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Message-ID: <8bb681ef-d324-4eb2-81bd-346af19ad7fc@t-8ch.de>
Date:   Sat, 7 Oct 2023 16:53:26 +0200
From:   Thomas Weißschuh <linux@...ssschuh.net>
To:     Zhangjin Wu <falcon@...ylab.org>
Cc:     linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
        shuah@...nel.org, stable@...r.kernel.org, w@....eu
Subject: Re: [PATCH] Re: tools/nolibc: drop test for getauxval(AT_PAGESZ)

Hi Zhangjin,

On 2023-10-07 21:42:02+0800, Zhangjin Wu wrote:
> > The test will not work for systems with pagesize != 4096 like aarch64
> > and some others.
> >
> 
> We have used EXPECT_GE() instead of EXPECT_EQ(), so this should not
> fail, do I miss something ?;-)

Indeed, I missed that, sorry for the noise.

IMO we can still remove the testcase, but drop it from the
fixes branch and adapt the commit message and Fixes tag.

> Thanks,
> Zhangjin Wu
> 
> > 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>

> [..]