linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] selftests/mm: remove local __NR

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Message-ID: <795f1d32-a44d-4000-8029-76f9693a2114@redhat.com>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:32:20 +0200
From: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
To: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>,
 Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>, Jeff Xu <jeffxu@...omium.org>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>
Cc: Andrei Vagin <avagin@...gle.com>,
 Axel Rasmussen <axelrasmussen@...gle.com>,
 Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
 Kent Overstreet <kent.overstreet@...ux.dev>,
 "Liam R . Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
 Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
 Peter Xu <peterx@...hat.com>, Rich Felker <dalias@...c.org>,
 linux-mm@...ck.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
 LKML <linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 6/6] selftests/mm: remove local __NR_* definitions

On 14.06.24 04:30, John Hubbard wrote:
> This continues the work on getting the selftests to build without
> requiring people to first run "make headers" [1].
> 
> Now that the system call numbers are in the correct, checked-in
> locations in the kernel tree (./tools/include/uapi/asm/unistd*.h),
> make sure that the mm selftests include that file (indirectly).
> 
> Doing so provides guaranteed definitions at build time, so remove all of
> the checks for "ifdef __NR_xxx" in the mm selftests, because they will
> always be true (defined).
> 
> [1] commit e076eaca5906 ("selftests: break the dependency upon local
> header files")
> 
> Cc: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
> Cc: Jeff Xu <jeffxu@...omium.org>
> Signed-off-by: John Hubbard <jhubbard@...dia.com>
> ---

Lovely

Acked-by: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>

-- 
Cheers,

David / dhildenb