linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86: test early command-line code

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Date:	Wed, 27 Jan 2016 13:28:15 +0100
From:	Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
To:	Dave Hansen <dave@...1.net>
Cc:	x86@...nel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
	dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com, hpa@...or.com, fenghua.yu@...el.com,
	yu-cheng.yu@...el.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 5/5] x86: test early command-line code

On Tue, Dec 22, 2015 at 02:52:44PM -0800, Dave Hansen wrote:
> 
> From: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> 
> Here are some simple tests for the early command-line code.  It
> had way more bugs than it should have, so let's make sure they
> never pop up again.
> 
> Note, there are a few failures in here now.  We will fix those
> up in the next few patches.
> 
> This is complete overkill for this code, but I had to do it to
> convince myself that I wasn't making it any worse.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...ux.intel.com>
> Cc: Borislav Petkov <bp@...e.de>
> Cc: H. Peter Anvin <hpa@...or.com>
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: fenghua.yu@...el.com
> Cc: yu-cheng.yu@...el.com
> ---
> 
>  b/arch/x86/Kconfig.debug  |    7 ++
>  b/arch/x86/kernel/check.c |    1 
>  b/arch/x86/kernel/setup.c |    9 +++
>  b/arch/x86/lib/cmdline.c  |  122 ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++

First 4 applied, thanks.

This one belongs into tools/testing/selftests/x86/, AFAICT, and can be
run in userspace just the same.

-- 
Regards/Gruss,
    Boris.

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