On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 03:31:42PM +0000, Lorenz Bauer wrote: > On Mon, Mar 20, 2023 at 12:53 AM Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > > > > From: Lorenz Bauer <lorenz.bauer@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > > > [ Upstream commit dfdd608c3b365f0fd49d7e13911ebcde06b9865b ] > > > > Add a regression test that ensures that a VAR pointing at a > > modifier which follows a PTR (or STRUCT or ARRAY) is resolved > > correctly by the datasec validator. > > > > Signed-off-by: Lorenz Bauer <lmb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Link: https://lore.kernel.org/r/20230306112138.155352-3-lmb@xxxxxxxxxxxxx > > Signed-off-by: Martin KaFai Lau <martin.lau@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx> > > Hi Sasha, > > Can you explain why this patch was selected? I'd prefer to not > backport the test, since it frequently leads to breakage when trying > to build selftests/bpf on stable kernels. Why would it break? Is that because the test is buggy, or the kernel is buggy? thanks, greg k-h
