On Mon, 14 Dec 2020 22:09:51 +0530 Harish <harish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> The previous patch
d8cbe8bfa7d ("tools/testing/selftests/vm: fix build error"), yes?
> tries to include a arch check for powerpc using
> findstring, which prevents test from building on powerpc arch.
Why is that? Please describe the error fully. Presumably by pasting
the error messages?
> Fix
> this with filtering using machine type.
How does this fix whatever-the-problem-was?
Presumably the 5.10 build fails under some circumstances, yes? In
which case a Fixes: line and a cc:stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx are needed.
> Signed-off-by: Harish <harish@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> ---
> tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile | 2 +-
> 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)
>
> diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
> index 691893afc15d..0dc632cdbc73 100644
> --- a/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
> +++ b/tools/testing/selftests/vm/Makefile
> @@ -61,7 +61,7 @@ TEST_GEN_FILES += $(BINARIES_64)
> endif
> else
>
> -ifneq (,$(findstring $(ARCH),powerpc))
> +ifneq (,$(filter $(MACHINE),ppc64 ppc64le))
> TEST_GEN_FILES += protection_keys
> endif
>
> --
> 2.26.2
