Re: [PATCH V12] mm/debug: Add tests validating architecture page table helpers
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- To: Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: Re: [PATCH V12] mm/debug: Add tests validating architecture page table helpers
- From: Qian Cai <cai@xxxxxx>
- Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 07:30:13 -0500
- Cc: Anshuman Khandual <Anshuman.Khandual@xxxxxxx>, Linux-MM <linux-mm@xxxxxxxxx>, Andrew Morton <akpm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@xxxxxxx>, Greg Kroah-Hartman <gregkh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Jason Gunthorpe <jgg@xxxxxxxx>, Dan Williams <dan.j.williams@xxxxxxxxx>, Peter Zijlstra <peterz@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michal Hocko <mhocko@xxxxxxxxxx>, Mark Rutland <Mark.Rutland@xxxxxxx>, Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx>, Steven Price <Steven.Price@xxxxxxx>, Ard Biesheuvel <ard.biesheuvel@xxxxxxxxxx>, Masahiro Yamada <yamada.masahiro@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Kees Cook <keescook@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, Tetsuo Handa <penguin-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Matthew Wilcox <willy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sri Krishna chowdary <schowdary@xxxxxxxxxx>, Dave Hansen <dave.hansen@xxxxxxxxx>, Russell King - ARM Linux <linux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Michael Ellerman <mpe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Mackerras <paulus@xxxxxxxxx>, Martin Schwidefsky <schwidefsky@xxxxxxxxxx>, Heiko Carstens <heiko.carstens@xxxxxxxxxx>, "David S. Miller" <davem@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Vineet Gupta <vgupta@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, James Hogan <jhogan@xxxxxxxxxx>, Paul Burton <paul.burton@xxxxxxxx>, Ralf Baechle <ralf@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, "Kirill A . Shutemov" <kirill@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Gerald Schaefer <gerald.schaefer@xxxxxxxxxx>, Christophe Leroy <christophe.leroy@xxxxxx>, Ingo Molnar <mingo@xxxxxxxxxx>, linux-snps-arc@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-mips@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-arm-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-ia64@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linuxppc-dev@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-s390@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, linux-sh@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, sparclinux@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, x86@xxxxxxxxxx, linux-kernel@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> On Jan 28, 2020, at 7:10 AM, Mike Rapoport <rppt@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
> Aren't x86 and arm64 not decent enough?
> Even if this test could be used to detect regressions only on these two
> platforms, the test is valuable.
The question is does it detect regressions good enough? Where is the list of past bugs that it had found?
It is an usual deal for unproven debugging features remain out of tree first and keep gathering unique bugs it found and then justify for a mainline inclusion with enough data.
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