On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 08:12:50PM +0100, Willy Tarreau wrote: > On Mon, Jan 23, 2023 at 09:40:03AM -0800, Paul E. McKenney wrote: > > Except that when I install Ubuntu 20.04's version, I get this: > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > $ sudo make run-user > > MKDIR sysroot/x86/include > > make[1]: Entering directory '/home/git/linux-rcu/tools/include/nolibc' > > make[2]: Entering directory '/home/git/linux-rcu' > > make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/git/linux-rcu' > > make[2]: Entering directory '/home/git/linux-rcu' > > INSTALL /home/git/linux-rcu/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/sysroot/sysroot/include > > make[2]: Leaving directory '/home/git/linux-rcu' > > make[1]: Leaving directory '/home/git/linux-rcu/tools/include/nolibc' > > CC nolibc-test > > 32 gettimeofday_null = -1 EFAULT [FAIL] > > See all results in /home/git/linux-rcu/tools/testing/selftests/nolibc/run.out > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > > > I have attached run.out. > > > > In contrast, with my hand-built qemu-x86_64, all tests passed. > > > > This might be just a version-related bug, but figured I should let you > > guys know. > > Interesting. Maybe something differs in the way it passes expectedly > invalid pointers to some syscalls. Keep in mind that it's using your > local kernel also, that could make a difference. I'm not that much keen > on trying to investigate that one to be honest, given that this user > mode is really meant to ease the life of test developers like Ammar > and myself who just want to focus on the correctness of the test they're > adding and not that much on the validity of the test itself in this > context. I suggest we keep this one in mind without putting too much > effort on it for now. Indeed, it is easy for me to remove qemu-user and re-install my hand-built version. In fact, I just now did this and verified that everything now passes. ;-) Thanx, Paul