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From:   Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>
Date:   Mon, 28 Jun 2021 13:10:23 -0700
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Subject: Re: [PATCH] Documentation: kunit: drop obsolete note about uml_abort
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To:     Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com>
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On Wed, Jun 23, 2021 at 1:17 PM Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com> wrote:
>
> Commit b6d5799b0b58 ("kunit: Add 'kunit_shutdown' option") changes KUnit
> to call kernel_halt() by default when done testing.
>
> This fixes the issue with not having .gcda files due to not calling
> atexit() handlers, and therefore we can stop recommending people
> manually tweak UML code.
>
> The need to use older versions of GCC (<=6) remains however, due to
> linktime issues, same as before. Note: There also might still be issues
> with .gcda files as well in newer versions.
>
> Signed-off-by: Daniel Latypov <dlatypov@google.com>

Reviewed-by: Brendan Higgins <brendanhiggins@google.com>