From mboxrd@z Thu Jan  1 00:00:00 1970
Return-Path: <linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org>
Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand
	id S1752709AbcADE5M (ORCPT <rfc822;w@1wt.eu>);
	Sun, 3 Jan 2016 23:57:12 -0500
Received: from ozlabs.org ([103.22.144.67]:40930 "EHLO ozlabs.org"
	rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP
	id S1752185AbcADE5H (ORCPT <rfc822;linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>);
	Sun, 3 Jan 2016 23:57:07 -0500
Message-ID: <1451883424.14373.1.camel@ellerman.id.au>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v3 0/2] Create specific kconfig for kselftest
From: Michael Ellerman <mpe@ellerman.id.au>
To: Bamvor Zhang Jian <bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org>,
        linux-api <linux-api@vger.kernel.org>
Cc: lkml <linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org>, linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org,
        Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com>, yann.morin.1998@free.fr,
        Kevin Hilman <khilman@linaro.org>,
        Tyler Baker <tyler.baker@linaro.org>, Mark Brown <broonie@kernel.org>,
        dvhart@infradead.org
Date: Mon, 04 Jan 2016 15:57:04 +1100
In-Reply-To: <CAFy1USTM1B_pWuPUun+yrhcHspNUOm9_2giWwJgOaJvgWDsiEA@mail.gmail.com>
References: <1450346273-31633-1-git-send-email-bamvor.zhangjian@linaro.org>
	 <1450395897.19696.0.camel@ellerman.id.au>
	 <CAFy1USTM1B_pWuPUun+yrhcHspNUOm9_2giWwJgOaJvgWDsiEA@mail.gmail.com>
Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8"
X-Mailer: Evolution 3.16.5-1ubuntu3.1 
Mime-Version: 1.0
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org
List-ID: <linux-kernel.vger.kernel.org>
X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org

On Thu, 2015-12-24 at 18:17 +0800, Bamvor Zhang Jian wrote:
> On 12/18/2015 07:44 AM, Michael Ellerman wrote:
> > On Thu, 2015-12-17 at 17:57 +0800, Bamvor Jian Zhang wrote:
> > > There is a discussion about improving the usability of kselftest by
> > > creating test-specific kconfig in recent kernel Summit.
> > > 
> > > Patch 1 keep test-specific kconfig fragments inside each selftest so
> > > that merge_configs.sh could build up a kernel that can test the
> > > specific or all feature(s).
> > > 
> > > Patch 2 add config option(kselftest-mergeconfig) in make file as a
> > > helper to merge all the test config dependecies to .config.
> > > 
> > > Changes since v2:
> > > 1.  Fix the misuse of objtree and srctree in the
> > >     kselftest-mergeconfig target.
> > > 
> > > Changes since v1:
> > > 1.  Add kselftest-mergeconfig in scripts/kconfig/Makefile according
> > >     to the suggestion from Michael.
> > 
> > Sorry I only just noticed you put it in scripts/kconfig/Makefile. I meant for
> > it to go in Makefile, alongside the other kselftest targets.
> 
> Do you mean "tools/testing/selftest/Makefile"? I try to do it but I could not
> get the objtree and srctree if it is called directly(objtree and srctree is
> defined in toplevel Makefile)

No I meant Makefile, the very top level Makefile.

There is already a kselftest target in there (line 1077), I meant we would add
a kselftest-mergeconfig target in there.

cheers