linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] tools/nolibc: drop test for getauxval(AT

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Message-ID: <6721ed01-8438-4325-8645-d307f82e30ec@t-8ch.de>
Date:   Sat, 7 Oct 2023 12:45:30 +0200
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Willy Tarreau <w@....eu>
Cc:     Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Zhangjin Wu <falcon@...ylab.org>,
        linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
        stable@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] tools/nolibc: drop test for getauxval(AT_PAGESZ)

On 2023-10-07 12:36:20+0200, Willy Tarreau wrote:
> On Sat, Oct 07, 2023 at 12:18:55PM +0200, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:
> > The test will not work for systems with pagesize != 4096 like aarch64
> > and some others.
> > 
> > Other testcases are already testing the same functionality:
> > * auxv_AT_UID tests getauxval() in general.
> > * test_getpagesize() tests pagesize() which directly calls
> >   getauxval(AT_PAGESZ).
> > 
> > Fixes: 48967b73f8fe ("selftests/nolibc: add testcases for startup code")
> > Cc: stable@...r.kernel.org
> > Signed-off-by: Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
> > ---
> > Note:
> > 
> > This should probably also make it into 6.6.
> 
> Agreed, you should just push it to the fixes branch.

Good point.

'fixes' now contains Ammar's alignment fix, the tree location update and
this patch.

Thomas