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Message-ID: <ZR8bn/UDLypbUhJT@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Oct 2023 22:25:03 +0200
From: Ingo Molnar <mingo@...nel.org>
To: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
Cc: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>,
Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>,
André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>,
Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, kernel@...labora.com,
linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH 6/6] selftests: futex: remove duplicate unneeded defines
* Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com> wrote:
> On 10/3/23 1:46 PM, Ingo Molnar wrote:
> >
> > * Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com> wrote:
> >
> >> Kselftests are kernel tests and must be build with kernel headers from
> >> same source version. These duplicate defines should automatically
> >> picked up from kernel headers. Use KHDR_INCLUDES to add kernel header
> >> files.
> >>
> >> Signed-off-by: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>
> >> ---
> >> .../selftests/futex/include/futextest.h | 22 -------------------
> >> 1 file changed, 22 deletions(-)
> >>
> >> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/include/futextest.h b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/include/futextest.h
> >> index ddbcfc9b7bac4..59f66af3a6d10 100644
> >> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/include/futextest.h
> >> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/include/futextest.h
> >> @@ -25,28 +25,6 @@
> >> typedef volatile u_int32_t futex_t;
> >> #define FUTEX_INITIALIZER 0
> >>
> >> -/* Define the newer op codes if the system header file is not up to date. */
> >> -#ifndef FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET
> >> -#define FUTEX_WAIT_BITSET 9
> >> -#endif
> >> -#ifndef FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET
> >> -#define FUTEX_WAKE_BITSET 10
> >> -#endif
> >> -#ifndef FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI
> >> -#define FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI 11
> >> -#endif
> >> -#ifndef FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI
> >> -#define FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI 12
> >> -#endif
> >> -#ifndef FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI_PRIVATE
> >> -#define FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI_PRIVATE (FUTEX_WAIT_REQUEUE_PI | \
> >> - FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)
> >> -#endif
> >> -#ifndef FUTEX_REQUEUE_PI_PRIVATE
> >> -#define FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI_PRIVATE (FUTEX_CMP_REQUEUE_PI | \
> >> - FUTEX_PRIVATE_FLAG)
> >> -#endif
> >
> > AFAICT I cannot really pick this up into the locking tree as-is, as this patch
> > relies on the KHDR_INCLUDES change in patch #1, so that all self-tests get the
> > kernel headers included, correct?
> No this patch is self contained and doesn't depend on the patch #1.
> KHDR_INCLUDES was included several releases back in kselftest's Makefile
> and in kselftests of futex. Correct headers are being included already. In
> this patch, I'm removing just the un-needed dead code. Other patches were
> already picked up by other maintainers.
So the changelog does not match that characterization, it talks about
KHDR_INCLUDES in the present tense, and patch #1 adds the KHDR_INCLUDES,
which further suggested a dependency to me:
> >> Kselftests are kernel tests and must be build with kernel headers from
> >> same source version. These duplicate defines should automatically
> >> picked up from kernel headers. Use KHDR_INCLUDES to add kernel header
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
> >> files.
^^^^^^
Could you please re-send it with the changelog updated that makes it clear
that this patch works fine standalone against current mainline kernels?
Thanks,
Ingo
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