Hi Daniel, On 3 August 2017 at 20:49, Daniel Borkmann <daniel@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote: > Hi Sumit, > > On 08/03/2017 05:09 PM, Sumit Semwal wrote: >> >> Hello Alexei, Daniel, and the bpf community, >> >> As part of trying to improve stable kernels' testing, we're running >> ~current kselftests with stable kernels (4.4 and 4.9 for now), and >> reporting issues. > > > Thanks for the report, I haven't been tracking the BPF testsuite > with stable kernels much so far. I will take a look! Just to clarify, > with '~current kselftests' you mean the one in current Linus' tree > or the ones corresponding to the 4.4 and 4.9 -stable kernels? I meant current Linus's release (4.12) atm. > > Thanks, > Daniel > Best, Sumit. > >> While doing this, we see some failures in the bpf tests - most of them >> look like they are due to trying to test missing features. >> >> In Greg's opinion (and mine too :) ), when tests can't find the >> feature they're trying to test, they should 'degrade gracefully', eg >> perhaps SKIP instead of FAIL( or core dumps). >> >> As you guys are the experts in BPF, may I request someone from this >> community to look at how can it be achieved with bpf tests? >> >> Appreciate the help! >> >> Best regards, >> Sumit. >> > -- Thanks and regards, Sumit Semwal Linaro Mobile Group - Kernel Team Lead Linaro.org │ Open source software for ARM SoCs