[PATCH bpf-next v3] selftests/Makefile: override the srctree for out-of-tree builds

From: Li Zhijian
Date: Tue Jan 14 2025 - 20:46:57 EST


Fixes an issue where out-of-tree kselftest builds fail when building
the BPF and bpftools components. The failure occurs because the top-level
Makefile passes a relative srctree path to its sub-Makefiles, which
leads to errors in locating necessary files.

For example, the following error is encountered:

```
$ make V=1 O=$build/ TARGETS=hid kselftest-all
...
make -C ../tools/testing/selftests all
make[4]: Entering directory '/path/to/linux/tools/testing/selftests/hid'
make -C /path/to/linux/tools/testing/selftests/../../../tools/lib/bpf OUTPUT=/path/to/linux/O/kselftest/hid/tools/build/libbpf/ \
EXTRA_CFLAGS='-g -O0' \
DESTDIR=/path/to/linux/O/kselftest/hid/tools prefix= all install_headers
make[5]: Entering directory '/path/to/linux/tools/lib/bpf'
...
make[5]: Entering directory '/path/to/linux/tools/bpf/bpftool'
Makefile:127: ../tools/build/Makefile.feature: No such file or directory
make[5]: *** No rule to make target '../tools/build/Makefile.feature'. Stop.
```

To resolve this, override the srctree in the kselftests's top Makefile
when performing an out-of-tree build. This ensures that all sub-Makefiles
have the correct path to the source tree, preventing directory resolution
errors.

Cc: Andrii Nakryiko <andrii.nakryiko@xxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Li Zhijian <lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx>
Tested-by: Quentin Monnet <qmo@xxxxxxxxxx>
---
Cc: Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

V3:
collected Tested-by and rebased on bpf-next

V2:
- handle srctree in selftests itself rather than the linux' top Makefile # Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@xxxxxxxxxx>

V1: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/20241217031052.69744-1-lizhijian@xxxxxxxxxxx/
---
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 8 ++++++--
1 file changed, 6 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index 2401e973c359..f04a3b0003f6 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -154,15 +154,19 @@ override LDFLAGS =
override MAKEFLAGS =
endif

+top_srcdir ?= ../../..
+
# Append kselftest to KBUILD_OUTPUT and O to avoid cluttering
# KBUILD_OUTPUT with selftest objects and headers installed
# by selftests Makefile or lib.mk.
+# Override the `srctree` variable to ensure it is correctly resolved in
+# sub-Makefiles, such as those within `bpf`, when managing targets like
+# `net` and `hid`.
ifdef building_out_of_srctree
override LDFLAGS =
+override srctree := $(top_srcdir)
endif

-top_srcdir ?= ../../..
-
ifeq ("$(origin O)", "command line")
KBUILD_OUTPUT := $(O)
endif
--
2.44.0