Re: [PATCH] selftests: mm: Make map_fixed_noreplace test names stable

[Andrew Morton]

On Wed, 05 Jun 2024 23:36:12 +0100 Mark Brown <broonie@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> KTAP parsers interpret the output of ksft_test_result_*() as being the
> name of the test.  The map_fixed_noreplace test uses a dynamically
> allocated base address for the mmap()s that it tests and currently
> includes this in the test names that it logs so the test names that are
> logged are not stable between runs.  It also uses multiples of PAGE_SIZE
> which mean that runs for kernels with different PAGE_SIZE configurations
> can't be directly compared.  Both these factors cause issues for CI
> systems when interpreting and displaying results.
> 
> Fix this by replacing the current test names with fixed strings
> describing the intent of the mappings that are logged, the existing
> messages with the actual addresses and sizes are retained as diagnostic
> prints to aid in debugging.

This sounds fairly annoying and I'm inclined to backport the fix into
-stable kernels(?).