Re: hmm_test issues with latest mainline

[Vlastimil Babka <vbabka@suse.cz>]

On 10/13/2022 9:38 PM, Shuah Khan wrote:
> On 10/13/22 12:00, David Hildenbrand wrote:
>>>>>> When did that test start failing? Was it still ok for 6.0?
>>>>
>>>> Didn't test yet, will try, in case it's my system/config specific thing.
>>>
>>> So it's actually all the same with v6.0 for me. The infinite loops, the test
>>> failures, the misreported SKIPs.
>>>
> 
> I am not seeing infinite loops and seeing 25 failures which could
> be skips.
> 
>>
>> Is the kernel compiled with support. I have the feeling that we might simply miss kernel support and it's not handled gracefully ...
>>
> 
> Here is my config
> CONFIG_HMM_MIRROR=y
> # CONFIG_TEST_HMM is not set
> 
> Okay here is what is going on - hmm_tests are supposed to be run
> from test_hmm.sh script. When I run this I see a message that tells
> me what to do.
> 
> sudo ./test_hmm.sh
> ./test_hmm.sh: You must have the following enabled in your kernel:
> CONFIG_TEST_HMM=m
> 
> Running ./hmm_tests gives me all the failures. So it appears running
> hmm_tests executable won't work. This is expected as test_hmm.sh does
> the right setup before running the test. We have several tests that do
> that.
> 
> Vlastimil, can you try this and let me know what you see. I will compile
> with CONFIG_TEST_HMM=m and let you know what I see on my system.

Right, I didn't mention it, sorry. I did have CONFIG_TEST_HMM=m and was running
"test_hmm.sh smoke"

> thanks,
> -- Shuah
> 
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