If kunit run happens in a tree in which a x86_64 kernel was built, the source tree could be dirty.
"make ARCH=um mrproper" will not clean the x86_64 build artifacts. Running "make ARCH=x86_64 mrproper" is necessary to clean them.
Add this information to the documentation.
Signed-off-by: Shuah Khan skhan@linuxfoundation.org --- Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst | 12 ++++++++++++ 1 file changed, 12 insertions(+)
diff --git a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst index a98235326bab..568e29aebd6e 100644 --- a/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst +++ b/Documentation/dev-tools/kunit/start.rst @@ -39,6 +39,18 @@ can run kunit_tool: ``make ARCH=um mrproper``, just be aware that this will delete the current configuration and all generated files.
+ You may see the following error if a prior build leaves behind + header files which 'make ARCH=um mrproper' fails to clean: + + "undefined symbol sev_es_trampoline_start referenced ..." + + This is special case scenario when a prior x86_64 build populates + the source tree with arch/x86/realmode/rm/pasyms.h. This header + will not be cleaned by 'make ARCH=um mrproper' + + If you encouter this problem, run 'make ARCH=x86_64 mrproper' to + remove generated header files. + If everything worked correctly, you should see the following:
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