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Makefile: Use M to build extern kernel module instead of SUBDIRS

Message ID 1617775951-3717-1-git-send-email-xuyang2018.jy@fujitsu.com
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Yang Xu April 7, 2021, 6:12 a.m. UTC
Since 5.3 kernel commit 7e35b42591c0 ("kbuild: remove SUBDIRS support"),
SUBDIRS has been removed. We can only use make M=dir or set the environment
variable KBUILD_EXTMOD to specify the directory of external module to build.

Signed-off-by: Yang Xu <xuyang2018.jy@fujitsu.com>
---
 .../kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile    |  4 ++--
 testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile    |  4 ++--
 .../kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile    |  2 +-
 testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile       |  4 ++--
 .../misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile     |  8 ++++----
 testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile           |  6 +++---
 testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile      | 10 +++++-----
 .../kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile    |  8 ++++----
 testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile                |  4 ++--
 9 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)

Comments

Xiao Yang April 7, 2021, 7:25 a.m. UTC | #1
On 2021/4/7 14:12, Yang Xu wrote:
> Since 5.3 kernel commit 7e35b42591c0 ("kbuild: remove SUBDIRS support"),
> SUBDIRS has been removed. We can only use make M=dir or set the environment
> variable KBUILD_EXTMOD to specify the directory of external module to build.
Hi Xu,

One missing Makefile:
testcases/kernel/device-drivers/dev_sim_framework/kernel_space/Makefile

> Signed-off-by: Yang Xu<xuyang2018.jy@fujitsu.com>
> ---
>   .../kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile    |  4 ++--
>   testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile    |  4 ++--
>   .../kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile    |  2 +-
>   testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile       |  4 ++--
>   .../misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile     |  8 ++++----
>   testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile           |  6 +++---
>   testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile      | 10 +++++-----
>   .../kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile    |  8 ++++----
>   testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile                |  4 ++--
>   9 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
> index 5357c135e..5a10064f0 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
> @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   default:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR)  SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules

Is it necessary to update these comments? In other words, could we 
remove these comments directly?

Best Regards,
Xiao Yang
>   endif
>
>   clean:
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
> index 6f7e5e2c1..5e5a40e61 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
> @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   default:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>   endif
>
>   clean:
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
> index 11e54d9be..24b768d76 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   default:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD)  modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD)  modules
>   endif
>
>   clean:
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
> index c9810ba5e..72d7293c2 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
> @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   default:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>   	${CC} -Wall -o userBlockInclude userBlockInclude.c
> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>   endif
>
>   clean:
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
> index 3bc274dad..ae802f77c 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
> @@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   modules:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>
>   clean:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
>   	rm -f modules.order
>
>   help:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
>
>   modules_install:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
>
>   endif
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
> index 172510fe8..a1fab20f8 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
> @@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   default:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>   	${CC} $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -o userBlockNLS userBlockNLS.c
> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>
>   clean:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
>   	rm -f modules.order
>   	rm -f userBlockNLS
>
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
> index 9488cd563..4dcbca36c 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
> @@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   default:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>
>   clean:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
>   	rm -f modules.order
>
>   help:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
>
>   modules_install:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
>
>   endif
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
> index 56e255b04..549c37d5c 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
> @@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   modules:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>
>   clean:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
>   	rm -f modules.order
>
>   help:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
>
>   modules_install:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
>
>   endif
> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
> index 7c46a4c4d..5f4030661 100644
> --- a/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
> +++ b/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
> @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>   PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>
>   default:
> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>   	${CC}  $(CFLAGS) -o ltpfstest -lm  main.c
> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>   endif
>
>   clean:
Yang Xu April 7, 2021, 7:55 a.m. UTC | #2
Hi Xiao
> On 2021/4/7 14:12, Yang Xu wrote:
>> Since 5.3 kernel commit 7e35b42591c0 ("kbuild: remove SUBDIRS support"),
>> SUBDIRS has been removed. We can only use make M=dir or set the environment
>> variable KBUILD_EXTMOD to specify the directory of external module to build.
> Hi Xu,
> 
> One missing Makefile:
> testcases/kernel/device-drivers/dev_sim_framework/kernel_space/Makefile
Thanks for catching this. I will send a v2.
> 
>> Signed-off-by: Yang Xu<xuyang2018.jy@fujitsu.com>
>> ---
>>    .../kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile    |  4 ++--
>>    testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile    |  4 ++--
>>    .../kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile    |  2 +-
>>    testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile       |  4 ++--
>>    .../misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile     |  8 ++++----
>>    testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile           |  6 +++---
>>    testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile      | 10 +++++-----
>>    .../kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile    |  8 ++++----
>>    testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile                |  4 ++--
>>    9 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 25 deletions(-)
>>
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
>> index 5357c135e..5a10064f0 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
>> @@ -14,8 +14,8 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    default:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR)  SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
> 
> Is it necessary to update these comments? In other words, could we
> remove these comments directly?
These makefiles all have the following comment:
#
# Makefile for GCOV profiling kernel module
#

#KERNELDIR := /usr/src/linux-2.5.64-gcov

It maybe used to test kernel module coverage. I am not sure.
I guess we can remove them in a separate patch if they are useless after
discussion.

