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

Lorenz Bauer
2023-05-30T11:25:00Z

On Fri, May 26, 2023 at 6:43 PM Greg KH <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
>
> So what tree(s) does this need to be backported to? I'm confused, this
> is a 6.2 email thread which is long end-of-life.

That would be 5.10 from what I can tell. Other LTS kernels have
working tools/testing/selftests/bpf.

I replied here because you asked for examples :)

> It can be avoided by people testing and letting me know when things
> break :)

Fair enough. Earlier you said:

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

Why is bpf special in this regard then?

Best
Lorenz