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Date: Mon, 30 Apr 2018 02:39:53 +0400
From: Igor Stoppa <igor.stoppa@...il.com>
To: Randy Dunlap <rdunlap@...radead.org>, mhocko@...nel.org,
akpm@...ux-foundation.org, keescook@...omium.org, linux-mm@...ck.org,
kernel-hardening@...ts.openwall.com, linux-security-module@...r.kernel.org
Cc: willy@...radead.org, labbott@...hat.com, linux-kernel@...r.kernel.org,
igor.stoppa@...wei.com
Subject: Re: [PATCH 3/3] genalloc: selftest
On 29/04/18 07:36, Randy Dunlap wrote:
> On 04/28/2018 07:45 PM, Igor Stoppa wrote:
[...]
>> + test_genalloc();
>
> Is there a stub for test_genalloc() when its config option is not enabled?
> I don't see it.
I failed to add to the patch include/linux/test_genalloc.h :-/
That's where the stub is hiding.
>> diff --git a/lib/Kconfig b/lib/Kconfig
>> index 09565d779324..2bf89af50728 100644
>> --- a/lib/Kconfig
>> +++ b/lib/Kconfig
>> @@ -303,6 +303,21 @@ config DECOMPRESS_LZ4
>> config GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
>> bool
>>
>
> These TEST_ kconfig symbols should be in lib/Kconfig.debug, not lib/Kconfig.
ok, I will fix it
>> +config TEST_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
>> + bool "genalloc tester"
>> + default n
>> + select GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
>
> This should depend on GENERIC_ALLOCATOR, not select it.
>
> See TEST_PARMAN, TEST_BPF, TEST_FIRMWARE, TEST_SYSCTL, TEST_DEBUG_VIRTUAL
> in lib/Kconfig.debug.
I was actually wondering about this.
The dependency I came up with allows to perform the test even if nothing
is selecting genalloc, but ok, if this is how it is done, I'll adjust to
it.
>> + help
>> + Enable automated testing of the generic allocator.
>> + The testing is primarily for the tracking of allocated space.
>> +
>> +config TEST_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR_VERBOSE
>> + bool "make the genalloc tester more verbose"
>> + default n
>> + select TEST_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
>
> depends on TEST_GENERIC_ALLOCATOR
ok
[...]
>> + * guarranteed; allowing the boot to continue means risking to corrupt
>
> guaranteed;
hmmm
--
thanks, igor
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