linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2] selftests: prctl: Add new prctl test for PR_SET

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Message-ID: <ad8b13fe-b732-e4d9-874c-949701bf47a9@linuxfoundation.org>
Date:   Tue, 28 Mar 2023 10:55:19 -0600
From:   Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To:     Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@...il.com>, shuah@...nel.org,
        colin.i.king@...il.com
Cc:     linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        linux-kernel-mentees@...ts.linuxfoundation.org,
        himadrispandya@...il.com, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2] selftests: prctl: Add new prctl test for PR_SET_VMA
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On 3/25/23 14:59, Ivan Orlov wrote:
> This patch will add the new test, which covers the prctl call with
> PR_SET_VMA command. The test tries to give a name to the anonymous
> VMA within the process memory map, and then checks the result of
> the operation by parsing 'maps' virtual file.
> 
> Additionally, the test tries to call the prctl PR_SET_VMA command
> with invalid arguments, and checks the error codes for correctness.
> 
> At the moment anonymous VMA naming through prctl call functionality
> is not covered with any tests, so I think implementing it makes sense.
> 
> In version 2 of this patch I consider the selftest Makefile rule about
> TARGETS entries order - I moved the 'prctl' entry in the Makefile to
> follow the lexicographic order. In version 1 it was placed at the
> end of the list.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Ivan Orlov <ivan.orlov0322@...il.com>
> ---

Thank you. Applied to linux-kselftest next for Linux 6.4-rc1.

thanks,
-- Shuah