On 1/20/25 9:36 PM, Petr Mladek wrote:
> On Sun 2025-01-19 22:02:38, Madhavan Srinivasan wrote:
>> Some arch configs (like ppc64) enable CONFIG_PRINTK_CALLER,
>> which adds the caller id as part of the dmesg. With recent
>> util-linux's update 467a5b3192f16 ('dmesg: add caller_id support')
>> the standard "dmesg" has been enhanced to print PRINTK_CALLER fields.
>>
>> Due to this, even though the expected vs observed are same,
>> end testcase results are failed.
>>
>> -% insmod test_modules/test_klp_livepatch.ko
>> -livepatch: enabling patch 'test_klp_livepatch'
>> -livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': initializing patching transition
>> -livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': starting patching transition
>> -livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': completing patching transition
>> -livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': patching complete
>> -% echo 0 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/test_klp_livepatch/enabled
>> -livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': initializing unpatching transition
>> -livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': starting unpatching transition
>> -livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': completing unpatching transition
>> -livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': unpatching complete
>> -% rmmod test_klp_livepatch
>> +[ T3659] % insmod test_modules/test_klp_livepatch.ko
>> +[ T3682] livepatch: enabling patch 'test_klp_livepatch'
>> +[ T3682] livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': initializing patching transition
>> +[ T3682] livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': starting patching transition
>> +[ T826] livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': completing patching transition
>> +[ T826] livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': patching complete
>> +[ T3659] % echo 0 > /sys/kernel/livepatch/test_klp_livepatch/enabled
>> +[ T3659] livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': initializing unpatching transition
>> +[ T3659] livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': starting unpatching transition
>> +[ T789] livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': completing unpatching transition
>> +[ T789] livepatch: 'test_klp_livepatch': unpatching complete
>> +[ T3659] % rmmod test_klp_livepatch
>>
>> ERROR: livepatch kselftest(s) failed
>> not ok 1 selftests: livepatch: test-livepatch.sh # exit=1
>>
>> Currently the check_result() handles the "[time]" removal from
>> the dmesg. Enhance the check to also handle removal of "[Thread Id]"
>> or "[CPU Id]".
>>
>> Signed-off-by: Madhavan Srinivasan <maddy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
>
> Looks and works well:
>
> Reviewed-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
> Tested-by: Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx>
>
> Best Regards,
> Petr
>
> PS: The merge window for 6.14 has started yesterday. Every change
> should spend at least few days in linux-next and I have already
> sent a pull request so it is kind of late for 6.14.
>
> If there is a demand, I could still queue it for 6.14 in the 2nd
> half of the merge window or for rc2. There is only small group
> of people interested into the livepatch selftests anyway.
Thanks. No urgency from my end.
