linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: Fix test result reporting in gup

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Message-ID: <0f0622f7-2630-40f4-8556-99bd479d1aff@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 May 2025 10:23:54 +0100
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: David Hildenbrand <david@...hat.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: Fix test result reporting in gup_longterm

On Thu, May 22, 2025 at 10:42:50AM +0200, David Hildenbrand wrote:

> Probably, one might be able to revert the logic: instead of running each
> test for each size, run each size for each test: then, the tests are fixed
> and would be covering all available sizes in a single logical test.

Yeah, that should work - it'd lose a bit of resolution in the test
results for automation but I'm not sure how often that's likely to be
relevant and the information would still be there for humans.  

> I agree that that really is a bigger rework. Let me take a look at your
> original patch later (fairly busy today, please poke me if I forget).

Thanks.  I'll take a look at the other similar tests like cow using the
same approach I've used here.

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