Re: [PATCH v3 00/13] selftests/mm: fix failures and robustness improvements

Andrew Morton
2026-03-27T18:11:09Z

On Fri, 27 Mar 2026 12:45:54 +0530 Sayali Patil <sayalip@linux.ibm.com> wrote:

> Powerpc systems with a 64K base page size exposed several issues while
> running mm selftests. Some tests assume specific hugetlb configurations,
> use incorrect interfaces, or fail instead of skipping when the required
> kernel features are not available.
>
> This series fixes these issues and improves test robustness.
>
> Please review the patches and provide any feedback or suggestions for
> improvement.

AI review asks many questions:
https://sashiko.dev/#/patchset/cover.1774591179.git.sayalip@linux.ibm.com

I never knew about that bash line continuation thing.

hp2:/home/akpm> cat t.sh

foo=\
bar

echo $foo
hp2:/home/akpm> bash t.sh
t.sh: line 3: bar: command not found

Huh. But it presumably passed your testing so confused.

I don't want to risk breaking selftests so I'll set v3 aside until
you're confident we should proceed.

Thanks.