Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] selftests/mm: fix failures and robustness improvements

David Hildenbrand (Arm)
2026-04-01T14:05:46Z

On 3/31/26 00:11, Andrew Morton wrote:
> On Mon, 30 Mar 2026 11:27:04 +0530 Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>>> I don't want to risk breaking selftests so I'll set v3 aside until
>>> you're confident we should proceed.
>>>
>>> Thanks.
>>
>> This line continuation pattern has been used in selftests for quite some
>> time. For example, a similar usage exists in
>> |charge_reserved_hugetlb.sh|, introduced here:
>> https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200211213128.73302-8-almasrymina@google.com/T/#u
>> <https://lore.kernel.org/all/20200211213128.73302-8-almasrymina@google.com/T/#u>
>>
>>  echo "$reservation_limit" > \
>>     $cgroup_path/$name/hugetlb.${MB}MB.$reservation_limit_file
>>
>> In this case, it was primarily used to keep line length within 100
>> characters. I’ve tested the script  and it behaved as expected.
>
> Great, thanks for checking.
>
> Series is nicely reviewed and an earlier version spent time in mm.git.
> And the bar tends to be lower for selftests. So I *could* break my rule
> (https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20260323202941.08ddf2b0411501cae801ab4c@linux-foundation.org)
> but would prefer not. What do others think?

I guess it doesn't really hurt to take this now.

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Cheers,

David