@cyril,petr,Li  Do you have some advise for these comments?

Best Regards
Yang Xu

> 
> Best Regards,
> Xiao Yang
>>    endif
>>
>>    clean:
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
>> index 6f7e5e2c1..5e5a40e61 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
>> @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    default:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>    endif
>>
>>    clean:
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
>> index 11e54d9be..24b768d76 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
>> @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    default:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD)  modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD)  modules
>>    endif
>>
>>    clean:
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
>> index c9810ba5e..72d7293c2 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
>> @@ -13,9 +13,9 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    default:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>    	${CC} -Wall -o userBlockInclude userBlockInclude.c
>> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>    endif
>>
>>    clean:
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
>> index 3bc274dad..ae802f77c 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
>> @@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    modules:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>
>>    clean:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
>>    	rm -f modules.order
>>
>>    help:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
>>
>>    modules_install:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
>>
>>    endif
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
>> index 172510fe8..a1fab20f8 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
>> @@ -12,12 +12,12 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    default:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>    	${CC} $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -o userBlockNLS userBlockNLS.c
>> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>
>>    clean:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
>>    	rm -f modules.order
>>    	rm -f userBlockNLS
>>
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
>> index 9488cd563..4dcbca36c 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
>> @@ -13,17 +13,17 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    default:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>
>>    clean:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
>>    	rm -f modules.order
>>
>>    help:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
>>
>>    modules_install:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
>>
>>    endif
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
>> index 56e255b04..549c37d5c 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
>> @@ -9,16 +9,16 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    modules:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>
>>    clean:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
>>    	rm -f modules.order
>>
>>    help:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
>>
>>    modules_install:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
>>
>>    endif
>> diff --git a/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
>> index 7c46a4c4d..5f4030661 100644
>> --- a/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
>> +++ b/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
>> @@ -14,9 +14,9 @@ KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
>>    PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
>>
>>    default:
>> -	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>    	${CC}  $(CFLAGS) -o ltpfstest -lm  main.c
>> -#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
>> +#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
>>    endif
>>
>>    clean:
diff mbox series

Patch

diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
index 5357c135e..5a10064f0 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/agp/kernel_space/Makefile
@@ -14,8 +14,8 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 default:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR)  SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
-#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
+#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 endif
 
 clean:
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
index 6f7e5e2c1..5e5a40e61 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/base/tbase/Makefile
@@ -13,8 +13,8 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 default:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
-#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
+#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 endif
 
 clean:
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
index 11e54d9be..24b768d76 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/drm/kernel_space/Makefile
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 default:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD)  modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD)  modules
 endif
 
 clean:
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
index c9810ba5e..72d7293c2 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/include/Makefile
@@ -13,9 +13,9 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 default:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 	${CC} -Wall -o userBlockInclude userBlockInclude.c
-#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 endif
 
 clean:
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
index 3bc274dad..ae802f77c 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/misc_modules/per_cpu_allocator_module/Makefile
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 modules:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 
 clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
 	rm -f modules.order
 
 help:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
 
 modules_install:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
 
 endif
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
index 172510fe8..a1fab20f8 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/nls/Makefile
@@ -12,12 +12,12 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 default:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 	${CC} $(EXTRA_CFLAGS) -o userBlockNLS userBlockNLS.c
-#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 
 clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
 	rm -f modules.order
 	rm -f userBlockNLS
 
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
index 9488cd563..4dcbca36c 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/usb/tusb/Makefile
@@ -13,17 +13,17 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 default:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
-#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
+#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 
 clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
 	rm -f modules.order
 
 help:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
 
 modules_install:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
 
 endif
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
index 56e255b04..549c37d5c 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/device-drivers/v4l/kernel_space/Makefile
@@ -9,16 +9,16 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 modules:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 
 clean:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) clean
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) clean
 	rm -f modules.order
 
 help:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) help
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) help
 
 modules_install:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules_install
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules_install
 
 endif
diff --git a/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile b/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
index 7c46a4c4d..5f4030661 100644
--- a/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
+++ b/testcases/kernel/fs/scsi/ltpfs/Makefile
@@ -14,9 +14,9 @@  KDIR	:= /lib/modules/$(shell uname -r)/build
 PWD	:= $(shell pwd)
 
 default:
-	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+	$(MAKE) -C $(KDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 	${CC}  $(CFLAGS) -o ltpfstest -lm  main.c
-#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) SUBDIRS=$(PWD) modules
+#	$(MAKE) -C $(KERNELDIR) M=$(PWD) modules
 endif
 
 clean: