linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/livepatch: define max test-syscall processes

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Message-ID: <Zmw9RFNjQjqIR4ro@pathway.suse.cz>
Date: Fri, 14 Jun 2024 14:53:24 +0200
From: Petr Mladek <pmladek@...e.com>
To: Ryan Sullivan <rysulliv@...hat.com>
Cc: live-patching@...r.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, mpdesouza@...e.com,
	jpoimboe@...nel.org, jikos@...nel.org, mbenes@...e.cz,
	joe.lawrence@...hat.com, shuah@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/livepatch: define max test-syscall processes

On Thu 2024-06-06 09:53:48, Ryan Sullivan wrote:
> Define a maximum allowable number of pids that can be livepatched in
> test-syscall.sh as with extremely large machines the output from a
> large number of processes overflows the dev/kmsg "expect" buffer in
> the "check_result" function and causes a false error.
> 
> Reported-by: CKI Project <cki-project@...hat.com>
> Signed-off-by: Ryan Sullivan <rysulliv@...hat.com>

JFYI, the patch has been committed into livepatching.git,
branch for-6.11.

Best Regards,
Petr