Messages in this thread | | | Date | Mon, 01 Jun 2015 17:27:33 -0600 | From | Shuah Khan <> | Subject | Re: [PATCH] x86_32, entry, selftests: Add a selftest for kernel entries from vm86 mode |
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On 06/01/2015 04:54 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: > On Mon, Jun 1, 2015 at 9:02 AM, Shuah Khan <shuahkh@osg.samsung.com> wrote: >> On 05/29/2015 03:58 PM, Andy Lutomirski wrote: >>> Test a couple of special cases in 32-bit kernels for entries from >>> vm86 mode. This will OOPS both old kernels due to a bug and and >>> 4.1-rc5 due to a regression I introduced, and it should make sure >>> that the SYSENTER-from-vm86-mode hack in the kernel keeps working. >>> >>> Tests: 394838c96013 x86/asm/entry/32: Fix user_mode() misuses >>> Tests: 7ba554b5ac69 x86/asm/entry/32: Really make user_mode() work correctly for VM86 mode >>> Signed-off-by: Andy Lutomirski <luto@kernel.org> >>> --- >>> >>> Ingo, Shuah: I think this should go in through -tip. (In general, I think >>> new x86 tests that don't have interesting interactions with the kselftest >>> infrastructure should go in through -tip, especially tests such as this one >>> that are related to recent regressions.) >> >> No problem going through tip. Could you please make sure >> >> "make kselftest" run from top level and >> tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install.sh >> >> don't break? > > Both 'make kselftest -j12 TARGETS=x86' and > ../../../tools/testing/selftests/kselftest_install.sh work for me. > (The .. thing is annoying -- would it make sense to fix it to work > from the kernel tree root?) >
What is annoying about it and how would it get solved by making it run from the kernel tree root?
-- Shuah
-- Shuah Khan Sr. Linux Kernel Developer Open Source Innovation Group Samsung Research America (Silicon Valley) shuahkh@osg.samsung.com | (970) 217-8978
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