[PATCH 2/3] selftests/bpf: Route libarena build artifacts to OUTPUT
From: Ricardo B. Marlière (SUSE)
Date: Tue Jul 28 2026 - 20:06:52 EST
libarena's BPF objects, linked objects, and skeleton headers are always
written into the source tree regardless of whether an out-of-tree build
directory was specified via O=.
Add OUTPUT support to libarena/Makefile: default OUTPUT to '.' for
standalone builds, prefix all generated file targets with $(OUTPUT)/, and
use addprefix to propagate the directory into the per-object lists. Create
$(OUTPUT) at Makefile-load time with a $(shell mkdir -p) so all rules have
a valid destination.
In the parent bpf/Makefile, pass OUTPUT="$(OUTPUT)/libarena" in
LIBARENA_MAKE_ARGS and update LIBARENA_SKEL/LIBARENA_ASAN_SKEL to reflect
the new location. Pass the absolute target path as the make goal so the
sub-make goal matches the $(OUTPUT)/... rule in libarena/Makefile
regardless of the invocation directory.
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marlière (SUSE) <ricardo@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 11 ++++++-----
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/Makefile | 24 ++++++++++++++----------
2 files changed, 20 insertions(+), 15 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index b289183475d4..7d42632f9d42 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -826,7 +826,8 @@ LIBARENA_MAKE_ARGS = \
CLANG="$(CLANG)" \
BPF_CFLAGS="$(BPF_CFLAGS) $(CLANG_CFLAGS)" \
BPF_TARGET_ENDIAN="$(BPF_TARGET_ENDIAN)" \
- Q="$(Q)"
+ Q="$(Q)" \
+ OUTPUT="$(OUTPUT)/libarena"
LIBARENA_BPF_DEPS := $(wildcard libarena/Makefile \
libarena/include/* \
@@ -835,17 +836,17 @@ LIBARENA_BPF_DEPS := $(wildcard libarena/Makefile \
libarena/selftests/* \
libarena/*.bpf.o)
-LIBARENA_SKEL := libarena/libarena.skel.h
+LIBARENA_SKEL := $(OUTPUT)/libarena/libarena.skel.h
$(LIBARENA_SKEL): $(INCLUDE_DIR)/vmlinux.h $(BPFOBJ) $(LIBARENA_BPF_DEPS)
- +$(MAKE) -C libarena libarena.skel.h $(LIBARENA_MAKE_ARGS)
+ +$(MAKE) -C libarena $(LIBARENA_SKEL) $(LIBARENA_MAKE_ARGS)
ifneq ($(CLANG_HAS_ARENA_ASAN),)
-LIBARENA_ASAN_SKEL := libarena/libarena_asan.skel.h
+LIBARENA_ASAN_SKEL := $(OUTPUT)/libarena/libarena_asan.skel.h
CFLAGS += -DHAS_BPF_ARENA_ASAN
$(LIBARENA_ASAN_SKEL): $(INCLUDE_DIR)/vmlinux.h $(BPFOBJ) $(LIBARENA_BPF_DEPS)
- +$(MAKE) -C libarena libarena_asan.skel.h $(LIBARENA_MAKE_ARGS)
+ +$(MAKE) -C libarena $(LIBARENA_ASAN_SKEL) $(LIBARENA_MAKE_ARGS)
endif
# Define test_progs test runner.
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/Makefile
index 5e2ab514805e..195d5f833186 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/libarena/Makefile
@@ -27,10 +27,14 @@ BPFDIR=$(abspath $(LIBARENA)/..)
INCLUDE_DIR ?= $(BPFDIR)/tools/include
LIBBPF_INCLUDE ?= $(INCLUDE_DIR)
+# Build output directory; defaults to in-tree for standalone builds.
+OUTPUT ?= .
+$(shell mkdir -p $(OUTPUT))
+
# Scan src/ and selftests/ to generate the final binaries
LIBARENA_SOURCES = $(wildcard $(LIBARENA)/src/*.bpf.c) $(wildcard $(LIBARENA)/selftests/*.bpf.c)
-LIBARENA_OBJECTS = $(notdir $(LIBARENA_SOURCES:.bpf.c=.bpf.o))
-LIBARENA_OBJECTS_ASAN = $(notdir $(LIBARENA_SOURCES:.bpf.c=_asan.bpf.o))
+LIBARENA_OBJECTS = $(addprefix $(OUTPUT)/,$(notdir $(LIBARENA_SOURCES:.bpf.c=.bpf.o)))
+LIBARENA_OBJECTS_ASAN = $(addprefix $(OUTPUT)/,$(notdir $(LIBARENA_SOURCES:.bpf.c=_asan.bpf.o)))
INCLUDES = -I$(LIBARENA)/include -I$(BPFDIR)
ifneq ($(INCLUDE_DIR),)
@@ -61,32 +65,32 @@ CFLAGS += $(INCLUDES)
vpath %.bpf.c $(LIBARENA)/src $(LIBARENA)/selftests
vpath %.c $(LIBARENA)/src $(LIBARENA)/selftests
-skeletons: libarena.skel.h libarena_asan.skel.h
+skeletons: $(OUTPUT)/libarena.skel.h $(OUTPUT)/libarena_asan.skel.h
.PHONY: skeletons
-libarena_asan.skel.h: libarena_asan.bpf.o
+$(OUTPUT)/libarena_asan.skel.h: $(OUTPUT)/libarena_asan.bpf.o
$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,libarena,$@)
$(Q)$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< name "libarena_asan" > $@
-libarena.skel.h: libarena.bpf.o
+$(OUTPUT)/libarena.skel.h: $(OUTPUT)/libarena.bpf.o
$(call msg,GEN-SKEL,libarena,$@)
$(Q)$(BPFTOOL) gen skeleton $< name "libarena" > $@
-libarena_asan.bpf.o: $(LIBARENA_OBJECTS_ASAN)
+$(OUTPUT)/libarena_asan.bpf.o: $(LIBARENA_OBJECTS_ASAN)
$(call msg,GEN-OBJ,libarena,$@)
$(Q)$(BPFTOOL) gen object $@ $^
-libarena.bpf.o: $(LIBARENA_OBJECTS)
+$(OUTPUT)/libarena.bpf.o: $(LIBARENA_OBJECTS)
$(call msg,GEN-OBJ,libarena,$@)
$(Q)$(BPFTOOL) gen object $@ $^
-%_asan.bpf.o: %.bpf.c
+$(OUTPUT)/%_asan.bpf.o: %.bpf.c
$(call msg,CLNG-BPF,libarena,$@)
$(Q)$(CLANG) $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(ASAN_FLAGS) -DBPF_ARENA_ASAN $(BPF_TARGET_ENDIAN) -c $< -o $@
-%.bpf.o: %.bpf.c
+$(OUTPUT)/%.bpf.o: %.bpf.c
$(call msg,CLNG-BPF,libarena,$@)
$(Q)$(CLANG) $(BPF_CFLAGS) $(BPF_TARGET_ENDIAN) -c $< -o $@
clean:
- $(Q)rm -f *.skel.h *.bpf.o *.linked*.o
+ $(Q)rm -f $(OUTPUT)/*.skel.h $(OUTPUT)/*.bpf.o $(OUTPUT)/*.linked*.o
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