linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests: user: remove user suite

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Message-ID: <cd028a09-c6e2-4c54-82ac-04fe1aa2d20c@linuxfoundation.org>
Date: Fri, 26 Jul 2024 11:19:23 -0600
From: Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@...labora.com>,
 Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, Kees Cook <kees@...nel.org>,
 David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>, Vitor Massaru Iha <vitor@...saru.org>
Cc: kernel@...labora.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
 linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, Shuah Khan <skhan@...uxfoundation.org>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests: user: remove user suite

On 7/26/24 02:16, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> On 7/25/24 7:44 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
>> On 7/25/24 05:08, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>>> The user test suite has only one test, test_user_copy which loads
>>> test_user_copy module for testing. But test_user_copy module has already
>>> been converted to kunit (see fixes). Hence remove the entire suite.
>>>
>>> Fixes: cf6219ee889f ("usercopy: Convert test_user_copy to KUnit test")
>>
>> Remove fixes tag - this isn't a fix and we don't want this propagating
>> to stable releases without kunit test for this.
> The user test suite has been failing since cf6219ee889f as the test module
> wasn't found. So this is fixing the failure of kselftest. It just causes
> noise and may mask other failures. If you still think that fixes isn't
> needed, I can send a new version by removing the fixes tag.
> 

In which case this information should have been part of the change log to
make it clear this is a fix. Fixes tag should also mention the releases
this is applicable to so this patch doesn't make it to stables releases
without cf6219ee889f - so this test still runs.

If you are adding Fixes tag it should mention the releases this is
applicable to. Can you get me that information?

thanks,
-- Shuah