From: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>
To: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>
Cc: Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org>,
Pasha Tatashin <pasha.tatashin@soleen.com>,
Mike Rapoport <rppt@kernel.org>, Shuah Khan <shuah@kernel.org>,
Usama Arif <usama.arif@linux.dev>,
linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
linux-mm@kvack.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH v2 0/6] selftests/liveupdate: add memfd tests
Date: Sat, 04 Apr 2026 10:02:14 +0000 [thread overview]
Message-ID: <2vxzldf3avrt.fsf@kernel.org> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260403150801.f42e27896fd2da5db6ca3425@linux-foundation.org> (Andrew Morton's message of "Fri, 3 Apr 2026 15:08:01 -0700")
On Fri, Apr 03 2026, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Fri, 3 Apr 2026 19:40:06 +0000 Pratyush Yadav <pratyush@kernel.org> wrote:
>
>> This series adds some tests for memfd preservation across a live update.
>> Currently memfd is only tested indirectly via luo_kexec_simple or
>> luo_multi_session. Add a dedicated test suite for it.
>>
>> Patches 1 and 2 are preparatory, adding base framework and helpers, and
>> the other patches each add a test. Some of the code is taken from the
>> libluo patches [0] I sent a while ago.
>
> Look like a nice series and it comes well-reviewed. Maybe my "we're
> all full" policy-making should have a selftests escape clause...
>
> I see that the malignant gaze of Sauron's eye fell upon your work:
> https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/20260403194014.3704180-1-pratyush@kernel.org
Nothing escapes His Eye...
It does raise some good points for patch 2. I'll send a v3 shortly. It
would be great if this series can go in with this merge window. Since
these are only minor bugfixes and no fundamental changes, I'll keep the
R-by.
--
Regards,
Pratyush Yadav
prev parent reply other threads:[~2026-04-04 10:02 UTC|newest]
Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2026-04-03 19:40 [PATCH v2 0/6] selftests/liveupdate: add memfd tests Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-03 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 1/6] selftests/liveupdate: add framework for " Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-03 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 2/6] selftests/liveupdate: add helper functions " Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-03 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 3/6] selftests/liveupdate: add test for memfd content preservation Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-03 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 4/6] selftests/liveupdate: add test for zero-size memfd preservation Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-03 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 5/6] selftests/liveupdate: add test for operations on a preserved memfd Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-03 19:40 ` [PATCH v2 6/6] selftests/liveupdate: add fallocate test for memfd Pratyush Yadav
2026-04-03 22:08 ` [PATCH v2 0/6] selftests/liveupdate: add memfd tests Andrew Morton
2026-04-03 22:33 ` Pasha Tatashin
2026-04-04 10:02 ` Pratyush Yadav [this message]
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