linux-kernel - Re: [RFC PATCH] perf tools: Add a place to put kernel config fragments for test runs

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Message-ID: <fb130fd5-7134-444b-a79c-658bff30c588@sirena.org.uk>
Date:   Thu, 15 Jun 2023 12:19:29 +0100
From:   Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To:     Leo Yan <leo.yan@...aro.org>
Cc:     James Clark <james.clark@....com>,
        Arnaldo Carvalho de Melo <acme@...nel.org>,
        Masahiro Yamada <masahiroy@...nel.org>,
        linux-perf-users@...r.kernel.org, Aishwarya.TCV@....com,
        Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
        Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
        Mark Rutland <mark.rutland@....com>,
        Alexander Shishkin <alexander.shishkin@...ux.intel.com>,
        Jiri Olsa <jolsa@...nel.org>,
        Namhyung Kim <namhyung@...nel.org>,
        Ian Rogers <irogers@...gle.com>,
        Adrian Hunter <adrian.hunter@...el.com>,
        linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [RFC PATCH] perf tools: Add a place to put kernel config
 fragments for test runs

On Thu, Jun 15, 2023 at 09:26:39AM +0800, Leo Yan wrote:
> On Wed, Jun 14, 2023 at 03:19:12PM +0100, James Clark wrote:

> > >> The RFC is for discussion on folder placement and file naming etc.

> I am wandering if we can put these configurations into kselftest (the
> folder tools/testing/selftests/).  You could see now kernel build has
> already provided option to merge kernel configurations for kselftests.

Well, it'd be nice if the whole thing was a kselftest rather than it's
own thing, that'd avoid the need for custom setup to run the tests.  But
while it's not a kselftest it's not clear to me that it's a good fit.

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