Re: [PATCH v10 6/6] selftests/mm: add hwpoison-panic destructive test

[Breno Leitao]

On Tue, Jul 28, 2026 at 04:57:13PM +0800, Miaohe Lin wrote:
> On 2026/7/28 12:24, Andrew Morton wrote:
> > On Thu, 9 Jul 2026 11:34:05 +0800 Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> > 
> >>> The script is intentionally NOT wired into run_vmtests.sh: every
> >>> successful run panics the kernel, which is incompatible with the
> >>> sequential "run each category in the same VM" model that
> >>> run_vmtests.sh assumes.  It is also not registered as a TEST_PROGS /
> >>> ksft_* wrapper so a default kselftest run does not opt itself into
> >>> a panic.  The script is meant to be executed manually inside a
> >>> disposable VM (e.g. virtme-ng), one variant per VM boot, and
> >>> requires RUN_DESTRUCTIVE=1 in the environment as a safety net.
> >>>
> >>> Signed-off-by: Breno Leitao <leitao@xxxxxxxxxx>
> >>
> >> With Mike's comment addressed:
> >>
> >> Acked-by: Miaohe Lin <linmiaohe@xxxxxxxxxx>
> > 
> > As I understand it, Breno would prefer not to rewrite the selftest in C
> > at this time.  IOW, we stick with the bash version for now and add
> > "convert this to C" to the todo list, OK?
> 
> Sure. Should I make this change or should we wait until Breno has time to do it?

Apologies for the delay. This is on my TODO list, and I'll prioritize it.

Just to confirm: the feature is already in mm-next without the selftest, so I
only need to submit the C version of the test, correct?