On Thu, Jul 07, 2016 at 07:43:25PM +0200, Robert Jarzmik wrote: > I'll try, but I don't trust much my chances of success, given that this tester : > - should compile and link in $(TOP)/lib/scatterlist.c, as this is where > sg_split() is defined > - this implies all its includes > - this implies at least these ones : > bug.h > mm.h > scatterlist.h > string.h > types.h > - this implies having page_to_phys and co. defined somewhere without > draining the whole include/linux and include/asm* trees > For the tester, I had created an apart include/linux tree where all the includes > were _manually_ filled in with minimal content. > I don't know if an existing selftest had already this kind of problem, > ie. having to compile and link a kernel .c file, and that makes me feel this > might be difficult to keep a nice standalone tester. Right, that's messy :( Could it be refactored as a boot/module load time test so it could be built in the kernel environment? Less convenient to use (though KVM/UML help) but easier to build.
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