linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/futex: Fix storing address of local variable

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Message-ID: <aRym7c2crY6rmyKN@fedora>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2025 22:33:41 +0530
From: Ankit Khushwaha <ankitkhushwaha.linux@...il.com>
To: André Almeida <andrealmeid@...lia.com>
Cc: linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, Ingo Molnar <mingo@...hat.com>,
	Darren Hart <dvhart@...radead.org>,
	Thomas Gleixner <tglx@...utronix.de>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	Peter Zijlstra <peterz@...radead.org>,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org,
	Davidlohr Bueso <dave@...olabs.net>
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/futex: Fix storing address of local variable

On Tue, Nov 18, 2025 at 01:34:59PM -0300, André Almeida wrote:
> > diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/robust_list.c b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/robust_list.c
> > index e7d1254e18ca..d1aab1cc5a37 100644
> > --- a/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/robust_list.c
> > +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/futex/functional/robust_list.c
> > @@ -510,7 +510,7 @@ TEST(test_robust_list_multiple_elements)
> >   static int child_circular_list(void *arg)
> >   {
> >   	static struct robust_list_head head;
> > -	struct lock_struct a, b, c;
> > +	static struct lock_struct a, b, c;
> 
> I believe that the right fix here would be to drop the static from `head`
> declaration, WDYT?

Hi André,
I have tested your suggested changes.
It works fine. will send v2 patch for this.

Thanks,
-- Ankit