linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 2/8] selftests/vm: use a common gup

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Date:   Tue, 29 Sep 2020 13:36:31 -0700
From:   John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
To:     Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>,
        Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>
CC:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        Jonathan Corbet <corbet@....net>,
        Jérôme Glisse <jglisse@...hat.com>,
        Ralph Campbell <rcampbell@...dia.com>,
        Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        <linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org>, <linux-doc@...r.kernel.org>,
        <linux-s390@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH 2/8] selftests/vm: use a common gup_test.h

On 9/29/20 1:20 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 9/29/20 2:11 PM, John Hubbard wrote:
...
>> Do you have a link or two for that? Especially about the pushback, and
>> conclusions reached, if any.
>>
> 
> Unfortunately no. A I recall it was workflow related issues and ease of
> running individual subsystem tests and backwards compatibility with
> stables.
> 
> Let's start a new discussion and see where we land.
> 
OK, sure. I can take a quick pass at converting just the selftests/vm
directory to kbuild, and post that as an RFC to start the discussion.


thanks,
-- 
John Hubbard
NVIDIA