Re: [PATCH v3 RESEND 0/2] selftests/mm: Validate selections and scope memfd_secret setup

From: David Hildenbrand (Arm)

Date: Wed Sep 09 2026 - 11:20:09 EST


On 9/9/26 16:54, Tianyi Chen wrote:
> Hi David,
>
> Following up on your review:
> https://lore.kernel.org/r/d6ca7f47-39bb-43b4-92d6-63ccc148ebdd@xxxxxxxxxx
>
>> Who would set it at this point?
>> Can't this just be
>> VM_SELFTEST_ITEMS="default"
>
> V3 makes that change: the default is initialized before getopts, and only
> -t changes the selection. An explicit empty -t still fails validation.
> Both patches use Assisted-by: LLM, and patch 2 carries your Acked-by.
>
> I have resent v3 at the start of this new thread from my Gmail address
> after delivery problems with my previous address. The patches are rebased
> onto current mm-unstable without changes, and the focused parser and VM
> selection tests passed again.

That is new:

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✓ [PATCH v3 1/2] selftests/mm: Reject invalid test selections before running tests
✓ [PATCH v3 2/2] selftests/mm: Only prepare ptrace_scope when memfd_secret is selected
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✓ Signed: DKIM/gmail.com
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Total patches: 2
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Applying: selftests/mm: Reject invalid test selections before running tests
Patch failed at 0001 selftests/mm: Reject invalid test selections before running tests
error: git diff header lacks filename information when removing 1 leading pathname component at /home/dishy/linux/.git/rebase-apply/patch:6


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Cheers,

David