Re: [PATCH v2 00/12] klp-build: Fix dependent patches, add selftests

From: Petr Mladek

Date: Thu Nov 12 2026 - 09:15:26 EST


On Tue 2026-11-10 19:58:50, Song Liu wrote:
> On Tue, Nov 10, 2026 at 4:45 AM Petr Mladek <pmladek@xxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >
> [...]
> > > create mode 100755 scripts/livepatch/klp-prepare-patch
> > > create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/Makefile
> > > create mode 100644 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/functions.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/run-tests.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-basic.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-cancelling-patches.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-independent-patches.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-line-directives.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-new-and-deleted-files.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-offset-and-fuzz.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-patch-not-applying.sh
> > > create mode 100755 tools/testing/selftests/livepatch/test_klp_build/test-unsupported-files.sh
> >
> > I am sorry, I am overloaded and do not have time for a proper review.
>
> No worries.
>
> > I just see that it adds a lot of new files. And I wonder how much it
> > shares with the livepatch selftests. Would it make sense to put
> > it into a separate directory, e.g. tools/testing/selftests/klp-build ?
>
> This set of tests is mostly independent to current livepatch selftests.
> But in the longer term, as we add more end to end tests with klp-build,
> there will be more overlap between klp-build tests, and livepatch tests.

OK, fair enough. It was just an idea based on the git log stats
of this patchset.

Best Regards,
Petr