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From:   =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
Subject: [PATCH RFC 0/3] selftests/nolibc: avoid spurious kernel relinks
Date:   Sat, 16 Sep 2023 09:13:26 +0200
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To:     Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@kernel.org>,
        Nathan Chancellor <nathan@kernel.org>,
        Nick Desaulniers <ndesaulniers@google.com>,
        Nicolas Schier <nicolas@fjasle.eu>, Willy Tarreau <w@1wt.eu>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>
Cc:     linux-kbuild@vger.kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
        =?utf-8?q?Thomas_Wei=C3=9Fschuh?= <linux@weissschuh.net>
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Currently the nolibc testsuite embeds the test executable into a kernel
image with CONFIG_INITRAMFS_SOURCE.
This forces a full kernel relink everytime the test executable is
updated.

This relinking step dominates the test cycle.
It is slower than building and running the test in qemu together.

With a bit of Makefile-shuffling the relinking can be avoided.

Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>
---
Thomas Weißschuh (3):
      kbuild: add toplevel target for usr/gen_init_cpio
      selftests/nolibc: don't embed initramfs into kernel image
      selftests/nolibc: drop target "rerun"

 Makefile                                |  4 +++
 tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/Makefile | 50 +++++++++++++++------------------
 2 files changed, 27 insertions(+), 27 deletions(-)
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base-commit: 3f79a57865b33f49fdae6655510bd27c8e6610e0
change-id: 20230916-nolibc-initramfs-4fd00eac3256

Best regards,
-- 
Thomas Weißschuh <linux@weissschuh.net>