[PATCH bpf-next v8 02/11] selftests/bpf: Fix test_kmods KDIR to honor O= and distro kernels
From: Ricardo B. Marlière
Date: Tue Apr 28 2026 - 19:50:07 EST
test_kmods/Makefile always pointed KDIR at the kernel source tree root,
ignoring O= and KBUILD_OUTPUT. On distro kernels where the source tree has
not been built, there was no fallback and the build would fail
unconditionally.
When O= or KBUILD_OUTPUT points at a prepared kernel build directory (one
containing Module.symvers), pass it through so kbuild can locate the
correct build infrastructure. Note that module artifacts still land in the
M= directory (test_kmods/); O= only controls where kbuild finds its build
infrastructure. Fall back to /lib/modules/$(uname -r)/build when neither an
explicit valid build directory nor an in-tree Module.symvers is present.
A selftests-only O= value (one that does not contain Module.symvers) is
intentionally not treated as a kernel build directory to avoid passing an
unrelated directory to kbuild. The parent bpf/Makefile resolves O= and
KBUILD_OUTPUT to absolute paths before invoking the test_kmods sub-make so
relative paths anchor to the user's invocation directory rather than the
sub-make's CWD.
Guard the clean target against a missing KDIR unconditionally. In
permissive mode, also guard the all target and make the parent Makefile's
cp step conditional so that a missing or unbuilt module does not abort the
build.
Signed-off-by: Ricardo B. Marlière <rbm@xxxxxxxx>
---
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile | 10 +++++----
tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/Makefile | 30 ++++++++++++++++++++++---
2 files changed, 33 insertions(+), 7 deletions(-)
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
index 6094fe99b5f6..cc6ee7a2df93 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
@@ -296,13 +296,15 @@ $(OUTPUT)/sign-file: ../../../../scripts/sign-file.c
# subst() turns the rule into a pattern matching rule
$(addprefix test_kmods/,$(subst .ko,%ko,$(TEST_KMODS))): $(VMLINUX_BTF) $(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) $(wildcard test_kmods/Makefile test_kmods/*.[ch])
$(Q)$(RM) test_kmods/*.ko test_kmods/*.mod.o # force re-compilation
- $(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C test_kmods \
- RESOLVE_BTFIDS=$(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) \
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) $(submake_extras) -C test_kmods \
+ $(if $(O),O=$(abspath $(O))) \
+ $(if $(KBUILD_OUTPUT),KBUILD_OUTPUT=$(abspath $(KBUILD_OUTPUT)))\
+ RESOLVE_BTFIDS=$(RESOLVE_BTFIDS) \
EXTRA_CFLAGS='' EXTRA_LDFLAGS=''
$(TEST_KMOD_TARGETS): $(addprefix test_kmods/,$(TEST_KMODS))
$(call msg,MOD,,$@)
- $(Q)cp test_kmods/$(@F) $@
+ $(Q)$(if $(PERMISSIVE),if [ -f test_kmods/$(@F) ]; then )cp test_kmods/$(@F) $@$(if $(PERMISSIVE),; fi)
DEFAULT_BPFTOOL := $(HOST_SCRATCH_DIR)/sbin/bpftool
@@ -718,7 +720,7 @@ $(TRUNNER_LIB_OBJS): $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/%.o:$(TOOLSDIR)/lib/%.c
$(TRUNNER_BINARY)-extras: $(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES) | $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)
ifneq ($2:$(OUTPUT),:$(shell pwd))
$$(call msg,EXT-COPY,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES))
- $(Q)rsync -aq $$^ $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/
+ $(Q)rsync -aq $(if $(PERMISSIVE),--ignore-missing-args) $$^ $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/
endif
# some X.test.o files have runtime dependencies on Y.bpf.o files
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/Makefile
index 63c4d3f6a12f..dcba595b4b99 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/Makefile
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/test_kmods/Makefile
@@ -1,5 +1,16 @@
TEST_KMOD_DIR := $(realpath $(dir $(abspath $(lastword $(MAKEFILE_LIST)))))
-KDIR ?= $(abspath $(TEST_KMOD_DIR)/../../../../..)
+SRCTREE_KDIR := $(abspath $(TEST_KMOD_DIR)/../../../../..)
+# Honor O=/KBUILD_OUTPUT only if they point at a prepared kernel build
+# directory (one containing Module.symvers); otherwise treat the value as a
+# selftests-only output directory and fall back to in-tree or distro headers.
+# The parent bpf/Makefile resolves O=/KBUILD_OUTPUT to absolute paths before
+# invoking this sub-make so relative paths still anchor to the user's
+# invocation directory.
+KMOD_O := $(or $(O),$(KBUILD_OUTPUT))
+KMOD_O_VALID := $(if $(KMOD_O),$(if $(wildcard $(KMOD_O)/Module.symvers),$(KMOD_O)))
+KDIR ?= $(if $(KMOD_O_VALID),$(SRCTREE_KDIR), \
+ $(if $(wildcard $(SRCTREE_KDIR)/Module.symvers),$(SRCTREE_KDIR), \
+ /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build))
ifeq ($(V),1)
Q =
@@ -14,8 +25,21 @@ $(foreach m,$(MODULES),$(eval obj-m += $(m:.ko=.o)))
CFLAGS_bpf_testmod.o = -I$(src)
+# When BPF_STRICT_BUILD != 0, a missing KDIR is fatal (the default).
+# When permissive, skip silently.
+PERMISSIVE := $(filter 0,$(BPF_STRICT_BUILD))
+
all:
- $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(TEST_KMOD_DIR) modules
+ifeq ($(PERMISSIVE),)
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) $(if $(KMOD_O_VALID),O=$(KMOD_O_VALID),KBUILD_OUTPUT=) \
+ M=$(TEST_KMOD_DIR) modules
+else ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KDIR))", "")
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) $(if $(KMOD_O_VALID),O=$(KMOD_O_VALID),KBUILD_OUTPUT=) \
+ M=$(TEST_KMOD_DIR) modules
+endif
clean:
- $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(TEST_KMOD_DIR) clean
+ifneq ("$(wildcard $(KDIR))", "")
+ $(Q)$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) $(if $(KMOD_O_VALID),O=$(KMOD_O_VALID),KBUILD_OUTPUT=) \
+ M=$(TEST_KMOD_DIR) clean
+endif
--
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