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Date:   Wed, 9 Nov 2022 18:44:54 -0700
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
        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,
        Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 1/2] selftests: proc: Fix proc-empty-vm build error on
 non x86_64

On 11/9/22 17:02, Andrew Morton wrote:
> 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?
> 

I have the same question and also don't like adding TEST_GEN_PROGS_x86_64
Please see my comments on the two patches regarding this.

thanks,
-- Shuah

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