linux-kernel - Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: Have the harness run each test category separately

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Message-ID: <99b95c45-7bd5-4fc8-892a-cf9c69335706@sirena.org.uk>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2026 11:21:39 +0000
From: Mark Brown <broonie@...nel.org>
To: Lorenzo Stoakes <lorenzo.stoakes@...cle.com>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@...ux-foundation.org>,
	David Hildenbrand <david@...nel.org>,
	"Liam R. Howlett" <Liam.Howlett@...cle.com>,
	Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@...e.cz>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@...nel.org>,
	Suren Baghdasaryan <surenb@...gle.com>,
	Michal Hocko <mhocko@...e.com>, Shuah Khan <shuah@...nel.org>,
	Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@...pe.ca>, Leon Romanovsky <leon@...nel.org>,
	linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
	linux-kselftest@...r.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] selftests/mm: Have the harness run each test category
 separately

On Thu, Jan 22, 2026 at 07:13:06PM +0000, Lorenzo Stoakes wrote:

> People have to edit this file to add a new test anyway so should see
> it. Something like:

> # IMPORTANT: If you add a new test CATEGORY please add a simple wrapper
> # script so kunit knows to run it, and add it to the list below.
> # If you do not YOUR TESTS WILL NOT RUN IN THE CI.

Is the Makefile the place for that or run_vmtests.sh?  You don't need to
edit the Makefile to add a category.

> > +TEST_PROGS += ksft_vmalloc.sh

> Is this something that only kunit will interpret, or will it impact the
> build in any other way?

KUnit isn't involved here?  This is just how you specify which programs
are run by kselftest, this is a Makefile in the kselftest framework.

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