linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] binder: Set up KUnit tests for alloc

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Message-ID: <2025071718-sharper-rubble-0441@gregkh>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2025 16:41:43 +0200
From: Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@...uxfoundation.org>
To: Tiffany Yang <ynaffit@...gle.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, keescook@...gle.com,
	kernel-team@...roid.com,
	Arve Hjønnevåg <arve@...roid.com>,
	Todd Kjos <tkjos@...roid.com>, Martijn Coenen <maco@...roid.com>,
	Joel Fernandes <joelagnelf@...dia.com>,
	Christian Brauner <brauner@...nel.org>,
	Carlos Llamas <cmllamas@...gle.com>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
	Brendan Higgins <brendan.higgins@...ux.dev>,
	David Gow <davidgow@...gle.com>, Rae Moar <rmoar@...gle.com>,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org, kunit-dev@...glegroups.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH v4 0/6] binder: Set up KUnit tests for alloc

On Wed, Jul 16, 2025 at 06:10:03PM -0700, Tiffany Yang wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> binder_alloc_selftest provides a robust set of checks for the binder
> allocator, but it rarely runs because it must hook into a running binder
> process and block all other binder threads until it completes. The test
> itself is a good candidate for conversion to KUnit, and it can be
> further isolated from user processes by using a test-specific lru
> freelist instead of the global one. This series converts the selftest
> to KUnit to make it less burdensome to run and to set up a foundation
> for unit testing future binder_alloc changes.

As these were already in my trees, can you just send a follow-on fixup
for the difference between this and the previous version?

thanks,

greg k-h