
image with CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE.
This forces a full kernel relink everytime the test executable is
updated.

This relinking step dominates the test cycle.
It is slower than building and running the test in qemu together.

With a bit of Makefile-shuffling the relinking can be avoided.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
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Thomas Weißschuh (3):
kbuild: add toplevel target for usr/gen_init_cpio
selftests/nolibc: don't embed initramfs into kernel image
selftests/nolibc: drop target "rerun"

Makefile | 4 +++
tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile | 50 +++++++++++++++------------------
2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 3f79a57865b33f49fdae6655510bd27c8e6610e0
change-id: 20230916-nolibc-initramfs-4fd00eac3256

Best regards,
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Thomas Weißschuh <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>