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

Greg KH
2023-04-11T15:17:00Z

On Tue, Apr 11, 2023 at 04:08:32PM +0100, Lorenz Bauer wrote:
> On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:18 AM Lorenz Bauer <lmb@isovalent.com> wrote:
> >
> > 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.
>
> Hi Greg, Sasha,
>
> Following up on this since it seems to have fallen through the cracks.

I didn't see anything to do here.

And selftests should NOT be broken on stable releases, if so, something
is wrong as no other subsystem has that happen.

confused,

greg k-h