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From: Kees Cook <kees@kernel.org>
To: Geert Uytterhoeven <geert@linux-m68k.org>
Cc: Andrew Morton <akpm@linux-foundation.org>,
	"Gustavo A . R . Silva" <gustavoars@kernel.org>,
	David Gow <davidgow@google.com>,
	linux-hardening@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org,
	linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [PATCH] lib/tests: Make RANDSTRUCT_KUNIT_TEST depend on RANDSTRUCT
Date: Mon, 2 Jun 2025 11:08:50 -0700	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <202506021107.EA2F1CBDB8@keescook> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <22d9c2fa9e751a9de3c599aa082be588ea82a7a0.1748875640.git.geert@linux-m68k.org>

On Mon, Jun 02, 2025 at 04:49:51PM +0200, Geert Uytterhoeven wrote:
> When CONFIG_RANDSTRUCT is not enabled, all randstruct tests are skipped.
> Move this logic from run-time to config-time, to avoid people building
> and running tests that do not do anything.

I don't like doing this because it means that looking at CI output means
I can't tell if the test was not built or if the config was not
included. I want to always have the test available, but skip the test if
the config is missing.

-Kees

-- 
Kees Cook

  reply	other threads:[~2025-06-02 18:08 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 4+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2025-06-02 14:49 [PATCH] lib/tests: Make RANDSTRUCT_KUNIT_TEST depend on RANDSTRUCT Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-06-02 18:08 ` Kees Cook [this message]
2025-06-02 18:14   ` Geert Uytterhoeven
2025-06-02 18:19     ` Kees Cook

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