linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH 14/14] selftests/timers/auxclock: Test vDSO functionality

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Message-ID: <87cyadrrpk.ffs@tglx>
Date: Sun, 06 Jul 2025 22:26:31 +0200
From: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>
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Subject: Re: [PATCH 14/14] selftests/timers/auxclock: Test vDSO functionality

On Tue, Jul 01 2025 at 10:58, Thomas Weißschuh wrote:

> Extend the auxclock test to also cover the vDSO.

I'm not really convinved, that this is the right thing to do. Why can't
this just extend selftests/vDSO instead of creating these

> +#include "../vDSO/parse_vdso.c"
> +#include "../vDSO/vdso_config.h"
> +#include "../vDSO/vdso_call.h"

cross directory oddities? Confused.

Thanks,

        tglx