linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/ir: fix build with ancient kernel headers

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Date:   Tue, 1 Feb 2022 10:42:18 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Sean Young <sean@...s.org>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@...radead.org>
Cc:     Alexei Starovoitov <alexei.starovoitov@...il.com>,
        kernel test robot <oliver.sang@...el.com>,
        Alexei Starovoitov <ast@...nel.org>,
        LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>,
        Linux Memory Management List <linux-mm@...ck.org>,
        lkp@...ts.01.org, kbuild test robot <lkp@...el.com>,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/ir: fix build with ancient kernel headers

On 2/1/22 10:10 AM, Sean Young wrote:
> On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 04:58:48PM +0000, Matthew Wilcox wrote:
>> On Tue, Feb 01, 2022 at 04:53:11PM +0000, Sean Young wrote:
>>> +/* Support ancient lirc.h which does not have these values */
>>
>> Can we have a little more information here, such as "Can be removed once
>> RHEL 8 is no longer a relevant testing platform"?  That will save people
>> doing archaology to find out when it's safe to remove.
> 
> That totally makes sense.
> 
> Having said that, I have no idea what platforms are being used for testing,
> so I don't know if RHEL 8 is the only one that needs this. Is there anyone
> who could shed some light on what platforms should be supported?
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Sean
> 

Sean,

It isn't important on platforms that get tested. We really don't have much
control over the platforms these tests get run.

Let's add a FIXME to remove and also add link to the kbuild thread where with
the discussion.

I am assuming this has to go through bpf since it fixes the commit already
in that tree:

With the change Matthew requested,

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

Or I can take this through my tree.

thanks,
-- SHuah