linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] kci-gitlab: Introducing GitLab-CI Pipeline for Kernel Testing

lists.openwall.net		lists / announce owl-users owl-dev john-users john-dev passwdqc-users yescrypt popa3d-users / oss-security kernel-hardening musl sabotage tlsify passwords / crypt-dev xvendor / Bugtraq Full-Disclosure linux-kernel linux-netdev linux-ext4 linux-hardening linux-cve-announce PHC
Open Source and information security mailing list archives

Hash Suite: Windows password security audit tool. GUI, reports in PDF.

[<prev] [next>] [<thread-prev] [thread-next>] [day] [month] [year] [list]

Message-ID: <5acfbe92315d93aceb467fec1d239d6a7a7ba499.camel@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jan 2025 17:50:29 -0300
From: Leonardo Brás <leobras.c@...il.com>
To: Mauro Carvalho Chehab <mchehab+huawei@...nel.org>, Laurent Pinchart
	 <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com>
Cc: Vignesh Raman <vignesh.raman@...labora.com>, kernelci@...ts.linux.dev, 
	linuxtv-ci@...uxtv.org, dave.pigott@...labora.com, mripard@...nel.org, 
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, dri-devel@...ts.freedesktop.org, 
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, gustavo.padovan@...labora.com, 
	pawiecz@...labora.com, spbnick@...il.com, tales.aparecida@...il.com, 
	workflows@...r.kernel.org, skhan@...uxfoundation.org,
 kunit-dev@...glegroups.com, 	nfraprado@...labora.com, davidgow@...gle.com,
 cocci@...ia.fr, 	Julia.Lawall@...ia.fr, laura.nao@...labora.com,
 kernel@...labora.com, 	torvalds@...uxfoundation.org,
 gregkh@...uxfoundation.org, daniels@...labora.com, 
	helen.koike@...labora.com, shreeya.patel@...labora.com,
 denys.f@...labora.com, 	nicolas.dufresne@...labora.com,
 louis.chauvet@...tlin.com, 	hamohammed.sa@...il.com, melissa.srw@...il.com,
 simona@...ll.ch, airlied@...il.com, 	Tim.Bird@...y.com, broonie@...nel.org,
 groeck@...gle.com, rdunlap@...radead.org, 	geert@...ux-m68k.org,
 michel.daenzer@...lbox.org, sakari.ailus@....fi, 	jarkko@...nel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/5] kci-gitlab: Introducing GitLab-CI Pipeline for
 Kernel Testing

On Fri, 2025-01-24 at 13:52 +0100, Mauro Carvalho Chehab wrote:
> Em Fri, 24 Jan 2025 10:12:50 +0200
> Laurent Pinchart <laurent.pinchart@...asonboard.com> escreveu:
> 
> > > It's been a few years since I first thought on finding a good way of helping
> > > kernel developers testing their patches, while making use of the free runner
> > > minutes Gitlab offers. It can greatly simplify the testing for people who are
> > > new to kernel development, or students trying to understand it better.
> > > 
> > > And this patchset allows that to happen :)
> > > 
> > > Actually, I spoke to Helen last year, and to enable it to run on the free
> > > Gitlab-CI runners, there is a small extra patch which is needed:
> > > 
> > > https://lore.kernel.org/all/20240327013055.139494-2-leobras@redhat.com/  
> 
> Sounds interesting!

Thanks! :)

> 
> > Gitlab as an open-source software project (the community edition) is one
> > thing, but can we please avoid advertising specific proprietary services
> > in the kernel documentation ?
> 
> Every time Gitlab is mentioned, the brand of the company that
> developed it and has been providing proprietary services is also
> advertised. If you're not happy with that, you should move to use
> a git forge developed by some open source community.
> 
> The way I see, the best would be if the CI integration could work
> with more than one type of forge and being able to use any
> free Git??b-CI runners that would be available for developers to
> use, as this would allow testing more subsystems with CI, thus
> increasing code quality.

Completely agree!
I think that this Gitlab contribution will set a base for implementing other
forges / CI systems as well, and allow us to make use of those resources for
better kernel testing. 

Thanks!
Leo

> 
> Thanks,
> Mauro