From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Received: from smtp.kernel.org (aws-us-west-2-korg-mail-1.web.codeaurora.org [10.30.226.201]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.subspace.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id CB0B217BA2; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:01:12 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 ARC-Seal:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770901272; cv=none; b=RlMqFhsPNSeoRXKaz/+3bmQCdZtGwTPeLiQhhsdgTC+L1yZ22JpokNNthI7YQWrUYVfjQ5/L5p5Yp7GEFA+NGvXUmqLuF4MsTUAQVbQKuZTtaIRPacRkS5pgfWGsHGiLkvIjUd7ge3SHBFimwdfXAxlQ0BL9sEypRicLKLuxc48= ARC-Message-Signature:i=1; a=rsa-sha256; d=subspace.kernel.org; s=arc-20240116; t=1770901272; c=relaxed/simple; bh=h29qkZux5VDZmmV0TnPk9IwFnJ36e7JPthHSSBVBuNc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:Message-ID: MIME-Version:Content-Type; b=JNr2WsKHj5wnCiWu3mGNXV4SGV6wmMQ5ONVWe+xAtPm3QqGPk0LcHwxRH/Qn5dJe8IlD+2ejnXtqYghfCXEB21LxDJHC7zjbtEHKf5TK5bYh00KslKbNv+bLpId3OY0B/hOgKsSAWouBHmjaOmKBsqESCMpkL5RNZObbC5FvDw0= ARC-Authentication-Results:i=1; smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b=i2iMkQ7/; arc=none smtp.client-ip=10.30.226.201 Authentication-Results: smtp.subspace.kernel.org; dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=kernel.org header.i=@kernel.org header.b="i2iMkQ7/" Received: by smtp.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 18282C4CEF7; Thu, 12 Feb 2026 13:01:10 +0000 (UTC) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/simple; d=kernel.org; s=k20201202; t=1770901272; bh=h29qkZux5VDZmmV0TnPk9IwFnJ36e7JPthHSSBVBuNc=; h=From:To:Cc:Subject:In-Reply-To:References:Date:From; b=i2iMkQ7/O1huaDQRmZ+TA1a/sb/MmMHMqfn8C+jpcO5APaONtO1OEJcXDfGbZGYhB q9rgQGDaPPM4Z+WirZPUPQyGhU0OkwCTlgcpjS3c9bmt3q9uQ3BXJQqQyCRASUbH81 BNCT0yMB4Prlyyhp+fRwBpghOsO0WW0Y6VIcFGaAkN78ZgIDhacT32+i5hnuD95+Pm Kgf8dLbowfcMZ50ml5NArhq1kWF9UovW7wOas8bjVrahg81UIOB983RXC79X5fZ0I3 8EYFHyHjS2W8nQiI8TzzEv526r1ECM6RouSO720er8I2VmVS9O0rYQ8DHz77bhJCj9 +YL78azsNGgRQ== From: Pratyush Yadav To: "Yanjun.Zhu" Cc: Pratyush Yadav , pasha.tatashin@soleen.com, rppt@kernel.org, shuah@kernel.org, linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org, linux-kselftest@vger.kernel.org Subject: Re: [PATCH 1/1] selftests/liveupdate: Cleanup kernel optio CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE_TEST In-Reply-To: <51f77faa-5d8b-4e8b-8cfd-04ae06726864@linux.dev> (Yanjun Zhu's message of "Tue, 10 Feb 2026 10:15:07 -0800") References: <20260130042840.1469-1-yanjun.zhu@linux.dev> <9da09064-5005-4b30-8f9b-9ac9b9858d46@linux.dev> <2vxz4inou3da.fsf@kernel.org> <51f77faa-5d8b-4e8b-8cfd-04ae06726864@linux.dev> Date: Thu, 12 Feb 2026 14:01:09 +0100 Message-ID: <2vxzpl6aqfoq.fsf@kernel.org> User-Agent: Gnus/5.13 (Gnus v5.13) Precedence: bulk X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org List-Id: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Tue, Feb 10 2026, Yanjun.Zhu wrote: > On 2/10/26 5:36 AM, Pratyush Yadav wrote: >> On Thu, Jan 29 2026, Zhu Yanjun wrote: >> >>> =E5=9C=A8 2026/1/29 20:28, Zhu Yanjun =E5=86=99=E9=81=93: >>>> The kernel option CONFIG_LIVEUPDATE_TEST does not exist currently. >>>> Remove it. >>> In kernel 6.19-rc7, this kernel option still exists in the file >>> >>> tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/config. Thus I send out this commit = to remove >>> it. >> Yes, but the patch to add the config is in mm-nonmm-unstable. I am not >> sure if this worth the churn of removing this and re-adding it when that >> patch lands later. Do you see a real problem with this? > Thanks for the feedback. > > I understand that the patch adding this functionality is currently in > mm-nonmm-unstable. My concern was primarily adhering to the documentation= , which > suggests keeping the kernel configs pruned of unused options to avoid con= fusion > for those running selftests. > > However, I see your point regarding the churn. If you prefer, we can wait= until > the mm-nonmm-unstable branch is merged into the mainline. Once that happe= ns, if > this option remains truly redundant or if the implementation changes, I c= an > resubmit the cleanup then. > > Does that sound like a reasonable compromise to you? Yes, sounds good. And even though I don't recommend taking this patch right now, the effort to keep things clean is much appreciated! --=20 Regards, Pratyush Yadav