Re: [PATCH 1/2] selftests/liveupdate: Move luo_test_utils.* into a reusable library

[Vipin Sharma]

On Mon, Jun 08, 2026 at 04:31:57PM +0200, Pratyush Yadav wrote:
> On Mon, May 11 2026, Vipin Sharma wrote:
> 
> > Move luo_test_utils.[ch] into a lib/ directory and pull the rules to
> > build them out into a separate make script. This will enable these
> > utilities to be also built by and used within other selftests (such as
> > VFIO).
> >
> > No functional change intended.
> >
> > Signed-off-by: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Co-developed-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: David Matlack <dmatlack@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > Signed-off-by: Vipin Sharma <vipinsh@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > ---
> >  tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/.gitignore |  1 +
> >  tools/testing/selftests/liveupdate/Makefile   | 14 ++++---------
> >  .../include/libliveupdate.h}                  |  8 ++++----
> 
> Nit: perhaps libluo is a bit less wordy?
> 
> No strong opinions on it though, so I am fine with anything.
> 

Thought more about it, I think libliveupdate seems more appropriate:

- VFIO is using similar strategy libvfio
- Name matches selftest folder name, so, kind of easy to know where the
  library is from.

As you seem fine with anything, I will keep it libliveupdate. Thanks!