linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH V2] mm/memtest: Add ARCH_USE

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Message-ID: <d8f959e4-8a8b-7f11-4ce5-32462c46c05f@arm.com>
Date:   Wed, 10 Mar 2021 11:33:34 +0530
From:   Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
To:     linux-mm@...ck.org
Cc:     Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>,
        Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>,
        Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>,
        Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>,
        Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>,
        Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>,
        Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>,
        Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>,
        Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>,
        linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org, linux-mips@...r.kernel.org,
        linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org, linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH V2] mm/memtest: Add ARCH_USE_MEMTEST



On 3/1/21 10:02 AM, Anshuman Khandual wrote:
> early_memtest() does not get called from all architectures. Hence enabling
> CONFIG_MEMTEST and providing a valid memtest=[1..N] kernel command line
> option might not trigger the memory pattern tests as would be expected in
> normal circumstances. This situation is misleading.
> 
> The change here prevents the above mentioned problem after introducing a
> new config option ARCH_USE_MEMTEST that should be subscribed on platforms
> that call early_memtest(), in order to enable the config CONFIG_MEMTEST.
> Conversely CONFIG_MEMTEST cannot be enabled on platforms where it would
> not be tested anyway.
> 
> Cc: Russell King <linux@...linux.org.uk>
> Cc: Catalin Marinas <catalin.marinas@....com>
> Cc: Will Deacon <will@...nel.org>
> Cc: Thomas Bogendoerfer <tsbogend@...ha.franken.de>
> Cc: Michael Ellerman <mpe@...erman.id.au>
> Cc: Benjamin Herrenschmidt <benh@...nel.crashing.org>
> Cc: Paul Mackerras <paulus@...ba.org>
> Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
> Cc: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>
> Cc: Chris Zankel <chris@...kel.net>
> Cc: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
> Cc: linux-arm-kernel@...ts.infradead.org
> Cc: linux-mips@...r.kernel.org
> Cc: linuxppc-dev@...ts.ozlabs.org
> Cc: linux-xtensa@...ux-xtensa.org
> Cc: linux-mm@...ck.org
> Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
> Reviewed-by: Max Filippov <jcmvbkbc@...il.com>
> Signed-off-by: Anshuman Khandual <anshuman.khandual@....com>
> ---
> This patch applies on v5.12-rc1 and has been tested on arm64 platform.
> But it has been just build tested on all other platforms.
> 
> Changes in V2:
> 
> - Added ARCH_USE_MEMTEST in the sorted alphabetical order on platforms

Gentle ping, any updates or objections ?