Re: [PATCH] vfio: selftests: Build tests on aarch64

[Matt Evans]

Hi Alex,

On 18/03/2026 22:55, Alex Williamson wrote:
> On Tue, 17 Mar 2026 16:25:18 -0700
> Ted Logan <tedlogan@xxxxxx> wrote:
> 
>> Also build vfio self-tests on aarch64 variants, in addition to arm64 and
>> x86_64.
>>
>> Reported-by: Matt Evans <mattev@xxxxxxxx>
>> Closes: https://lore.kernel.org/all/e51b4ff2-13c4-47d4-b781-3dcbd740d274@xxxxxxxx/ 
>> ---
>> Signed-off-by: Ted Logan <tedlogan@xxxxxx>
> 
> Careful, this is a good way to get your Sign-off lost in the tooling.
> 
>> ---
>>  tools/testing/selftests/vfio/Makefile | 2 +-
>>  1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/Makefile
>> index 8e90e409e91d..98bc8d6271a4 100644
>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/Makefile
>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vfio/Makefile
>> @@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
>> -ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m)
>> +ARCH ?= $(shell uname -m | sed -e 's/aarch64.*/arm64/')
> 
> Are we intentionally enabling aarch64_be with this glob or is that just
> carry-over from similar in the mm selftest Makefile?
> 
> Big endian ARM64 support is really not on my radar for vfio, but it
> wouldn't be our first foray into big endian systems.
> 
> If it wasn't intentional, maybe just add "aarch64" to the below filter
> list directly.  Thanks,

I think that won't work for cross-builds passing in ARCH=arm64 "from
above".  We can just drop the `.*` part of the sed regexp, giving
ARCH=arm64 or arm64_be (the latter would fail to match in the filter below).


-Matt

> 
> Alex
>  
>>  ifeq (,$(filter $(ARCH),arm64 x86_64))
>>  # Do nothing on unsupported architectures
>>
>> ---
>> base-commit: 96ca4caf9066f5ebd35b561a521af588a8eb0215
>> change-id: 20260317-vfio-selftests-aarch64-636abf0f7674
>>
>> Best regards,
>