linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kunit: drop obsolete note about uml

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Message-ID: <CAFd5g46pkO6JsMVU-79aDbmswSPs1Zx4U0DW9PhKR4SoUBq5EA@mail.gmail.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:10:23 -0700
From:   Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>
To:     Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com>
Cc:     davidgow@...gle.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        kunit-dev@...glegroups.com, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        skhan@...uxfoundation.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kunit: drop obsolete note about uml_abort
 for coverage

On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 1:17 PM Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com> wrote:
>
> Commit b6d5799b0b58 ("kunit: Add 'kunit_shutdown' option") changes KUnit
> to call kernel_halt() by default when done testing.
>
> This fixes the issue with not having .gcda files due to not calling
> atexit() handlers, and therefore we can stop recommending people
> manually tweak UML code.
>
> The need to use older versions of GCC (<=6) remains however, due to
> linktime issues, same as before. Note: There also might still be issues
> with .gcda files as well in newer versions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@...gle.com>

Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@...gle.com>