[PATCH 5/6] selftests: Preserve subtarget failures in all/install

From: Ricardo B. Marlière

Date: Fri Mar 20 2026 - 14:30:39 EST


Track failures explicitly in the top-level selftests all/install loops.

The current code multiplies `ret` by each sub-make exit status. For
example, with `TARGETS=net`, the implicit `net/lib` dependency runs after
`net`, so a failed `net` build can be followed by a successful `net/lib`
build and reset the final result to success.

Set `ret` to 1 on any non-zero sub-make exit code and keep it sticky, so
the top-level make returns failure when any selected selftest target
fails.

Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marlière <rbm@xxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/Makefile | 8 ++++----
1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)

diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
index 450f13ba4cca..0949f370ad78 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/Makefile
@@ -209,14 +209,14 @@ export KHDR_INCLUDES
.DEFAULT_GOAL := all

all:
- @ret=1; \
+ @ret=0; \
for TARGET in $(TARGETS) $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS); do \
BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET; \
mkdir $$BUILD_TARGET -p; \
$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET \
O=$(abs_objtree) \
$(if $(FORCE_TARGETS),|| exit); \
- ret=$$((ret * $$?)); \
+ [ $$? -eq 0 ] || ret=1; \
done; exit $$ret;

run_tests: all
@@ -274,7 +274,7 @@ ifdef INSTALL_PATH
install -m 744 kselftest/ksft.py $(INSTALL_PATH)/kselftest/
install -m 744 run_kselftest.sh $(INSTALL_PATH)/
rm -f $(TEST_LIST)
- @ret=1; \
+ @ret=0; \
for TARGET in $(TARGETS) $(INSTALL_DEP_TARGETS); do \
BUILD_TARGET=$$BUILD/$$TARGET; \
$(MAKE) OUTPUT=$$BUILD_TARGET -C $$TARGET install \
@@ -283,7 +283,7 @@ ifdef INSTALL_PATH
OBJ_PATH=$(INSTALL_PATH) \
O=$(abs_objtree) \
$(if $(FORCE_TARGETS),|| exit); \
- ret=$$((ret * $$?)); \
+ [ $$? -eq 0 ] || ret=1; \
done; exit $$ret;



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