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    SubjectRe: [PATCH 4.14 00/95] 4.14.4-stable review
    On Mon, Dec 04, 2017 at 03:12:45PM -0600, Tom Gall wrote:
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    >
    > > On Dec 4, 2017, at 9:59 AM, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@linuxfoundation.org> wrote:
    > >
    > > This is the start of the stable review cycle for the 4.14.4 release.
    > > There are 95 patches in this series, all will be posted as a response
    > > to this one. If anyone has any issues with these being applied, please
    > > let me know.
    > >
    > > Responses should be made by Wed Dec 6 16:00:27 UTC 2017.
    > > Anything received after that time might be too late.
    > >
    > > The whole patch series can be found in one patch at:
    > > kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/stable-review/patch-4.14.4-rc1.gz
    > > or in the git tree and branch at:
    > > git://git.kernel.org/pub/scm/linux/kernel/git/stable/linux-stable-rc.git linux-4.14.y
    > > and the diffstat can be found below.
    > >
    > > thanks,
    > >
    > > greg k-h
    > >
    >
    > Compiled, booted and ran the following package unit tests without regressions on x86_64
    >
    > boringssl :
    > go test target:0/0/5764/5764/5764 PASS
    > ssl_test : 10 pass
    > crypto_test : 28 pass
    > e2fsprogs:
    > make check : 340 pass
    > sqlite
    > make test : 143914 pass
    > drm
    > make check : 15 pass
    > modetest, drmdevice : pass
    > alsa-lib
    > make check : 2 pass
    > bluez
    > make check : 25 pass
    > libusb
    > stress : 4 pass

    How do the above tests stress the kernel? Aren't they just
    verifications that the source code in the package is correct?

    I guess it proves something, but have you ever seen the above regress in
    _any_ kernel release?

    I know the drm developers have a huge test suite that they use to verify
    their kernel changes, why not use that?

    thanks,

    greg k-h

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