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

Lorenz Bauer
2023-04-11T15:09:16Z

On Tue, Mar 28, 2023 at 11:18 AM Lorenz Bauer <lmb@isovalent.com> wrote:
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> 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?
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> 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.

Lorenz