Return-Path: Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org via listexpand id S1752620AbYJYVxu (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:53:50 -0400 Received: (majordomo@vger.kernel.org) by vger.kernel.org id S1751193AbYJYVxm (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:53:42 -0400 Received: from pfepa.post.tele.dk ([195.41.46.235]:33488 "EHLO pfepa.post.tele.dk" rhost-flags-OK-OK-OK-OK) by vger.kernel.org with ESMTP id S1751190AbYJYVxl (ORCPT ); Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:53:41 -0400 X-Greylist: delayed 26256 seconds by postgrey-1.27 at vger.kernel.org; Sat, 25 Oct 2008 17:53:41 EDT Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2008 23:52:45 +0200 From: Sam Ravnborg To: Greg KH Cc: Stephen Rothwell , linux-next@vger.kernel.org, LKML , Andrew Morton Subject: Re: linux-next: left over things in linux-next after 2.6.28-c1 Message-ID: <20081025215245.GA27572@uranus.ravnborg.org> References: <20081026005009.50dbbb33.sfr@canb.auug.org.au> <20081025143715.GB30900@uranus.ravnborg.org> <20081025211651.GA32027@kroah.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20081025211651.GA32027@kroah.com> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.1i Sender: linux-kernel-owner@vger.kernel.org List-ID: X-Mailing-List: linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org Content-Length: 1711 Lines: 46 On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 02:16:51PM -0700, Greg KH wrote: > On Sat, Oct 25, 2008 at 04:37:15PM +0200, Sam Ravnborg wrote: > > > tests > > > > > > Ananth N Mavinakayanahalli (7): > > > Add tests/ directory > > > Move locking selftests to tests/ > > > Move rcutorture to tests/ > > > Move rtmutex tester to tests/ > > > Move lkdtm to tests/ > > > Move kprobes smoke tests to tests/ > > > Move backtrace selftests to tests/ > > > > I have almost given up on this. > > Three merge attemps failed for different reasons, > > and I will not even have time for my maintainership > > duties the next months. > > > > Anyone that can bring it forward? > > What are the reasons this is failing? Is it just moving different files > around into the tests/ directory? Or is it new functionality here? > > If just moving stuff, is that really needed? The incentive was to have a common place to add small tests that could be used to verify that the kernel works as expected. >From inkernel modules (like rcutorture) to small userspace utilities such as something massaging the epoll interface or similar. The above was just to get it started. Having a set of tests to run when introducing a new syscall would make it much easier for an arch maintainer to verify that the implemented syscall works as expected. And forcing the developer to use the interface from user-space will hopefully catch a few issues earlier. Sam -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in the body of a message to majordomo@vger.kernel.org More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/