On 11/01/2017 04:52 PM, Thomas Gleixner wrote: > On Wed, 1 Nov 2017, Shuah Khan wrote: >> On 10/17/2017 08:10 PM, lei.yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote: >>> From: Lei Yang <Lei.Yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> >>> Kconfig CONFIG_CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT has been removed since kernel 4.10 >>> check commit: >>> commit 530e9b76ae8f863dfdef4a6ad0b38613d32e8c3f >>> Author: Thomas Gleixner <tglx@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> Date: Wed Dec 21 20:19:53 2016 +0100 >>> >>> cpu/hotplug: Remove obsolete cpu hotplug register/unregister functions >>> >>> hotcpu_notifier(), cpu_notifier(), __hotcpu_notifier(), __cpu_notifier(), >>> register_hotcpu_notifier(), register_cpu_notifier(), >>> __register_hotcpu_notifier(), __register_cpu_notifier(), >>> unregister_hotcpu_notifier(), unregister_cpu_notifier(), >>> __unregister_hotcpu_notifier(), __unregister_cpu_notifier() >>> <snip> >>> >>> Signed-off-by: Lei Yang <Lei.Yang@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>> --- >>> tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/config | 1 - >>> 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-) >>> >>> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/config b/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/config >>> index e6ab090..d4aca2a 100644 >>> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/config >>> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/cpu-hotplug/config >>> @@ -1,2 +1 @@ >>> CONFIG_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECTION=y >>> -CONFIG_CPU_NOTIFIER_ERROR_INJECT=m >>> >> >> Yes. It is removed from the kernel. However, selftests from the latest >> release do get run routinely on older stable releases. Dropping the >> config will impact coverage on older releases. >> >> Thomas/Greg, >> >> Any ideas on what we should do about this. On one hand it is a good idea >> to remove it, however my concern is coverage on older releases. > > Can you check the kernel version on which you are running and do it runtime > conditionally? > I have been avoiding adding kernel version checks to tests. Maybe this is one exception since the functionality is obsoleted. In any case, just removing the config isn't the complete solution. I will have to think about this some. thanks, -- Shuah -- To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kselftest" in the body of a message to majordomo@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx More majordomo info at http://vger.kernel.org/majordomo-info.html
