linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/vm/keys: fix a broken reference at protection

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Date:   Mon, 4 May 2020 07:10:51 -0700
From:   Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>
To:     Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>,
        Linux Doc Mailing List <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Stephen Rothwell <sfr@...b.auug.org.au>,
        Sandipan Das <sandipan@...ux.ibm.com>,
        Ram Pai <linuxram@...ibm.com>,
        Thiago Jung Bauermann <bauerman@...ux.ibm.com>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/vm/keys: fix a broken reference at
 protection_keys.c

On 5/4/20 2:44 AM, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Changeset 1eecbcdca2bd ("docs: move protection-keys.rst to the core-api book")
> from Jun 7, 2019 converted protection-keys.txt file to ReST.
> 
> A recent change at protection_keys.c partially reverted such
> changeset, causing it to point to a non-existing file:
> 
> 	- * Tests x86 Memory Protection Keys (see Documentation/core-api/protection-keys.rst)
> 	+ * Tests Memory Protection Keys (see Documentation/vm/protection-keys.txt)
> 
> It sounds to me that the changeset that introduced such change
> 4645e3563673 ("selftests/vm/pkeys: rename all references to pkru to a generic name")
> could also have other side effects, as it sounds that it was not
> generated against uptream code, but, instead, against a version
> older than Jun 7, 2019.
> 
> Fixes: 4645e3563673 ("selftests/vm/pkeys: rename all references to pkru to a generic name")
> Signed-off-by: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>

Thanks for finding this!  The patch set which moved protection-keys.txt
out of x86 code probably just missed this when it got rebased.  It
originated well before June 2019, iirc.

Acked-by: Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@...el.com>