Re: [LTP] [PATCH v5 3/7] lib: Add support for max_kver to struct tst_test and tst_fs

[Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>]

Hi!
> > Uff, this is quite ugly. What exactly are we trying to do?
> 
> I hoped that was explained in the comment above the code:
>  .max_kver = "7.0" should run the test not only kernel <= 7.0,
> but also all stable kernels: 7.0.x.
> OTOH if there is something backported to stable kernel and one specifies:
> .max_kver = "7.0.5" it will be compared just to <= 7.0.5.
> 
> Sure, this can be avoided if .max_kver = "7.0" is not inclusive,
> i.e. < 7.0 (one would have to use .max_kver = "7.1"), which is less
> intuitive, because .min_kver is inclusive).

Or maybe instead of 7.0 the tests should require something as "7.0.*"
to make it clear that it will run on any 7.0.X patchlevel. And the
parser vould set the v3 to INT_MAX if it sees '*' as the value for v3.

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Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz

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