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Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2024 18:50:26 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PATCH v6 00/13] Add support for NIST P521 to ecdsa
From: "Jarkko Sakkinen" <jarkko@kernel.org>
To: "Stefan Berger" <stefanb@linux.ibm.com>, "Konstantin Ryabitsev"
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On Thu Mar 21, 2024 at 6:36 PM EET, Stefan Berger wrote:
> >=20
> > Putting tested-by to every possible patch only degrades the quality
> > of the commit log.
>
> I would still be interested how one would test individual patches in a=20
> series so they are worthy of a Tested-by tag.

I've at least said this twice in this thread.

I.e. in a feature you most likely test the uapi so 13/13.

In a bug fix you test kernel with and without the patch. Generally you
test stuff that you can observe.

You can also test non-uapi behaviour with e.g. kprobes or measure
e.g. performance, depending on patch.

BR, Jarkko