Re: [PATCH v6 5/5] selftests/mm: add UFFDIO_MOVE ioctl test

From: Mark Brown
Date: Mon Dec 11 2023 - 15:02:11 EST


On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 07:00:32PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:
> On 11.12.23 18:32, Mark Brown wrote:
> > On Mon, Dec 11, 2023 at 05:53:59PM +0100, David Hildenbrand wrote:

> > > https://lkml.kernel.org/r/20231209020144.244759-1-jhubbard@xxxxxxxxxx

> > I mean, I guess people who don't want to install the headers are just
> > not going to be able to build a bunch of tests? There definitely are a
> > bunch of tests where it's not needed so I can see why people would not
> > like being forced to do the headers step if they're only interested in
> > those tests.

> Yes. And before that, people mostly had no clue that headers had to be
> installed in order to compile successfully.

> So maybe a warning to give at least some hint might be reasonable.

That sounds sensible, especially if we could arrange to flag when the
specific tests being built need it.

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