Re: [PATCH AUTOSEL 6.2 08/30] selftests/bpf: check that modifier resolves after pointer

Lorenz Bauer
2023-03-28T10:18:44Z

On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 3:48 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> Why would it break? Is that because the test is buggy, or the kernel is
> buggy?

This test will be fine, but there have been several times when
selftests/bpf for stable kernel releases didn't actually compile due
to backported tests. This is because macros we're redefined, etc.
Unless those also get picked (seems like a sisyphean task) we'll keep
seeing broken selftests/bpf on stable.

Best
Lorenz