linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/lkdtm: Use "comm" instead of "diff" for dmesg

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Date:   Wed, 9 Sep 2020 14:49:01 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
Cc:     Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>,
        Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>,
        Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@...hat.com>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/lkdtm: Use "comm" instead of "diff" for dmesg

On 9/9/20 1:49 PM, Kees Cook wrote:
> 
> On Fri, Jun 26, 2020 at 01:59:43PM -0700, Kees Cook wrote:
>> Instead of full GNU diff (which smaller boot environments may not have),
>> use "comm" which is more available.
>>
>> Reported-by: Naresh Kamboju <naresh.kamboju@...aro.org>
>> Link: https://lore.kernel.org/lkml/CA+G9fYtHP+Gg+BrR_GkBMxu2oOi-_e9pATtpb6TVRswv1G1r1Q@mail.gmail.com
>> Fixes: f131d9edc29d ("selftests/lkdtm: Don't clear dmesg when running tests")
>> Signed-off-by: Kees Cook <keescook@...omium.org>
> 
> Shuah, this really needs to land to fix lkdtm tests on busybox. Can
> you add this to -next? (Or is it better to direct this to Greg for the
> lkdtm tree?)
> 

Kees, Thanks for the ping. I can queue this up in -next

Greg, would you like me to take this through selftest tree?

In case you want to take this through lkdtm tree:

Acked-by: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>

thanks,
-- Shuah