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Subject: Re: [PATCH 0/8] selftests: x86: build suite with clang
To: Muhammad Usama Anjum <usama.anjum@collabora.com>,
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On 5/27/24 23:04, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
> Soft reminder
> 
> On 5/1/24 5:29 PM, Muhammad Usama Anjum wrote:
>> This series fixes build errors found by clang to allow the x86 suite to
>> get built with the clang.
>>
>> Unfortunately, there is one bug [1] in the clang becuase of which
>> extended asm isn't handled correctly by it and build fails for
>> sysret_rip.c. Hence even after this series the build of this test would
>> fail with clang. Should we disable this test for now when clang is used
>> until the bug is fixed in clang? Not sure. Any opinions?
>>
>> [1] https://github.com/llvm/llvm-project/issues/53728
>>
>> Muhammad Usama Anjum (8):
>>    selftests: x86: Remove dependence of headers file
>>    selftests: x86: check_initial_reg_state: remove -no-pie while using
>>      -static
>>    selftests: x86: test_vsyscall: remove unused function
>>    selftests: x86: fsgsbase_restore: fix asm directive from =rm to =r
>>    selftests: x86: syscall_arg_fault_32: remove unused variable
>>    selftests: x86: test_FISTTP: use fisttps instead of ambigous fisttp
>>    selftests: x86: fsgsbase: Remove unused function and variable
>>    selftests: x86: amx: Remove unused functions
>>
>>   tools/testing/selftests/x86/Makefile            |  9 +++++----
>>   tools/testing/selftests/x86/amx.c               | 16 ----------------
>>   tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase.c          |  6 ------
>>   tools/testing/selftests/x86/fsgsbase_restore.c  |  2 +-
>>   tools/testing/selftests/x86/syscall_arg_fault.c |  1 -
>>   tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_FISTTP.c       |  8 ++++----
>>   tools/testing/selftests/x86/test_vsyscall.c     |  5 -----
>>   7 files changed, 10 insertions(+), 37 deletions(-)
>>
> 

These patches usually go through x86 repo.

I need ack from x86 maintainers to take these. I don't see x86 list
cc'ed.

Please make sure to include everybody on these threads to get quicker
response.

thanks,
-- Shuah