linux/tools/testing/selftests/vm $ make
gcc -Wall -I ../../../../usr/include compaction_test.c -lrt -o /compaction_test
/usr/lib/gcc/x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/4.9.4/../../../../x86_64-pc-linux-gnu/bin/ld: cannot open output file /compaction_test: Permission denied
collect2: error: ld returned 1 exit status
make: *** [../lib.mk:54: /compaction_test] Error 1
Since commit a8ba798bc8 ("selftests: enable O and KBUILD_OUTPUT")
selftests/vm build fails if run from the "selftests/vm" directory, but
it works in the selftests/ directory. It's quicker to be able to do a
local vm-only build after a tree wipe and this patch allows for it
again.
Link: http://lkml.kernel.org/r/20170302173738.18994-4-aarcange@redhat.com
Signed-off-by: Andrea Arcangeli <aarcange@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Rapoport <rppt@linux.vnet.ibm.com>
Cc: "Dr. David Alan Gilbert" <dgilbert@redhat.com>
Cc: Mike Kravetz <mike.kravetz@oracle.com>
Cc: Pavel Emelyanov <xemul@parallels.com>
Cc: Hillf Danton <hillf.zj@alibaba-inc.com>
Signed-off-by: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Signed-off-by: Linus Torvalds <torvalds@linux-foundation.org>
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