From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org Received: from picard.linux.it (picard.linux.it [213.254.12.146]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 36186D3B98A for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2025 19:38:31 +0000 (UTC) Received: from picard.linux.it (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by picard.linux.it (Postfix) with ESMTP id 8D9323CAA5F for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2025 20:38:29 +0100 (CET) Received: from in-2.smtp.seeweb.it (in-2.smtp.seeweb.it [217.194.8.2]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature ECDSA (secp384r1) server-digest SHA384) (No client certificate requested) by picard.linux.it (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 92E163CA1ED for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2025 20:38:13 +0100 (CET) Received: from smtp-out1.suse.de (smtp-out1.suse.de [IPv6:2a07:de40:b251:101:10:150:64:1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (2048 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by in-2.smtp.seeweb.it (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 87D3B600279 for ; Tue, 9 Dec 2025 20:38:10 +0100 (CET) Received: from imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org (imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org [IPv6:2a07:de40:b281:104:10:150:64:97]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by smtp-out1.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTPS id E9A82337E9; Tue, 9 Dec 2025 19:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Authentication-Results: smtp-out1.suse.de; none Received: from imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) (using TLSv1.3 with cipher TLS_AES_256_GCM_SHA384 (256/256 bits) key-exchange X25519 server-signature RSA-PSS (4096 bits) server-digest SHA256) (No client certificate requested) by imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id BD0DD3EA63; Tue, 9 Dec 2025 19:38:09 +0000 (UTC) Received: from dovecot-director2.suse.de ([2a07:de40:b281:106:10:150:64:167]) by imap1.dmz-prg2.suse.org with ESMTPSA id WZATLKF6OGlAbgAAD6G6ig (envelope-from ); Tue, 09 Dec 2025 19:38:09 +0000 Date: Tue, 9 Dec 2025 20:38:04 +0100 From: Petr Vorel To: Cyril Hrubis Message-ID: <20251209193804.GB20883@pevik> References: <20251209120246.18435-1-chrubis@suse.cz> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Spamd-Result: default: False [-4.00 / 50.00]; REPLY(-4.00)[] X-Rspamd-Queue-Id: E9A82337E9 X-Rspamd-Pre-Result: action=no action; module=replies; Message is reply to one we originated X-Rspamd-Server: rspamd1.dmz-prg2.suse.org X-Rspamd-Action: no action X-Virus-Scanned: clamav-milter 1.0.9 at in-2.smtp.seeweb.it X-Virus-Status: Clean Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH] doc: Add ground rules page X-BeenThere: ltp@lists.linux.it X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.29 Precedence: list List-Id: Linux Test Project List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Reply-To: Petr Vorel Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Errors-To: ltp-bounces+ltp=archiver.kernel.org@lists.linux.it Sender: "ltp" Hi all, > Hi! > > I don't recall if we have it mentioned already, but we also used to say that > > changes introduced in early kernel -rc builds were low priority for acceptance > > and we favored behavior that is in a released kernel (or at least in last -rcs). > Sounds good. +1. We could also mention runtest/staging :master:`runtest/staging`, which we use for tests written against -rc kernels. (So far we had only fanotify23 there, which was of course later migrated to syscalls.) > Also we probably need something along the lines: > Use runtime checks for kernel features > ====================================== > What is and what isn't supported by kernel is determined by the version > and configuration of the kernel the systems is currently running on. > That especially means that any checks done during the compilation cannot > be used to assume features supported by the kernel the tests end up > running on. The compile time checks, done by configure script, are only done by :master:`configure.ac` script, ... > useful for enabling fallback kernel API definitions when missing, as we > do in lapi/ directory. do in :master:`include/lapi/`. Also about my previous note about referencing TST_CHECKPOINT_WAIT(), I know this is a high level document, but IMHO linking helps newcomers. Kind regards, Petr -- Mailing list info: https://lists.linux.it/listinfo/ltp