Messages in this thread | | | Date | Tue, 25 Nov 2014 07:42:34 -0700 | From | Shuah Khan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH ftrace/core v6 5/5] kselftest, ftrace: Add ftrace IPMODIFY flag test |
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On 11/24/2014 06:23 PM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: > (2014/11/25 1:18), Shuah Khan wrote: >> On 11/24/2014 07:11 AM, Masami Hiramatsu wrote: >>> (CC'ed Shuah, since this is related to kselftest) >>> >>> >>> So, if your server directory is mounted with noexec, it's an environmental >>> problem. I guess you can not build any kernel drivers on that testbox, can you? >>> >>> Anyway, this gives us a good question, "should test binaries be made by >>> server or client(testbox) environment?" This ipmodify driver is a binary >>> and it should be built with the kernel binary (by server) I think. >>> But yes, I missed the Makefile didn't allow that (this always referred >>> installed running kernel builddir). >>> >>> I hope to have CONFIG_KSELFTEST_BINARIES for Kconfig, or make prep_kselftest >>> target to build these binaries with kernel... >>> >>> Shuah, what would you think about this? >> >> I am working on patch series to add an install target to the >> main kernel makefile, so these tests can be built and installed >> on a target just like we do with kernel and modules. I hope to >> get this in 3.19 or definitely into 3.20 >> >> This probably will help address the problem you are seeing. >> Install target is needed for qemu type environments as well. > > Yes, that is what we need for this test case! > Please CC to me when sending the series. I'd like to try and > know how it works :) >
Good. Please take a look at this thread and give it a try. Please give me feedback as well. This is the first step to get the install feature added and then we can refine it at the selftests level as needed.
https://lkml.org/lkml/2014/11/11/851
thanks, -- Shuah
-- Shuah Khan Sr. Linux Kernel Developer Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley) shuahkh@osg.samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
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