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From: Cyril Hrubis <chrubis@suse.cz>
To: Petr Vorel <pvorel@suse.cz>
Cc: ltp@lists.linux.it
Subject: Re: [LTP] [PATCH v5 3/7] lib: Add support for max_kver to struct tst_test and tst_fs
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2026 14:44:07 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <anxql8XI7tWx_2gR@yuki.lan> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <20260812123007.GA1758016@pevik>

Hi!
> > Uff, this is quite ugly. What exactly are we trying to do?
> 
> I hoped that was explained in the comment above the code:
>  .max_kver = "7.0" should run the test not only kernel <= 7.0,
> but also all stable kernels: 7.0.x.
> OTOH if there is something backported to stable kernel and one specifies:
> .max_kver = "7.0.5" it will be compared just to <= 7.0.5.
> 
> Sure, this can be avoided if .max_kver = "7.0" is not inclusive,
> i.e. < 7.0 (one would have to use .max_kver = "7.1"), which is less
> intuitive, because .min_kver is inclusive).

Or maybe instead of 7.0 the tests should require something as "7.0.*"
to make it clear that it will run on any 7.0.X patchlevel. And the
parser vould set the v3 to INT_MAX if it sees '*' as the value for v3.

-- 
Cyril Hrubis
chrubis@suse.cz

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  parent reply	other threads:[~2026-08-12 12:44 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 27+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2026-08-10 16:00 [LTP] [PATCH v5 0/7] Add support for .max_kver Petr Vorel
2026-08-10 16:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 1/7] tst_kvercmp: Factor out error handling Petr Vorel
2026-08-10 16:57   ` [LTP] " linuxtestproject.agent
2026-08-10 17:03     ` Petr Vorel
2026-08-11  7:01   ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 1/7] " Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-12 10:50   ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-10 16:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 2/7] lib: Rename function check_kver() => check_min_kver() Petr Vorel
2026-08-10 16:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 3/7] lib: Add support for max_kver to struct tst_test and tst_fs Petr Vorel
2026-08-11  7:04   ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-12 11:05   ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-12 12:30     ` Petr Vorel
2026-08-12 12:36       ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-12 13:11         ` Petr Vorel
2026-08-12 12:44       ` Cyril Hrubis [this message]
2026-08-12 13:16         ` Petr Vorel
2026-08-12 11:06   ` Cyril Hrubis
2026-08-12 13:00     ` Petr Vorel
2026-08-10 16:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 4/7] creat07: Avoid timeout on the test failure Petr Vorel
2026-08-11  7:04   ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-10 16:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 5/7] creat07: execve04: Remove version check, add linux-git Petr Vorel
2026-08-10 16:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 6/7] fanotify20: Skip on v7.2 Petr Vorel
2026-08-10 16:00 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 7/7] lib: Add 2 basic tests for .min_kver && .max_kver Petr Vorel
2026-08-11  7:13   ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-11  8:49     ` Petr Vorel
2026-08-11  8:53       ` Andrea Cervesato via ltp
2026-08-11 10:10   ` Avinesh Kumar via ltp
2026-08-11  1:45 ` [LTP] [PATCH v5 0/7] Add support for .max_kver Li Wang

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