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Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2008 09:12:31 +0530
From: Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli <ananth@...ibm.com>
To: sfr@...b.auug.org.au
Cc: Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org>,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mingo@...e.hu, ak@...e.de,
arjan@...ux.intel.com, Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
Linus Torvalds <torvalds@...ux-foundation.org>,
sam@...nborg.org
Subject: Re: [GIT PULL?] Create and populate toplevel tests/ for kernel
tests
On Tue, Feb 19, 2008 at 08:21:53PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> Hi Anath.
>
> Linus did not pull this in the -rc1 to -rc2 timeframe
> so please resubmit the patch serie one week into the
> next merge window (when most of the trees has hit linus' tree
> and Andrew has made his first merge).
>
> IF you need an extra eye balling then you can submit
> a few weeks before the merge window opens.
> Thats typical after an -rc with only a few patches.
Stephen,
The patchset in question is just a major code movement - basically to
move all in-kernel tests to live under a toplevel tests/ directory. As
such, all the stakeholders have acked the patchset, but it does look
like this is a big enough change to be deferred to the next merge
window.
Given that there is general agreement about the patchset, could you
please pull in the changes into the linux-next tree?
Sam has setup a git tree for this and you can pull from:
ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/tests.git
Link to the thread: http://lkml.org/lkml/2008/2/11/97
Thanks,
Ananth
> Thanks,
> Sam
>
> On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 11:39:18PM +0100, Sam Ravnborg wrote:
> > Hi Linus.
> >
> > Will you consider such a primary code-movement for -rc1
> > or shall we wait until next merge window?
> >
> > Had we hit -rc2 I would not have sent this pull req and
> > feel free to flame me anyway.
> >
> > The rationale to get it merged is obviously to avoid
> > merge conflicts and the only reason I ask is that I consider
> > it a low risk patch.
> >
> > I have not included 8/8 since it was questioned and it
> > will wait until next merge window. But the first 7 was
> > straightforward.
> >
> > You can pull from:
> > ssh://master.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/sam/tests.git
> >
> > diffstat and shortlog below.
> > I also included mail last with a few of the merge related comments.
> >
> > Sam
> >
> > Makefile | 1 +
> > drivers/misc/Makefile | 1 -
> > kernel/Makefile | 4 -
> > lib/Kconfig.debug | 71 +--------------------
> > lib/Makefile | 1 -
> > tests/Kconfig | 79 +++++++++++++++++++++++
> > tests/Makefile | 10 +++
> > {kernel => tests}/backtracetest.c | 0
> > {drivers/misc => tests}/lkdtm.c | 12 ++--
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-hardirq.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-mutex.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-rlock-hardirq.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-rlock-softirq.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-rlock.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-rsem.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-softirq.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-spin-hardirq.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-spin-softirq.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-spin.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-wlock-hardirq.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-wlock-softirq.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-wlock.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest-wsem.h | 0
> > {lib => tests}/locking-selftest.c | 0
> > {kernel => tests}/rcutorture.c | 0
> > {kernel => tests}/rtmutex-tester.c | 2 +-
> > {kernel => tests}/test_kprobes.c | 0
> > 27 files changed, 99 insertions(+), 82 deletions(-)
> >
> > Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli (7):
> > Create tests/ directory
> > Move locking selftests to tests/
> > Move rcutorture to tests/
> > Move rtmutex-tests to tests/
> > Move lkdtm to tests/
> > Move kprobes smoke tests to tests/
> > Move backtrace tests to tests/
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 12, 2008 at 01:22:46PM -0800, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > > On Tue, 12 Feb 2008 11:44:52 -0500
> > > Christoph Hellwig <hch@...radead.org> wrote:
> > >
> > > > On Mon, Feb 11, 2008 at 04:14:52PM +0530, Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli wrote:
> > > > > The following series of patches create and populate the toplevel tests/
> > > > > directory. This will henceforth be the place where all in-kernel tests
> > > > > live.
> > > > >
> > > > > All patches against 2.6.25-rc1 and are just code movement without any
> > > > > change in functionality.
> > > >
> > > > ACK to patches 1-7, and I agree with Ingo that the x86-specific test
> > > > should stay under arch/x86.
> > >
> > > OK. But now is basically the worst time for me (or anyone else) to merge
> > > large code-motion changes like this, because they need to be carried for
> > > two months or more.
> > >
> > > And even though git can track renames, putting them into a git tree (say,
> > > git-kbuild) won't help, because if some other git tree tries to modify a
> > > file in its original place, I get to fix up the fallout.
> > >
> > > Which I _could_ do, and would do if the patches were particularly risky or
> > > added/changed functionality or whatever. But they don't do that, and there
> > > is little advantage in maintaining them for the >2 months.
> > >
> > > So. Please redo and resend the patches when we hit 2.6.25-rc6 or so?
> > >
> > > Thanks.
> > >
> > > (linux-next will largely fix all this: git will take care of the renames
> > > and I'll just base the -mm queue on the consolidated linux-next. But we
> > > aren't there yet).
> > >
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