Re: [PATCH v10] lib: checksum: Use aligned accesses for ip_fast_csum and csum_ipv6_magic tests

[Guenter Roeck <linux@roeck-us.net>]

On 2/29/24 11:38, Charlie Jenkins wrote:
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>> Tough one. I can't enable CONFIG_NET_TEST on nios2, parisc, and arm with THUMB
>> enabled due to crashes or hangs in gso tests. I accept that. Downside is that I
>> have to disable CONFIG_NET_TEST on those architectures/platforms entirely,
>> meaning a whole class of tests are missing for those architectures. I would
>> prefer to have a configuration option such as CONFIG_NET_GSO_TEST to let me
>> disable the problematic tests for the affected platforms so I can run all
>> the other network unit tests. Yes, obviously something is wrong either with
>> the affected tests or with the implementation of the tested functionality
>> on the affected systems, but that could be handled separately if a separate
>> configuration option existed, and new regressions in other tests on the affected
>> architectures could be identified as they happen.
> 
> I think I got confused here, is this an issue with the tests included in
> this patch or is it unrelated?
> 

Unrelated. It was intended to be an example of another set of tests which
suffer from a similar problem (crash on certain architectures if enabled).
Sorry for the confusion.

Guenter