Re: [PATCH bpf-next v9 01/11] selftests/bpf: Add BPF_STRICT_BUILD toggle

[bot+bpf-ci]

> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> index 97ee61f2ade5..6094fe99b5f6 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile
> @@ -44,6 +44,12 @@ SKIP_LLVM	?=
>  SKIP_LIBBFD	?=
>  SKIP_CRYPTO	?=
>
> +# When BPF_STRICT_BUILD is 1, any BPF object, skeleton, test object, or
> +# benchmark compilation failure is fatal. Set to 0 to tolerate failures
> +# and continue building the remaining tests.
> +BPF_STRICT_BUILD ?= 1
> +PERMISSIVE := $(filter 0,$(BPF_STRICT_BUILD))
> +
>  ifeq ($(srctree),)
>  srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(CURDIR)))
>  srctree := $(patsubst %/,%,$(dir $(srctree)))

Multiple reviewers (Sashiko AI and bot+bpf-ci@xxxxxxxxxx) raised a concern
in v5 that when permissive mode skips building .ko files, the
$(TRUNNER_BINARY)-extras rsync target will fail fatally during out-of-tree
builds (when O= is set) because TEST_KMOD_TARGETS are included in
TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES but the .ko files were never created.

The rsync command lacks --ignore-missing-args flag to handle missing files:

tools/testing/selftests/bpf/Makefile:$(TRUNNER_BINARY)-extras {
    $(call msg,EXT-COPY,$(TRUNNER_BINARY),$(TRUNNER_EXTRA_FILES))
    $(Q)rsync -aq $$^ $(TRUNNER_OUTPUT)/
}

According to the v6 changelog, this was addressed by adding
--ignore-missing-args to the -extras rsync, but this fix does not appear
in the current commit. Does the rsync command need --ignore-missing-args
to prevent 'No such file or directory' errors when .ko files are missing
in permissive mode during out-of-tree builds?

Reference:
https://lore.kernel.org/bpf/20260415211828.BFAFFC19424@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
Reviewer: Sashiko AI
Date: Wed, 15 Apr 2026 21:18:28 +0000


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