[PATCH v2 3/6] Makefile: Only print the test summary in the second pass of 'make check'
Sam James
sam@gentoo.org
Thu Aug 6 18:04:35 GMT 2026
Adhemerval Zanella <adhemerval.zanella@linaro.org> writes:
> The build-only first pass of the two-pass 'make check' still runs the
> static checks (abi, conformtest, installed headers, etc.), and the
> top-level tests recipe merged and summarized their results.
>
> An unexpected FAIL there (e.g. check-abi) aborted 'check' before the
> second pass ran any built test, and even a clean run printed a misleading
> partial summary.
>
> Pass tests-summary=no in the first pass to skip the merge and summary;
> the .test-result files persist, so the second pass folds those results
> into the one complete summary at the end, restoring the single-pass
> reporting behavior.
Reviewed-by: Sam James <sam@gentoo.org>
> ---
> Makefile | 7 +++++++
> Makerules | 11 +++++++++--
> 2 files changed, 16 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/Makefile b/Makefile
> index a6aabca6911..b9fac6f47c6 100644
> --- a/Makefile
> +++ b/Makefile
> @@ -869,7 +869,11 @@ endif
> touch $(objpfx)testroot.pristine/install.stamp
>
> tests-special-notdir = $(patsubst $(objpfx)%, %, $(tests-special))
> +# The build-only first pass of the two-pass 'make check' (see Makerules)
> +# passes tests-summary=no: the merge and summary are left to the second
> +# pass, which folds in this pass's $(tests-special) results.
> tests: $(tests-special)
> +ifneq ($(tests-summary),no)
> $(..)scripts/merge-test-results.sh -s $(objpfx) "" \
> $(sort $(tests-special-notdir:.out=)) \
> > $(objpfx)subdir-tests.sum
> @@ -877,11 +881,14 @@ tests: $(tests-special)
> $(sort $(subdirs) .) \
> > $(objpfx)tests.sum
> $(call summarize-tests,tests.sum)
> +endif
> xtests:
> +ifneq ($(tests-summary),no)
> $(..)scripts/merge-test-results.sh -t $(objpfx) subdir-xtests.sum \
> $(sort $(subdirs)) \
> > $(objpfx)xtests.sum
> $(call summarize-tests,xtests.sum, for extra tests)
> +endif
>
> # The realclean target is just like distclean for the parent, but we want
> # the subdirs to know the difference in case they care.
> diff --git a/Makerules b/Makerules
> index dfe66b7fa6c..5f65f3ab9ee 100644
> --- a/Makerules
> +++ b/Makerules
> @@ -1211,6 +1211,13 @@ ALL_BUILD_CFLAGS = $(BUILD_CFLAGS) $(BUILD_CPPFLAGS) -D_GNU_SOURCE \
> # therefore builds the test programs (run-built-tests=no, recursion fully
> # parallel) and then runs them (run-built-tests=yes). 'make tests' and a
> # subdirectory's own 'check' stay single-pass.
> +# The first pass still runs the static checks ($(tests-special): abi,
> +# conformtest, installed headers, ...), so tests-summary=no makes it skip
> +# the results merge and summary: an unexpected FAIL there would otherwise
> +# abort 'check' before the second pass runs any built test, and even a
> +# clean run would print a misleading partial summary. The .test-result
> +# files persist, so the second pass folds those results into the one
> +# complete summary at the end.
> check-twopass :=
> ifndef subdir
> ifeq (yes,$(run-built-tests))
> @@ -1219,10 +1226,10 @@ endif
> endif
> ifeq (yes,$(check-twopass))
> check:
> - $(MAKE) run-built-tests=no tests
> + $(MAKE) run-built-tests=no tests-summary=no tests
> $(MAKE) run-built-tests=yes tests
> xcheck:
> - $(MAKE) run-built-tests=no xtests
> + $(MAKE) run-built-tests=no tests-summary=no xtests
> $(MAKE) run-built-tests=yes xtests
> else
> check: tests
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