[LTP] [PATCH v3 1/2] Makefile: Add kernel modules related make targets

[Petr Vorel]

Hi Li, all,

> On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 7:22 AM Li Wang <liwang@redhat.com> wrote:

> > Hi Petr,

> > On Thu, Aug 7, 2025 at 5:14 AM Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz> wrote:

> >> LTP contains few kernel modules and tests which are using them.  These
> >> require to be built with the same kernel headers as the running kernel
> >> (SUT). Sometimes the best way to achieve this is to compile them on the
> >> SUT.

> >> Add 'modules', 'modules-clean' and 'modules-install' make targets to
> >> make it easier to build them.


> > Maybe better to keep the make target consistent with the kernel build
> > command:
> >   make modules_install
> >   make modules_clean

> Also, it looks like LTP mixes using "-" and "_" in its make targets:

>   lib-all, metadata-all, clean_install_dir, ver_linux

I chose '-' because that's what uses LTP for make targets.
ver_linux uses underscore because target inherits it from the name of the file.

clean_install_dir is the only target which uses '_', I'm not sure why this
inconsistency.

> So we may need to use just one selection, which can be done in a separate
> patch anyway.

I got the point that kernel uses '_'. Do we want to unify after years using '-'?
I'm ok to do the work if we consider it's useful.

I personally consider more important from the long term to change build system
to meson (de facto standard for the userspace projects, including these related
to kernel).

Kind regards,
Petr