Re: [PATCH 3/4] selftests/nolibc: rename Makefile

[Thomas Weißschuh]

On 2025-06-21 06:14:21+0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> Hi Thomas,
> 
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2025 at 11:39:32PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > The nolibc tests are not real kselftests, they work differently and
> > provide a different interface. Users trying to use them like real
> > selftests may be confused and the tests are not executed by CI systems.
> > 
> > To make space for an integration with the kselftest framework, move the
> > custom tests out of the way.
> > The custom tests are still useful to keep as they provide functionality
> > not provided by kselftests.
> 
> I'm wondering, what prevents us from merging the new rules into the
> current makefile instead of renaming it, especially considering the
> fact that we initially took care of not confiscating the "all" target ?

We'll have conflicts around CFLAGS, the nolibc-test target and probably
other things. It will also make everything harder to understand and may
break unexpectedly in the future.

> I'm asking because: 
> 
>   $ make -f Makefile.nolibc help
> 
> is clearly less convenient and intuitive than:
> 
>   $ make help

Is your issue specifically with the help target?
We should be able to show the help message from the main Makefile with a
hint to the Makefile.nolibc.

Another, more general, possibility would be to move the special Makefile
to tools/testing/nolibc/ and keep only the selftest parts in
tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/.