This is a note to let you know that I've just added the patch titled
selftests/livepatch: Do not check order when using "comm" for dmesg checking
to the 5.9-stable tree which can be found at:
http://www.kernel.org/git/?p=linux/kernel/git/stable/stable-queue.git;a=summary
The filename of the patch is:
selftests-livepatch-do-not-check-order-when-using-co.patch
and it can be found in the queue-5.9 subdirectory.
If you, or anyone else, feels it should not be added to the stable tree,
please let <stable@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> know about it.
commit 32bbcb986d6b5df040ba67178220f231005f4d1d
Author: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
Date: Thu Aug 27 13:07:09 2020 +0200
selftests/livepatch: Do not check order when using "comm" for dmesg checking
[ Upstream commit 884ee754f5aedbe54406a4d308a6cc57335747ce ]
check_result() uses "comm" to check expected results of selftests output
in dmesg. Everything works fine if timestamps in dmesg are unique. If
not, like in this example
[ 86.844422] test_klp_callbacks_demo: pre_unpatch_callback: test_klp_callbacks_mod -> [MODULE_STATE_LIVE] Normal state
[ 86.844422] livepatch: 'test_klp_callbacks_demo': starting unpatching transition
, "comm" fails with "comm: file 2 is not in sorted order". Suppress the
order checking with --nocheck-order option.
Fixes: 2f3f651f3756 ("selftests/livepatch: Use "comm" instead of "diff" for dmesg")
Signed-off-by: Miroslav Benes <mbenes@xxxxxxx>
Acked-by: Joe Lawrence <joe.lawrence@xxxxxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Jiri Kosina <jkosina@xxxxxxx>
Signed-off-by: Sasha Levin <sashal@xxxxxxxxxx>
diff --git a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
index 1aba83c87ad32..846c7ed71556f 100644
--- a/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
+++ b/tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/functions.sh
@@ -278,7 +278,7 @@ function check_result {
# help differentiate repeated testing runs. Remove them with a
# post-comparison sed filter.
- result=$(dmesg | comm -13 "$SAVED_DMESG" - | \
+ result=$(dmesg | comm --nocheck-order -13 "$SAVED_DMESG" - | \
grep -e 'livepatch:' -e 'test_klp' | \
grep -v '\(tainting\|taints\) kernel' | \
sed 's/^\[[ 0-9.]*\] //')
