linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests: proc: Fix proc-empty-vm build error on non x86

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Message-Id: <20221109160243.0db030ca1cbae5f180af3855@linux-foundation.org>
Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 16:02:43 -0800
From:   Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>
To:     Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@...edance.com>
Cc:     shuah@...nel.org, adobriyan@...il.com,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-fsdevel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests: proc: Fix proc-empty-vm build error
 on non x86_64

On Wed,  9 Nov 2022 22:11:03 +0000 Punit Agrawal <punit.agrawal@...edance.com> wrote:

> The proc-empty-vm test is implemented for x86_64 and fails to build
> for other architectures. Rather then emitting a compiler error it
> would be preferable to only build the test on supported architectures.

Why does it fail?  What would be involved in making it available
on other architectures?