Re: Linux 5.4 kselftest known issues - update

[shuah]

On 9/26/19 11:41 AM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> Here are the know kselftest issues on Linux 5.4 with
> top commit commit 619e17cf75dd58905aa67ccd494a6ba5f19d6cc6
> on x86_64:
>
> The goal is to get these addressed before 5.4 comes out.

All of these issues are now fixed, except the bpf llvm dependency.
These fixes should all be in linux-next if they haven't already.

> 3 build failures and status:
>
> pidfd - undefined reference to `pthread_create' collect2: error: ld 
> returned 1 exit status
>
> Fixed: https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11159517/

In
> bfp (two issues)
>
> 1. "make TARGETS=bpf kselftest" build fails
> Makefile:127: tools/build/Makefile.include: No such file or directory

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11163601/
In bpf fixes tree

> This is due to recent kbuild changes and I have a patch ready to send.
>
> 2. Related to llvm latest version dependency. This is a hard dependency.
> Unless users upgrade to latest llvvm, bpf test won't run. The new llvm
> might not be supported on all distros yet, in which case bpf will not
> get tested in some rings and on some architectures.
>
> gpio
>
> "make TARGETS=gpio kselftest" build fails
>
> Makefile:23: tools/build/Makefile.include: No such file or directory

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11163603/

> This is due to recent kbuild changes and I have a patch ready to send.
>
> kvm
>
> "make TARGETS=kvm kselftest" build fails due --no-pie flags.

https://patchwork.kernel.org/patch/11171893/

I haven't found any new ones on x86_64 as of 5.4-rc1

thanks,
-- Shuah